[AlpacaTalk] Re: guard llamas

 

Hi Caryn,

I have this issue right now. My llama easily eats 2-3x as much hay and pasture (and makes that much more poop--which she does NOT limit to the piles) as the alpacas. Since I only have 1.5 acres fenced and will be at 10-12 alpacas by the end of the year, I now have to re-home her. On the other hand, she is the only one me and visitors can pet and cuddle :(

Cheers,
Morgen Bowers
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Caryn Law <law.caryn@...> wrote:
>
> I would love to have a llama with our alpacas someday. But we have a
> small pasture, only about 0.8 acres. Right now we have three boys on
> it and eventually plan to expand up to about five in a couple of
> years, but I'm guess if we put a llama in there we probably can only
> have the three boys and a llama. Do they eat more than an alpaca eats?
> I'm guessing yes since they're bigger.
>
> - Caryn
> Issaquah, WA
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Wendy Edwards<wendy.edwards@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > hi - my guard llama, Lambchop, is a 7 year old gelding and he is worth his
> > (considerable) weight in gold - i've seen him protect my boys from a large
> > aggressive dog, and scare a bear away - he also settles spats between my
> > boys with a "you're getting on my nerves" look on his face - nobody argues
> > with Lambchop - yet he is gentle and sweet with us
> >
> > the folks we bought him from called us several months later and wanted to
> > buy him back - it was no deal. I wouldn't part with him.
> > Wendy
> > DreamWeaver Alpacas
> > BC
> >
>

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