Llama

Llama

General Information

• from South American, relative of the camel
• domestic animals used by the peoples of the Andes Mountains
• raised as pack animals, meat, fiber, dairy products, and as pets
• average: 5.5 - 6 feet; 280-450 pounds
• very sociable and intelligent

• Good pets!!!
• predictable low-key temperament, intelligence and ease of maintenance
• Require: Space, social, supplies, and a vet who understands llamas

Llamas as pets...

Natural Habitat

• Andes Mountains
• Altitudes between 7,500 to 13,100 feet above sea level
• preferring temperate and mountainous areas

Llamas as guards...

Health Concerns

• bonds closely with its new charges and is instinctively very effective in preventing predation
• more efficient if only one male is guarding
• not scare away the visitors/tourists
• "will attack anything that looks like a dog"

• susceptible to many of the same diseases and parasites as cattle and sheep
• enterotoxemia, tuberculosis, Johne's disease, anthrax, malignant edema and tetanus
• parasites

References

• http://extension.psu.edu/animals/camelids
• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/llama/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama
• http://a-z-animals.com/animals/llama/
• http://animals.mom.me/habitat-llama-2164.html
• http://www.petassure.com/newsletters/061509newsletter/06152009article2.html