Frequently Asked Questions
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- Do Llamas spit?
Yes llamas do indeed spit. They
spit at each other all the time, usually having to do with food or personal
space issues. Sometimes humans get in the crossfire of this bantering, but
llamas don't like to spit at us. We have never had an outside person spit on by
one of our llamas.
- What do you DO with llamas?
There are many
answers, but here are the most popular: Packing, showing pet/companion animal,
breeding, fiber, guard animals for other livestock, and sometimes they are used
as pet therapy animals in nursing homes and hospitals.
- Are they similar to horses?
Not really, they are
a form of livestock but llamas are in a class all by themselves. Llamas are
super intelligent and willing to please as long as they know what you want them
to do. They are quiet, curious animals that are always intersted in what is
going on around them. They are good friends to have.
- Can you ride llamas?
No they are not trained to
accept riders .
- How do we get to Boulder, Wyoming?
There are
many ways to get here. We are accesible off I-80 in Rock Springs via Route 191.
Rock Springs (90 miles south of here) has a small airport and Jackson Hole (90
miles north of here) has an airport as well.
- What is a llama's gestation
period?
Approximately 350 days. It is never an exact science and llamas
have been known to go a full calendar year plus, with no problems.
- What do you call it when llamas have babies?
A
llama baby is called a cria which is spanish for baby. The process of birth
(like lambing, calving, foaling etc) is calling criating (sounds like
creating).
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