Re: Jesse's llama picture link

Life is never dull there, is it?

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jesse's llama picture link


> Well, I think it depends on the personality of the llama quite frankly.
> The first one we bought was a male who had been "fixed". He thinks all
> the goats are HIS. He will lay on the ground and let the baby goats
> climb all OVER him and not flinch. If you go in there...he will circle
> around you and watch to make sure you aren't doing anything you
> shouldn't be doing. We heard the same thing...you need 2-3 for llamas to
> thrive. So, we went and bought another one....male. We thought if one
> was fixed there wouldn't be any problems. Well, Dhali Llama (the first
> one) did not want Mr. Misty (the daddy of this new baby) anywhere around
> him and he chased him and chased him till I thought Misty would fall
> over dead. They screamed at each other and spit at each other. So...we
> separated them into different pastures. Then we got another male and put
> him in the third pasture. They spit at each other over the fence, raced
> up and down trying to get at each other. It was just crazy. So
>
> THEN we bought Sophie...and put her in with the third male (can't
> remember his name today for some reason) and they mated immediately.
> They are pregnant for 11 months. Well, Misty whined and whined and
> whined cause he wanted in there with the girl. So, then we bought
> Mercedes and put her in with Misty. Same thing, she was pregnant the
> first week. So, we have another baby due in about 2-3 weeks.
> MEANWHILE...Dhali Llama still wants nothing to do with the other
> llamas...even the females. He is a lone llama. I think he thinks he is a
> goat. Man...even my animals have issues. Geez.
>
>
>
> Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> LOL! you ain't kidding Jesse!
>
> A friend of mine has three llama's. They have to greet
> you at the gate. If you don't let them do that first
> and just walk in, you will be in big trouble! One of
> his is a real show off, another is just a big baby,
> and the the third one just follows you around and gets
> mad when you leave the pasture without him.
>
> How many do you have? He claims you have to have three
> or more. Something about they don't survive if you
> only have one. Can't remember the entire story at the
> moment.
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> --- Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> > He will get a smidge darker maybe. The father is
> > white with pale brown
> > spots underneath (you can see it after he has been
> > sheered) and the
> > mother is dark brown. So he'll most likely stay a
> > mocha color. He is so
> > soft to touch and soooooo cute. Momma is very, very
> > protective of him
> > too. I have to greet her every time I go down to
> > see the baby. If I
> > dont touch noses with momma, I dont get to see the
> > baby. Thats how
> > llamas greet and OK each other. If you dont..you
> > get spit on! LOL
> > Brandi learned that the HARD way and had to go
> > shower after momma
> > sprayed her with chewed up grass. Way too funny.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > james singer wrote:
> > Jesse, will it [he/she?] stay that color or darken
> > as it ages? Great
> > color.
> >
> > On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:00 AM, Donna wrote:
> >
> > > Well you just never know what you will find in my
> > inbox :)
> > >
> > > This morning Jesse sent over some pictures of the
> > new baby llama. What
> > > a
> > > cutesy!
> > >
> > > You can find the pictures here:
> > >
> > > http://hort.net/+12Se
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > > Donna
> > >
> > >
> >
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