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Baby Boom
at The Llama Park
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Last year in July we bought a male llama stud from an Emu farm, of all places, in Hereford. He was quite hairy and had a sort of ‘lions’ mane so we called him Leo.
He was quite small for a male llama and did not settle in very well and so we were quite disappointed as most of the ladies just ignored him and did not respond to his advances, or so we thought... .... until Sunday 19th July this year (a year to the day that we bought him) when late in the afternoon we discovered twin baby girl llamas, known as "crias", in a paddock with their mum Skye who is 9 years old. The birth of twins is exceptionally rare in 'camelids', 30,000 to 1 chance, so this was a major surprise to us and has made waves in the llama-world. One of the babies did not look well and so we got our lovely vet to have a look at her and some friends of ours who are local Alpaca breeders, Vicky and Chris Agar, provided us with some camelid plasma which was given to 'Spotty' and she has been doing very well ever since. We called her sister 'Polo' and 'Spotty' has been renamed 'Beth' after one of our lovely livestock girls. Then to our great surprise on Tuesday 21st (just two days later) we had a third birth. The mother is 'Lulu' who is also 9 years old. This was another little girl 'cria' who we have named 'Farah' after a dear friend of ours.
Well, we thought, that is amazing as we had not expected anything from Leo and had thought he was shooting blanks. But no, he was not!
On Wednesday 22nd July Skye's daughter, Rain who is 3 years old, gave birth to a very strong and handsome little boy who has been named Willy after another of our livestock staff. By now Leo has become something of a famous stud so we determined to give him a
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name change to 'Casanova' - name. Six is beautiful and see him in one of the photos so lively and just like the after having been to the youngest sister in a family hairdresser on July 28th and running around making now he looks like what he is, a trouble and really enjoying real stud. herself. She races about and Now we had four baby llamas annoying the mothers.which we had not expected all the other babies follow her and Casanova is now worth a We still have four females fortune... However, the story who have not (as yet anyway) does not end there as on fallen to the charms of Saturday 1st August another Casanova so who knows what one of our lady llamas, Rhea, might happen next. Sundays inclusive 10am to who is 12 years old and the At the park we have a very big 4pm, and we hope to be back biggest of the female llamas marquee with socially distanced in the main buildings soon. (so no pushover for a small stud like Casanova) gave birth to yet another very pretty female cria who has yet to be named but has very nice tables. We are using this as our restaurant for now. All the food and drinks are served in disposable containers. We welcome all local visitors, at this challenging time, and can reassure you all measures have been put in place. 'white socks'. Llama walks are now being carried out and the We look forward to seeing So, we all asked, is Rhea the playground and bouncy castle you all here soon. last of Casanova's lady friends are available for all the little Cheers, to give birth? ones. The shop is also open by No! And so we had number "Six" as she is now called, appointment and we have a good range of gifts and toys. Bobby, Susan and all our staff and animals. while we think of a better We are open Wednesdays to www.llamapark.co.ukQUICK CROSSWORD QUICK CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 QUICK CROSSWORD1 2 3 4 5 6 T O
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