Here at Dartmoor Llamas we have been extremely busy, so busy that I have completely forgotten I was supposed to write a blog every couple of weeks! I alway think that when the Devon County Show arrives so has Summer, well it has come and gone and I think Summer has also come and gone.…
As usual it is manic here, we don’t like to take things easy and when we do something we like to do it properly. Over the last few months it has become clear to us that if we want to continue with Alpacas and llamas then things had to change. since the onset of our…
A little bit of Llama husbandry this afternoon, a toe nail trim for Leo. Leo’s toe nails on his back feet seem to grow really quickly, but getting hold of a Llamas back leg is a bit of a mission so we try to cut his nails whilst he is standing on hard ground. He…
The week before Easter is alway a bit hectic around here, we are usually rushing around getting everything ready for the fore-coming Holiday season. This week we had the last three windows in our Holiday cottages replaced and what a difference, the new ones have a large pane of glass giving uninterrupted views over the…
Along with our Llamas we have a herd of Huacaya Alpacas and every year we have between 4 and 8 Alpaca Cria born. In 2015 we had 6, 3 females and 3 males, the 3 females were sold with their mums at the end of the year leaving us with the 3 males. Wilbur, Winston…