[permaculture] llamas
Nancy Frank
oppty at mac.com
Thu Oct 23 15:47:24 EDT 2008
They have specific carts just made for llamas, and there are
excellent driving instructors around. LIke anything else, the
personality of the llama will determine whether they are better sheep
guards, pack animals, cart pullers, nursing home visitors, animals
for kids to ride, wool producers or lawn mowers. Many of them will
check several boxes, and most will check more boxes that we may think
at the beginning with a little training and positive reinforcement.
They are very intelligent and tractable animals.
Nancy
On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:16 PM, SArjuna at aol.com wrote:
> So now I've come to your post about llamas, which I had never
> considered
> having. Hmmm. Can llamas be trained to pull a cart or buggy
> that one
> rides in? Or just led as pack animals?
> Shivani
>
> In a message dated 9/23/08 12:22:44 PM,
> permaculture-request at lists.ibiblio.org writes:
>>
>>> In response to your push carts and bicycle carts, I thought about
>>> other animals, like horses. I know that horses eat far too much to
>>> make them realistic for most, and are not sustainable in the long
>>> run. But llamas are MUCH more efficient with what they eat, can
>>> carry more per pound of body weight than a horse (a horse weighing
>>> 1,000 pounds will carry about 210 pounds, llamas weighing 300 pounds
>>> will carry about 50-75 pounds). They also keep brush down, as
>>> browsers rather than only grass grazers, provide delightful wool for
>>> spinning, knitting and weaving warm winter outerwear and sweaters,
>>> and are friendly as companions. Just a thought.
>>>
>>
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