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  • From: Nancy Frank <oppty@mac.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] llamas
  • Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:53:25 -0500

I'm not sure how many animals, save ones designed in the arctic, can take -50 degrees. I don't think they would likely be up to it. Here in Wisconsin, we get -25, and although they have a thick bed of straw to nestle into, and a solid shelter to keep them out of the wind, mine usually shiver quite a bit. I would worry about frostbite, particularly to the ears with deep cold like that.

It might be possible if you had very heavily wooled animals and they were not shorn. I'm sure some other llama breeders in Alaska could give you better information. Check out the International Lama Association website and see if you can connect with someone up there.

In a normal habitat for llamas, the temperature variability not terribly severe. A wide range may be zero to 80 F. We challenge them here with -20 to 95+. I keep barns doors closed in the cold, and fans on all summer.

Nancy

On Oct 22, 2008, at 10:08 PM, ed sarten wrote:

can a llama take -50 degrees farenheit?Ed Ruby,Alaska

--- On Wed, 10/22/08, SArjuna@aol.com <SArjuna@aol.com> wrote:
From: SArjuna@aol.com <SArjuna@aol.com>
Subject: [permaculture] llamas
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6:16 PM

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@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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