Comments on: Courting Llamas http://www.ruralramblings.com/courting-llamas Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rural Writer http://www.ruralramblings.com/courting-llamas/comment-page-1#comment-2826 Rural Writer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:39:51 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=1675#comment-2826 Hey Lisa! Yes, I'm sure it's a Flehmen Response. He sniffed where she'd used the bathroom and went wild. ;-) Keira is 7 years old. Good luck finding the right male llama for Cataleya! And thanks! I hope we get a healthy girl cria too! Hey Lisa! Yes, I’m sure it’s a Flehmen Response. He sniffed where she’d used the bathroom and went wild. ;-)

Keira is 7 years old.

Good luck finding the right male llama for Cataleya!

And thanks! I hope we get a healthy girl cria too!

]]> By: Laughing Orca Ranch http://www.ruralramblings.com/courting-llamas/comment-page-1#comment-2824 Laughing Orca Ranch Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:11:31 +0000 http://www.ruralramblings.com/?p=1675#comment-2824 How funny! I've never heard my male llama make those sounds because he's a gelding, so that was cool. I've watched llamas breeding, though, and boy howdy! The male gets even louder in his gurgling and warbling. lol! Keira looks like an expectant bride, as if she knows just what is going to happen. lol! I'm guessing the pulling of his lips and neck backwards, is similar to flehmen (sp?) where a male animal takes in the female's urine scent to find out if she is receptive to breeding or not. And obviously she was. lol! By the way, how old is Keira? Cataleya is 2 years old now and eventually I'd like to breed her. I was told that it's better to wait until a female llama is 4 years old for breeding because they grow rather slowly, especially their reproductive system, and tend to abort or deliver stillborn if bred too young. My most difficult thing around here will be finding a registered, conformationally correct, and healthy male llama to breed her with. Here's to a baby cria next Fall! A girl! ~Lisa How funny! I’ve never heard my male llama make those sounds because he’s a gelding, so that was cool. I’ve watched llamas breeding, though, and boy howdy! The male gets even louder in his gurgling and warbling. lol! Keira looks like an expectant bride, as if she knows just what is going to happen. lol!

I’m guessing the pulling of his lips and neck backwards, is similar to flehmen (sp?) where a male animal takes in the female’s urine scent to find out if she is receptive to breeding or not. And obviously she was. lol!

By the way, how old is Keira? Cataleya is 2 years old now and eventually I’d like to breed her. I was told that it’s better to wait until a female llama is 4 years old for breeding because they grow rather slowly, especially their reproductive system, and tend to abort or deliver stillborn if bred too young.
My most difficult thing around here will be finding a registered, conformationally correct, and healthy male llama to breed her with.

Here’s to a baby cria next Fall! A girl!

~Lisa

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