Yello!

We were surprised last night with a new baby llama. We knew it was a possibility, but with a llama it’s pretty difficult to tell by looking if there is a new baby expected until the little one just shows up! Well, it’s a baby girl and so far, both the mother and baby seem to be doing fine. The mother llama had two babies in the past two years and had no maternal instinct. In fact, she would kick the babies away and not let them nurse at all. We bottle fed them, but both lasted only a week; proving that there is no substitute for mother’s milk and TLC, I guess. So, I hope that the third time’s a charm and this year she will finally act like a mother llama should. We think we will call the new little llama “Bandit” because she has a mask-like face. She’s a cutie!