They are mainly kept in the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland. Their ancestors are from the Andean highlands so llamas are well suited to colder climates and able to adapt to any climate or altitude. By evolving at higher altitudes llamas have a large lung capacity and an ability to use oxygen in the blood more efficiently than other animals. Because llamas are often kept as pets, exact figures are difficult to estimate. Many llamas are being raised as breeding stock.
Llamas are intelligent, social animals that do better without any fuss.
They are clean, curious and lie down at night in family groups. Under normal conditions llamas are calm and stable, but if provoked they may bite, kick or spit. They are generally disease free. Their diet consists of good pasture or hay with some supplemental grain and mineral and salt blocks. Commercial producers will breed llamas April through December to avoid winter births.