Good quality, clean, fresh hay with around 10 to 12 percent protein is an adequate maintenance diet. Also, loose mineral salt should be readily available and accessible, as should fresh water. No special fencing is required, for a well fed llama will always respect its fencing. As far as housing is concerned, any kind of simple shelter will suffice, for llamas only need protection from the elements in severe conditions. In summer months, shade should be available as much as possible.
Llamas are very communicative animals.
They communicate all kinds of messages, either by vocalizations or with their posture and movements. They even talk with their gaits and scents - and sometimes, true to their reputation, they spit. Generally, at one another, especially at feeding time. Those that spit at humans have usually been teased, provoked, intimidated or frightened. After 14 years of raising them at Yuketaw Farm, we still have to see a llama spitting at a visitor, so this reputation is really unfair.