Body Score Body Scoring Body condition scoring is a means of assigning a numerical value to the condition of an animal. It forces a more objective evaluation of how fat or thin your llamas are and gives you something to place in the llama's health records which you can refer back to. It is an excellent means of evaluating your feeding program and making the needed feeding adjustments more accurately. With experience, body condition scoring can be used to compensate for a lack of regular weighing. Weights alone do not give you the whole picture about your llama's nutritional status.
Llamas come in all shapes and sizes and there is a wide range of acceptable weights.
Body condition scoring is easier than making lots of charts for acceptable weights based on height and bony structure. Body condition scoring is very simple and quick to do and can easily be done on a regular basis. It will help recognize feeding and nutrition problems before they get too severe. It allows for individual tailoring of your feeding program. With all else equal, some animals need more or less food to maintain a good body condition score.