He was 26 lbs at birth, and at 2 months of age was 70 lbs. His mother is still healthy and going strong at 17 years of age. We rescued her from an auction where no one was bidding on her because of her age. We were heart sick that she was even up there, and decided to give her a good retirement home. We had no plans to breed her, but Gramma K, as we call her, had other plans.
Silver is the beautiful result of that union.
We like to train slowly, going for walks with an empty pack until they reach 2 years of age. At that time, we gradually start adding weight. They will all be green trained by spring. Not all llamas will make packers. The ones who do make the grade do so at different levels.