ILR # 90007
female b. 7-8-1989
Balzac x Margarrita
Zorra is a stunning classic female who had been retired from
breeding when the price of llamas plummeted from artificially
(and ridiculously) high to the reality most livestock producers
live with -- "lucky to break even." In early 2007,
our friend Niki Kuklenski of JNK
Llamas was offered Zorra, and asked us what we thought of
her. We thought enough to trade her Zorra for future breedings
to Ceilidh.
We don't know if Zorra is still reproductively sound, but
she is definitely healthy enough to support a pregnancy, and
her physical soundness at 19 years is an additional impressive
trait in any breeding animal. If Zorra can still reproduce, we
will breed her once or possibly twice (if she remains in unquestionably
robust health) and then place her in a quiet retirement home
with her lifelong friend Miaka
(both llamas are stressed by being in a larger herd). If Zorra
can't conceive or hold a pregnancy by the fall of 2008, we will
place her and Miaka as soon as the perfect home can be found.
Zorra is settling in and letting us know what she likes (grain,
grass, and open space, for starters).
Zorra