The Newsletter of Southeast Rescue, Inc.

Volume 2, Issue 3 June 1, 2008

SELR Mission Statement: To protect the quality of life and improve the well-being of abused, neglected, unwanted, and behaviorally unmanageable through prevention, education, intervention, placement, and lifelong care.

Left : SELR Llamas living at the Circle Ranch in West Texas. Photo taken in April when SELR volunteers visited the ranch to perform health evaluations of the llamas. For a full report, read “Meanwhile, We’ve Been to the Ranch,” on pages 2 & 3.

Volunteer Highlights—By Shirley Engelhardt, SC Adoption Coordinator

We continue our story on SELR’s board in the llama and have proven themselves to be members, with this profile of Chris Adams, good candidates, Chris gives them the animal.

Lynette Melton and Nancy Sottosanti. Wow. What a wonderful program. Chris Adams Below are some of Chris’ 4-H kids after a After a Girl Scout trip with her daughter in county fair show.

2002, Chris became a new llama owner. Chris and her daughter were smitten.

Today, Chris’ farm is home to 20 llamas, most of which are rescues. She and her family, particularly her teenage daughter, try to rehabilitate and train the llamas to be future 4H animals. Following the lead of a Northern Ohio 4H club, they started a program to "lease a llama." Local 4H kids get the opportunity to (Continued on Page 4) try a llama for a year without the commitment of owning the animal. The kids go to Chris’ farm In this Issue and learn how to take care of their "leased Meanwhile, We’ve Been to the Ranch 2 llama." They work off their "lease" with farm The Origin of Unicorns 3 chores (no money, just hard work) and have to show Chris that they can do all the things Haltering the Untouched Llama 5 needed to be a llama owner. At the end of the Successful Shearing 6 lease period, if they have shown a true interest What My Rescue Llamas Mean to Me 7

1 The Llama Rescue Review Board of Advisors Meanwhile, We’ve Been to the Ranch! Lynette Melton Deb Logan By Lynette Melton , SELR BoD, Chair Nancy Sottosanti Melissa Perryman Last year, 12 ABS llamas in SELR's pronghorn antelopes and elk, as well Chris Adams care found a new lease on life in west as some mountain bighorn sheep. George Brandon Texas. The grazing operation is primarily

Helen Carpenter aimed at finishing cattle before they These llamas are all high level ABS Pat Cothran head to market. Circle Ranch doesn't Susan Gawarecki (Aberrant Behavior Syndrome), and breed them, they are paid per head to Chris Stull despite training (years for some of let them graze 200+ days, then Julie Wier them), they continue to be aggressive they're sent to market by their Ricky Zachow to humans. There are very few foster owners. SELR Founders homes who can handle aggressive Alvin Bean llamas, and since these llamas would The cattle eat the grass and the Lance Hardcastle likely never be adoptable and are browsers eat the other vegetation.

Mailing Address and Contributions: potentially dangerous to their human Some of the plants will smother SELR caretakers, the ranch seemed a better themselves out if not grazed, so those 678 Mill Creek Rd alternative for them. hungry mouths actually promote

Luray VA 22835 healthy plants. It is a rather amazing ABS llamas are agitated by E-mail : operation, and according to Chris interactions with humans and often llamaquestions@southeastllama they have consistently exhibited far develop stress related health rescue.org more productivity than other desert Website : problems, such as ulcers. The ranches using conventional methods. www.southeastllamarescue.org expectation was that living in a larger Holistic grazing just may be the area with minimal daily human Newsletter Editor pasture management wave of the interaction would be beneficial to Melissa Perryman future! these llamas. The 12 geldings selected were evaluated, with vet Chris has llamas on Circle Ranch Supporters input, to ensure they were in good mainly just because he likes to look health and likely to do well at the at them. The antelopes do basically Donors Julie Wier— Powatan ranch. the same grazing job, but he loves to Joan Rettenberger Leigh Aiken—Ricky see the llamas in the prairies, deserts, SSLA Hobo Show Kim Ledum—Scorpio Sun Trust Bank Susan Gibson— canyons, and on the mountains.

Allen Cannedy Snow & Sprite SELR volunteers were invited to visit Chrystal Chaddock Cynthia Shaffer— Circle Ranch to see where the llamas Starr Cash & Belle & Cria Jaworski Cathleen Robinson— are living, health check the llamas, Linda LaBarge Cleo and shear any that needed it. Five of 4-H Llama Lleaders, Transporters us took Chris up on the invitation and Mason, IL Bill & Carolyn Blalock went to the ranch in mid-April. Deb Ann & Henry Helen & Lyle Chris Gill's Circle Ranch is a 32,000 Logan, Tracy Snell, Susan Coley, my DelVecchio Carpenter acre holistic grazing operation high hubby Kim, and I spent a couple of Ellis family Paul Celluci in the Sierra Blanca mountains. days touring the ranch and checking Jo-Ann Close & Pat & George Cothran Holistic grazing is the idea that by on the llamas. Austin Morrissey Randall Gooding hosting a number of different species Ohio U Vet School Claudia Hammack There were two other small herds of with different nutritional and grazing Melissa Hamilton, The Hughes llamas on the ranch before we sent requirements helps the land stay as DVM Deb Logan our 12. The herds are kept in separate Tracy Snell Tony & CozetteO’Neil productive as possible. Their feet sections of 640 to 2000 acres each. Knox Dayton Bobby Smith break up the dry, sandy dirt to allow We saw one herd (the second herd, I Stacy Mashburn Elizabeth Strub what little rainfall is received to think) from a distance, proudly Adopters Rebecca Wood better penetrate. The urine and feces walking along a mountain ridge. of the various animals promote this Thanks to everyone who makes a What a lovely sight! as well. There are a number of positive difference in the lives of (Continued on Page 3) SELR lamas! 2 The Llama Rescue Review

Meanwhile, We’ve Been to the Ranch . . . Continued from Page 2 The original herd was gathered at a cistern, enjoying the get back to their browsing when we were done! water and sunning. We walked amongst them and We were very pleased to see that all the 12 appeared to checked them over. All appeared to be in great shape. be quite healthy. All the health data was recorded and The SELR 12 will be kept for comparison purposes in years to come. were spotted As the climate is very arid and the temps barely reach and called in the 90s in the two hot months of the year, and the to a corral winters are reported to be quite cold, we determined with feed that none needed shorn this year. Susan, who lives buckets, barely a day away, has agreed to continue to check on where we the llamas and see that any who need it are shorn next body scored, spring.

did famacha I am so glad that we have found a place where these toenail, and ABS guys no longer have to endure the stress inducing teeth checks, circumstances of constant interactions with humans and and evaluated can just be llamas. To view more photos of the llamas them for shearing. Those guys were just as feisty and at Circle Ranch, please visit http://public.fotki.com/ obnoxious as ever with humans, and were very glad to SELR/

The Origin of Unicorns By Gary Kaufman, Roads End Llamas, www.roadsendllamas.com

Once upon a time, long, long ago, "No matter where we go," the male And now, hundreds of years later, the last pair of unicorns on earth unicorn said, "People will know us when you go out into the fields, you realized the only way they could for who we are by our wonderful will see their children, now called survive would be to disguise horn. What are we to do?" llamas, still chewing on the magic themselves and their magic from the "You will have to remove your of the horns their great-great-great world. grandparents passed on to them horns, it's the only way," said the after all these years. They ran away into the deep high child in all honesty. "It may hurt, mountains of South America. There but I can't think of any other way." This article was first published in the LANA they met a family who cherished journal. Copyright Tuesday, February 12, The unicorns agreed, the male bit 2008 Gary Kaufman, Roads End Llamas them for what they were and off his partner's horn, and she bit off Olympia WA. Permission is granted for recognized how special they were. his. They stomped the horns into nonprofit educational duplication and They were allowed to roam the small pieces and each ate the other’s distribution. This permission is in addition to rights granted under Sections 107, 108 mountains freely, without horn so there would be no trace and interference. and other provisions of the U.S. Copyright the magic would be preserved. Act.

One day the youngest child saw And from that day on every time the strangers on -back riding up little girl would go up into the high the trail that led to the high mountain valleys she would call out mountain valley where the two to them with her very special name. unicorns lived. Fearing the worst, "YAMA, YAMA, YAMA come see the child ran ahead to the unicorns me," she would call and they would and told them what she had seen. come out of hiding and play with Gasping and out of breath she said her. “Run, hide, disguise yourself. There One day her father followed her into are dangerous men coming up into the hills and heard the strange name the valley and I know they mean to she called out. "What else would I harm you." The unicorns were call them father,” she said. “You confused about what to do. Are Magic Animals, of course." Unicorn Leader, illustration by Erika

3 The Llama Rescue Review Volunteer Highlights—Continued from Page 1

Chris’ rescue days began by accident when an old committees. acquaintance of her husband’s mentioned three Lynette works at Rutherford Hospital, Inc. in llamas she thought needed to be rescued. A few Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and also shears phone calls later and the first rescue took place. llamas and . She dreams that llama and From there, word spread and people now search rescue will decrease and eventually Chris out. She had several private rescues under disappear. Until that time, you can find her her belt when she happened upon SELR in the Fall working diligently, heart and soul, to continue of 2004 and, joined the board in 2005. She served and increase camelid education, intervention and as Secretary for one year and now serves on the awareness while protecting the quality of life Fundraising Committee. and improving the well being of those camelids Chris is excited to see where SELR will be heading needing our services. in the future and looks for “much growth to come! Nancy Sottosanti came about the llama thing in

a roundabout way. She went from biochemist to Lynette Melton a “camping tour” business that she ran on (left) and husband, weekends – rafting, hang gliding, canoeing, etc. Kim, bought their on the beautiful Shenandoah River and Valley. first llama in late She also sold real estate and found her current 1999 to serve as a 12 acre place with farm house. The farm needed companion for their animals. Nancy had grown up with sheep but her pygmy goats. They vet suggested llamas. Synchronistically, that fell in love with month’s issue of Country Living featured a llama llamas and today their herd numbers 24 llamas and farm in New England. Llamas sounded like much four alpacas along with two pygmy goats, a dog, a more fun than sheep so Nancy bought three cat and a parrot. bred females and started Persimmon Hill Lynette’s association with SELR began in 2002, Llamas. The year was 1988. when she and Kim fostered Isaac. Shortly Since then, Nancy’s herd has grown to as many thereafter, they became mentors for a SELR as 32 but today stands at ten llamas with three adoptive home and today, they mentor three SELR co-owned studs. Her llamas have done well in the adoptive/foster homes and are the go-to folks to show ring (four to six shows/year) and they call for several other farms. partake in fun activities like Christmas parades, Mentoring aside, Lynette and Kim have provided fiber festivals, etc. But, according to Nancy, llama transport and have participated in shows and now more of her llamas are becoming “pasture other SELR events (e.g. work days and llama health puffs along with me!” days). Lynette was elected to SELR’s board in 2005 Nancy has been rehoming and rescuing llamas and has served as Chair of the Board since then. for more than 12 years. In addition to her She has also served on the SELR Fundraiser contributions to SELR, Nancy also serves on the Committee and compiled SELR annual reports, Board and as newsletter editor for her regional established the SELR shop on the CafePress LAMAS association. website, created SELR logo and graphics with two other SELR volunteers and is now a member of the You can read about Nancy and her llamas at Newsletter Committee. She also monitors all SELR www.persimmonhill-llamas.com.

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Haltering the Untouched Llama By Gary Kaufman, Roads End Llamas One of the hardest processes I have to deal with is stressing about being confined, and do it one more trying to define any given llama’s spatial 'comfort time. See if that space of his standing can shrink a zone' during any training session. bit. If it doesn't, oh well, if it does COOL. Walk

If you have the ability to, create a large space, away, feed him a bit more and call it a day, unless round, square, or any shape you can create fine. It’s you think he is ready for more. Each time shrink not the shape that's important at this time, just that space until you think you are close enough to working within a space. touch him. When you can reach out and touch him, that is literally all you do, reach out touch him with Time is your friend, and llama time and people time a quick stroke and walk away. I wouldn't do it all are not the same thing. The other thing that is in one day by any stretch of the imagination, but surprisingly critical is that you keep breathing and I've seen it done in under an hour with some pretty BE CASUAL. These guys live and die by wild guys. At some point during the process, he understanding the nature of body language, and will eventually turn into you when you turn your anything that is interpreted as threatening will be. If back and start walking away. That is a good sign. you move around in your regular life briskly during You are building a relationship of trust and tasks, keep that same pace when with him; if you are leadership. a 'slow mover' then move slow when you are with him during training. Be consistent. When you get to the point where he is willing to let you be within a 10 foot area, you could certainly shrink the space a bit and keep on going. The objective is to make him a willing partner in the process of being touched and handled. Then you deal with the halter.

Time, time, time and being consistent are going to be the allies in your partnership. I'm not sure I would even make this an everyday thing, but every time you have the opportunity to just 'touch him' take it. You aren't trying to do anything, just walk by, reach out and brush some part of his body without even stopping to breath.

So.. llama is in big space with YOU in the center. It's hard to explain verbally, but if you ever watch Angled facing towards his head, just behind his horse training shows, you can apply this to that ribcage off his flank and he should walk forward or process. When you watch, listen or attend a Cathy angle away from where you are standing. Keep Spalding clinic, John Mallon clinic, or Marty distance and don't chase, just 'move him out' with McGee-Bennett clinic, the single common thread your body. Angled facing towards his head a bit but you will find in all of them, although they all call it more off his front shoulders and with the right space different stuff, is you positioning and placing between you and him, he should stop moving. Do it yourself in a location of control of the space, AND all slowly and from a reasonable distance. The using your body to assist the animal in minute he stops moving start watching his feet, say understanding what you want them to do. That is a command ["AND STAND"] BEFORE he shifts decidedly different from what you DON'T want his weight or moves a foot, then take a half step them to do. backwards, turn around and walk away. Remember the distance that was between the two of you, go get I suggest that you check out your local llama a cup of coffee and give him a very small amount of association. They have a lending library for something he likes to eat in a bowl. members I assume, but will also probably be able Come back after your coffee, but BEFORE he starts to assist you with someone who is a member and might live nearby. 5 The Llama Rescue Review

The Culinary Camelid

Are you looking for tasty treats Llama Bars — Recipe by Bob Huss to tempt your camelid friends? Two of SELR’s volunteers offer 2 cups uncooked oatmeal (I use the Old Fashioned) the following tips: 2 cups whole wheat flour (I use the course stone I have been feeding my herd ground) plentiful treats from a natural food 2 cups shredded carrots store for over ten years. I have 1 tablespoon salt (too salty for me, but Betsy liked it) never had a problem, and the 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I use EVOO) animals are thrilled. Their favorites are: broccoli, 1 cup molasses cauliflower, brussel sprouts and carrots. They love 1/2 teaspoon baking soda sprinkled on top of the all veggies and most fruits! I have a couple with other ingredients (The baking soda may need to be “sweet tooths” that especially love melons and red adjusted for a lower elevation.) beets. There are a couple tips I'd like to pass on: Never! feed banana peels unless they are for sure Dump all ingredients into a large mixing bowl, then organic bananas, it's one of the heaviest sprayed combine with a mixer, until all ingredients are evenly crops around. I also avoid grapes. I don't think they distributed. Lightly oil a 13x9 cake pan. Press the are a problem for llamas, but if you have any dogs, mix into the cake pan. Bake at 350 degree until an they can be fatal to dogs. For tomato, peppers and inserted toothpick comes out clean or test with a eggplant, I remove stems and non-fruit part, as they light finger pressure like you would brownies. At this are in the deadly nightshade family. elevation it takes about 45 minutes, but everything —Ellen Prosser, Yenneveldt Farm Llamas, MA bakes differently at 7,700 feet.

Successful Shearing By Lynette Melton , SELR BoD, Chair

- First, Relax. Be Patient. Be Calm. The electric shears, depending on the tem- work with your animals throughout the llama will sense your mood and will perament of the animal and the avail- year, so that shearing is not so frighten- react in a negative way if you're nerv- ability of electricity. I can shear a ram- ing to them. Touch them all over, lift ous, upset, in a hurry. Sing to the llama, bunctious animal almost as quickly with feet, look in their mouths and eyes, lift quote poetry, tell stories. Sure, you scissors as with electric shears. I find it their tail, lift their fiber, open and shut think you're talking to the llama, but in easier to move about with the scissors the scissors or run the shears around reality, you're calming yourself and than with the shears, power cord, etc. their body without touching. All of your calm voice will, in turn, calm the these will help the llama become accus- llama. tomed to being worked with, as well as Most are a bit nervous at first, but help you become more comfortable and relax as they realize we're not literally familiar with your llama. 'making a rug of them.' Those in our Dr. Pugh once gave an illustration: herd who are most resistant are usually Imagine that once a year, an alien space left until last. By then, they've watched ship lands in your back yard. Alien be- all the other llamas survive shearing and ings come out of the ship, put a halter are possibly beginning to feel a bit on your face, and lead you into their warm with all that fiber still on them. ship, where they proceed to cut off all Once we start shearing them, it only your hair, trim your nails, peer in your takes a moment for them to realize that As far as I know, no llama has ever eyes, weigh you, and stick you with they're feeling cooler and to calm down died from being only half (or 1/4, or needles. When they're done, they put somewhat. 3/4) shorn. If shearing is too traumatic, you out of the ship and take off. Now, and unless the animal is in danger from Some llamas are more comfortable what are you going to do when you see with just one person working with them. the heat, stop. Let him/her back in the that space ship land next year? Right! If that's the case, your partner can begin pasture. Wait a day or two and try again. You are not going to run to the ship and working with another llama or hover out In a case like this, I'd start by opening volunteer! You're going to resist with all of sight, in case you need help. the 'vents,' or the areas between the legs your might. Shearing should not be an and the body, to improve air flow. For shearing, we either use scissors or 'alien' experience to your llamas and Probably most important of all - please alpacas. 6 The Llama Rescue Review

What My Rescue Llamas Mean to Me By Bob Huss

What does having Betsy and Muffin mean to me? transformed from a girl who was frequently "the llama from hell" into a sweet girl who is trustworthy It means going out to the pasture the morning after and always clearly signals before resisting me. a big storm, a storm that covered thirty inches of snow with an icy crust thick enough to walk on, and It means that I've learned a lot about llama nature stamping a path through the snow so they could and human nature by giving what I'm able to give and reach their warm water creek 100 yards away, and receiving much feeling happy, despite two sore knees, about having more because the privilege to serve them in that way. they have so much to give. It means laughing when Muffin playfully takes the loop of her own lead in her mouth and pulls it out of It means allowing my hand, then looks confused because I'm not Betsy to happily leading her anymore. lead our little procession so we It means enjoying a hug from Betsy simply because can visit her she enjoys giving hugs. friends at the goat farm.

It means feeling proud of both Betsy and Muffin It means sitting at my computer with my snow boots because they have so valiantly overcome so many and snow pants on, writing this while hoping that the fears and bad behaviors. storm stops soon but with the full knowledge that It means feeling sad when Muffin becomes I'll soon go out and see the girls, even if it's still aggressive because it means I still haven't found the storming. right way to help her past the one or two remaining It means being a better person because, in some areas of bad behavior. respects, they rescued me as much as I rescued It means feeling content because Muffin has them.

Happy Endings By Sonja Eckhart

Two years ago I was given a 3 day OK, and ignored the alpaca. When old pygmy goat, one of triplets. I Show arrived, there were a few push- raised her on a bottle, she thinks she ing matches and chasing by Anthony, is a dog. I knew she could not con- but quickly they became buddies. tinue to live in my house, so I got her Now the goats can choose their llama surviving brother. Unfortunately, 2 to snuggle with or stand upon. They foster dogs I had got out of their ken- prefer Anthony, then Show and then nel and killed him. I got 2 more ewes the baby Red. They are constantly and a billy goat, and wound up with under foot, but the llamas don't mind 3 sets of twins and a very horny and Anthony even rolls to the side billy. Suddenly an ad appeared want- trader contacted me about another when one is on his back so they jump ing to trade goats for a llama - my llama and an alpaca and to keep them off - if he jumped to his feet they dream come true. I kept Myra, her from going to stock market I bought would fall. Both the adults are vigi- twins and an abandoned billy we them. I had already applied to adopt lant with their goats and show great neutered. The goats fell in love with Showoff from SELR, and I had interest whenever a dog approaches Anthony in 2 days and followed him really liked him so we continued the pen. I don't worry about my goats everywhere, standing on his back and with the adoption. being hurt and everyone is great eating from his bucket. The same The goats decided Red Ryder was friends. It is a wonderful situation.

7 The Llama Rescue Review Shoo Fly—Dealing with this Year’s Invasion of Pesky Flies By Shirley Engelhardt, SC Adoption Coordinator

The folks who lived in our house before us had . Peppermint oil (dilute with water first; likely On our first visit to the house (before we bought it), more effective against moquitoes but also we noticed these bags of water hanging in the barn. considered to work against horse-flies) Not being experienced large animal people, we asked Lemongrass oil (dilute with water first) what they were. “Oh, those keep the flies away”. Place the cloth in the tin and shut the lid.

Allow to sit for 24 hours. Whenever you need to use Well, none of our large animal friends had ever heard the tin, just remove the lid and place it wherever you of these fly bags. And we were beginning to think need it. Make as many as you want to deter flies. we’d been duped by the former owners into believing (Replenish the oil after each use; once open to the such a silly notion—that bags of water can repel flies! air, the strength weakens and needs to be topped Well, they can, at least that’s what we learned from up.) some SELR folks and a few resources I found online. Or, try filling a quart jar with this mixture: Some think that maybe the 3 cups of water reflections in the water ¼ cup sugar somehow scare or confuse the ¼ cup white vinegar flies. According to WikiHow Mix, punch holes in the lid, and set it where needed. (www.wikihow.com), farmers in Brazil have been using this From www.shagbarkridge.com, here’s a suggestion remedy for years. Here it is: (from Paul Wade of Swan Lake Llamas in Ohio) for a

do-it-yourself fly trap - “The Big Stinky” Just fill a clear plastic bag with tap water (about 1/2 full). Tie the bag shut with string and use the string Using the large, clear plastic barrel from sour dough to hang the bag, but keep it away from walls so it can pretzels purchased at Sam’s Club, punch holes in the swing freely. plastic lid with a red hot nail about twice the size of

a fly. Punch two more holes opposite each other Apparently adding a penny or two to the inside of the through the side of the barrel for a clothes hanger bag also helps repel flies. handle to hang the trap on. Put some liver or fish and Here are some more remedies that we got from the a pint of water inside the barrel and hang it in the Volunteer Chat forum and some online resources. sun in an area where the flies are. Flies enter the

Lynette Melton gets fly traps at Lowe’s. They’re a barrel through the holes but cannot find their way plastic bag that has a bait in it. You fill the bag to a back out. Thousands of adult flies can be trapped mark with water and “the flies line up to get in!” per jar - and that’s thousands that do not lay eggs Lynette says they can “get rather rank, but are and multiply! Just dispose of it when full—never extremely effective.” Thanks, Lynette. getting your hands dirty.

From WikiHow: I also found a product available for sale called the Big Stinky. It uses attractants and pheromone to Clean out a small tin with a lid. capture flies. You can buy one at www.planetnatural. Take a clean piece of cloth or a small piece of com. dish sponge able to fit into the container. Saturate it with one of the following oils: Here are some more spray-on or wipe-on remedies Lavendar oil—lavendar is considered to be that I borrowed from http://www.equine-world.co. particularly effective against flies. uk/horses_care/fly-repel.htm and http://www. Citronella oil (dilute with water first) moniteausaddleclub.com/flyspray_recipes.htm Eucalyptus oil (dilute with water first) Pennyroyal oil (dilute with water first) Continued on Page 9

8 The Llama Rescue Review Shoo-Fly, continued from Page 8

Eucalyptus oil (Optional: few tablespoons of #1: White wine vinegar, water and any combination of citronella oil) eucalyptus, lavender, sandalwood or tea tree oils. Mix a few drops of each essential oil into a little washing- #6: Mix 2 cups light mineral oil + 1/2 cup lemon juice up liquid and add to the vinegar and water. Shake well + 2 tsp. citronella oil + 2 tsp. eucalyptus essential oil before using. + 2 tsp. lemon dish soap (Do not use this spray before a show as it attracts dust.) #2: Take a large lemon with a thick rind and slice thinly. Place in a bowl with a few sprigs of rosemary Most folks would agree that keeping the area clean and cover both in boiling water. Allow to steep of manure is probably the most effective fly control overnight and strain the mixture the following remedy. Consider these additions – Nancy Sottosanti morning. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and uses diatomaceous earth on manure piles, while Deb shake before applying. A similar response seems to be Logan applies lime to main pellet piles and/or on had by doing the same with leaves, stems and flowers places where she’s just cleaned. from Elder bushes. Natural predators can also be beneficial in the #3: Mix one part crushed garlic to five parts water. reduction of flying critters. Deb gets fly predators Shake the mixture and leave overnight. Strain and from Spaulding Labs, although you have to be careful pour liquid into a spray bottle. with these if you have dogs. Her dogs ate everything - including the wood chips packed in with #4: WD40 the predators. Barn swallows and purple martins both #5: Mix Skin So Soft with either eat flying insects, as do bats and lizards.

6 caps to 1 cup white vinegar + a squirt of Ivory Kathy Patterson ordered some solar fly traps (let us liquid soap or know how they work, Kathy) and Randall and Monty Gooding use a fly mister that “works GREAT! Cost is 4 oz + 1 oz citronella oil + 12 oz vinegar + 12 oz about $1,200.00 but well worth it.” water or Send us your home remedies and/or things that 1 cup + 1 cup water + 2 cups vinegar + 1 tbs. didn’t work. We’ll share them with the rest of the SELR family. Photos Send photos & lama news to [email protected]

Left : Sisters Penny and Cloud were recently adopted by the Pattersons of Spring Woods Farm. They are two very happy llamas! Above: Powatan, a former SELR “bad boy” now smiles at the farm of Julie Weir in Illinois.

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Llama Personal sheared. She is presently in foster care near St.

Louis, MO. Cream, born on 3-16-01, is a classic llama with mostly white markings. She was stricken with meningeal worm in early spring 2008 at her original home in MO but this feisty gal survived. Her walk reminds one of Captain Jack Sparrow of "Pirates" fame. She tends to lean to the right and walks to the right. If she kushes, and leans too far to the right, she falls over and is unable to bring herself back to a kushed position. She just needs a little help with lifting her head/neck and she is able to hop right up and walk away. A home where someone is around most of the time would be ideal for Cream.

Cream is a special case, thus the fee for adoption To obtain additional information or to submit an may be negotiable. She is a darling girl and is looking adoption application, contact Julie Weir at for a forever home with lots of TLC. She is up-to- [email protected] date on deworming and CDT and was recently In This Issue... The Culinary Camelid, Happy Endings, and more!

Favorite Alpaca Tunes By Rick Horn, All American Alpacas

A lot of you are going to be driving to the of your favorite artists! Nationals. There are probably some areas you'll The Llamas and the Pacas featuring Llama Cass drive through with NO RADIO RECEPTION! Eric Burdon and the Alpacas (Gasp) Conway Spitty We have a solution! Special, from Huarizo Springfield Slime Life Records: Your favorite Blood, Spit and Tears alpaca tunes from the 50’s, 60’s, And many more! 70’s and today! Who can forget “It's my pasture (and I’ll poop Imagine the joy on your families’ faces as they where I want to)” unwrap this gift! This is NOT available in stores! Or how about, “Your llama don't dance (your alpaca don't rock and roll)” So you don’t forget, order before midnight tonight. Or the ever so lovely, “Spit gets in your eyes” All this is yours for one easy payment of $29.95 Everyone will love it, it even includes that old plus $12 S/H country favorite, “Take that poop and shovel it” (Cash only) We’ve even included “Puff the magic suri”, so you can sing with the kids! Be sure to specify LP or 8 Like the really old stuff? You’ll love “Orgle track tape. worgle bugle boy of Company B” Please allow 6-8 years for Sing along with Dolly on “Pronking 9 to 5” delivery. Boy, doesn’t that bring back mammaries! Like the newer stuff? Rick & Pati Horn How 'bout Dire Straits "Sultans of Spit" or Queen's All American Alpacas "Bolivian Rhapsody?" http://aaalpacas.com/index. But yes, there’s more. We’ve brought back some shtml

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