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15/2/2013 2 Comments

Our Valentine's baby

llama cria
Meet Valentine, our latest cria, born yesterday, 14 Feb.

He is the last baby of our oldest and most experienced mum, Beeghum, who now goes on to enjoy her 'pension plan' as the oldest, wisest, slightly crancky and beutiful dominant female that she is.

Just like Beeghum's previous baby, two year old Bakr, Valentine inherited his mum's stunning markings and banana ears. His brother is our junior stud and we'll see where this little guy gets up to. For now, he is our tiniest cria yet, but very lively and happy and with mum's plentiful supply of milk he won't be small for long.

Beeghum is such a great mum. So experienced and it's a pleasure to watch how carefully she takes care of her baby. she seems to know how little he is and makes sure she only takes him to the most sheltered areas.

Spot, who's one month old today, is pretty happy he now has a playmate and they had a short game of chasies before Valentine was even a day old.

newborn llama
baby llama and mum
llama running
llama birth
The birth
Yesterday, Beeghum made labour look like a walk in the... paddock! The rest of the herd camped nearby but were all very quiet and still, awaiting the birth.

Soon after Valentine was born, they all went to greet him and check him out.

One of our cats, Louis, was also present and an eagle showed up at the end, hopefully after the placenta and not the baby!

llama meeting cria
The herd meets the new arrival
llama slippers
Llama slippers, thick covers covering a cria's toenails so mum doesn't get hurt during birth.
newborn baby llama
First kiss from mum
cat
Louis
Valentine was feeding well within an hour.
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Kylie
27/2/2013 05:45:35 am

Wow! Great photo of the cria (new word I have learnt today!) arriving feet-first. Excellent blog Ilaria, it's nice to visit your property online - in person would be nice too! ;-)

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Ilaria Catizone
27/2/2013 06:38:00 pm

Thank you!! Damian of course is the photographer. Looking forward to catching up when you come to Canberra

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    Born and raised in Italy, travelled a lot and lived in Singapore and Spain
    before landing in Australia in 2001. Loved the place, found a partner, went back
    to Uni and found a job, then another one. Now I have a little daughter and a great partner and together, we are learning to be hobby farmers.

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