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What are your
breeding goals? Are you breeding for: bone size, wool,
conformation, large or small animal size, color, origin
(domestic, Chilean, Bolivian, Peruvian), packing,
disposition, athletic abilities, etc.
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What is your
fertility rate? In any 12 month period, what percentage
of your adult females give birth? Why?
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What do You feed your
llamas? Why? What type of grain, if any? What type of
mineral supplement, if any? What type of Hay? Have you
had your feed and hay analyzed for content?
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How often do you
de-worm? What wormers do you use? What types of
vaccinations do you give/ How often?
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Have you bottle-fed
any animals? Why or why not? Under what circumstances
would you bottle feed a baby?
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How do you handle a
weak or premature cria? Do you have colstrum on hand?
Plasma on hand?
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Are all of your
llamas registered? Do you blood type your llamas? Do you
microchip or tattoo your llamas?
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Do you insure your
llamas?
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What types of
guarantees come with your breeding animals? Your pet
quality animals? Do you provide any pre-sale blood work
or veterinary work with your animals?
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What comes with a
llama bought at your ranch? (Halter, lead, free
breeding, etc.). What type of medical records come with
your llamas? How frequent weight recordings, etc. Will
you deliver?
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What types of
precautions do you take against heat stress?
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What type of
marketing and promotion of your llamas do you do?
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Do you sell animals
at auction?
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Will the owner halter
the llama(s) you are interested in and let you lead them
and feel their wool? Can you see the sire and dam? Do
they have photos of the sire and dam? Where are the sire
and dam now?
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What does the breeder
see as the strengths and weakness of the llama(s) you
are interested in?
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Is the ranch neat and
clean?
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Are the animals
well-cared for?
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Do the animals
respond positively to the owners?
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Do the llamas seem
happy?
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Do you have a good
feeling about the place and the owners?
