A Maybeline Update

Llamas are herd animals, and Maybeline has never been without other llamas.

Coming up from pasture–she is still checking for Odie frequently.

She and Odie came to me as a bonded pair, so I am a bit concerned about her now that she is the only llama here.

annoyed that I’m standing in the doorway

So far, I know she misses Odie, but she is okay.  I hope she will actually integrate with the goats, but I don’t know that she will.

Headed back out to pasture

looking towards the goats

Winter is a horrible time to try to bring another llama to the farm, so I will probably just watch and see if I can find another llama at some time.

Hopefully, with the winter coming and just hanging in the barnyard, she won’t get too lonely until something comes up.

Odie

I absolutely thought we were going to be okay.  She was slowly making progress and was back to eating hay.   She no longer had the pained look in her face.  When I went out and offered her feed Friday morning, she didn’t eat anything, but she was happily lying outside chewing her cud.

The day she and Maybeline came to the farm.

I came home to find she had died.

If llamas have a herd queen, it was Odie (with Aurora and Maybeline)

The ISU vet did call me that evening to check her progress, and we think she had a stroke from the damage already sustained to her brain (or a progression of the illness).

I will miss her, cranky girl that she was.

Just Some Pictures

I’m glad to be home for the weekend again.  It’s been stressful this week with a sick llama.

Mr. Peacock enjoying a warmer day.

I almost got a good picture of Herbie.

Ms. Goose

What a trio–Cutie, Ms. Goose, and Odie

Maybeline–it’s getting cold when the llama has icicles on her face.

Brown Leghorn hen

Trace

Oh, and some teenager is in trouble again.  She dumped my new corn plant.  When I got out there she was diving into it face first with a paw on either side.

Thing eyeing her handy work.

I was going to try to stake it up and see if it would heal, but it just snapped.  The bottom part is still in dirt; I put the top in water. We’ll see if it gets roots or not.

Here’s to a calmer weekend.