Our Herd of Beautiful Rescue Llamas & Alpacas
(black ‘paca with milk mustache. Born 2003). Caitlin Tastee is our sweet older alpaca lady. She’s the Eeyore of the herd—once a fancy suri show ‘paca, she was purchased for $48k. However, we rescued her from southern Maryland. Very sensitive, very emo. If she was one of your friends, she would cry easily, wear a lot of black, secretly wish to be noticed. Need a lot of words of affirmation. She has beautiful crimpty buttery fiber. If you feed her organic baby carrots, you have to gently insert them into her mouth (small please), like a slot machine. And Figgy can’t be nearby or it’s just not worth the llama drama.
Photo by Kate Blohm.
Elfie Fay Von Picklesprite (Born October 2017) is the little fairy nymph of the bamboo forest. She’s the youngest alpaca of the herd and is constantly in trouble for snatching choice hay bits out from under the nose of an elder. She was our impulse rescue at the auction, as she was adorable and her legs were naked from a red mite infestation. We got her at auction in March 2018. If she was a person, she would be someone that is always trying to ingratiate herself by doing favors, giving gifts. She would never be confrontational but she would expect appreciation, but never demand it. She is very submissive and sweet. Probably won’t win a Pulitzer anytime soon. Drives a Jeep Wrangler.
Photo by Joy Cannis Photography.
(estimate birth year 2014) We rescued poor, neglected gorgeous Campari at the horrible exotic auction in September 2020, sporting years of matted coat growth, horrible overgrown toenails (she could hardly walk), parasites, and she was very thin.
Campari was not at all trusting, terrified, shell-shocked, and very very nervous. As time passes, she is enjoying her daily grain, carrots, and apple horse treats and is beginning to know a hand touching her back is not terrifying anymore. On a really sweet note, she volunteered to be little orphan Llrya’s mama. And even developed milk for the orphan baby, inspiring Kara to write a children’s book called “Mama Llama Love.”. If Campari was a person, she would drink a fair amount of wine for her anxiety, take life too seriously, not stand up to bullies, and lash out when things got too stressful.
We pulled Llyra out of the auction, a little orphan baby girl. We don’t know what happened to her mama but she was too young to not be nursing. We thought we would need to bottle feed her but a magical thing happened. Campari, also from the auction, stepped forward and claimed the baby as her own and even came into milk several days later, inspiring Kara to write a children’s book called “Mama Llama Love.” You can buy it here, on Amazon. Or get a signed copy in the gift shop. From the auction, Llyra had a hernia, heart arrhythmia, and was full of parasites. (Estimated birth day: May 2020) She’s a little ballerina, llama doggie. If she was a person, she would sell Girl Scout cookies, take ballet, love ice cream, expect the world to make her happy, and be friends with everyone.
Beautiful Zora was rescued from the exotic animal auction on 11/4/2022 and she’s likely part wild guanaco and part llama. She’s the aunt to little Rio. We thought we were purchasing Rio’s mama, but the auction mixed up the animals and a month later, we figured out the error and were so sad. She’s super feral and nervous, but enjoying grain and good hay is already changing her perception.
Photo by Joy Cannis Photography.
(estimated birth year 2015) Llama Mia Figaro (Figgy) is our party llama rockstar and we rescued her from the auction March 2018 along with her son. We bought them together so the little boy wouldn’t end up berserk and euthanized. (Look up berserk llama syndrome). Figgy works on the farm as a llama yoga instructor as that’s her calling. She was abused by being dragged her by her ears and an ill-fitting halter. Nickname is “The Figlet” and she will try to eat all of the carrots. When we first rescued her, she was angry, crazy, and terrified. She came to learn she landed in a sweet spot and turned her frown upside down (okay it was more her ears) and became the Walmart Greeter of the Treehouse. She has her own Instagram @figgy-llama. She’s an empath and finds people that need her during yoga. She’s very complicated and drives a Suburu.
Born 2004, Sunny Shevoun is one of our older suri alpacas and she’s blind despite seeing an ophthalmologist for the last few years. She’s a beautiful shy girl with gorgeous silky fiber. She is “fawn” (light beige) colored with unusual grey skin and was one of our original alpacas rescued from Maryland. If she was one of your friends, you would have to be careful what you say. She might take it the wrong way. She likes to read, in the sunshine. She dislikes parties and she drives a Honda Civic. She’s absolutely gorgeous, registered, and part Peruvian. Photo by Joy Cannis Photography
Photo by Joy Cannis Photography. (brown & black): Paloma Piper (Bolivian, born 2002 ) is our oldest camelid, a genius, and incredibly outspoken. She might scream if she doesn’t get ALL the carrots. She used to be the Queen before Dali arrived and she still considers herself HRH. She’s a pedigreed, purebred Bolivian suri alpaca, which is rare. She’s can open cabinets and trash can lids. Paloma is super naughty. If Paloma was one of your friends, she would be the one that talks on her cell while she drives too fast, steals your man, takes the law as a suggestion. She was one of our original rescues out of Southern Maryland. . Paloma drives a Tesla—way too fast and she forgets to charge it and borrows another car without asking.
Photo by Joy Cannis Photography.(estimated birth year Sept 2014) Dali Llama is the calm Queen of the herd and has tiny ears, fabulous permanent eyeliner--one eye looks like the “Eye of Horus.” She can be super sassy and judgy but has excellent posture, poise and confidence. She was formerly owned by “the meat market man” who took llamas to slaughter. We pulled her from the auction in September 2016. She was too beautiful (and more valuable at auction, thank goodness). When we rescued her, she had three years of fiber growth, was terrified and feral, neglected and was thrilled to get that massive coat removed. She’s highly intelligent, curious, and will peer into your soul. If she was a person, she would be a psychic medium or a judge who used her talents for the betterment of the world. Dali drives a Lexus.
Little Rio was just rescued on 11/04/2022. She was approximately 3 months old at gotcha date and we suspect she is part guanaco (wild llama predecessor) and part llama. She is already proving to be a sweetheart as we get to know her. Photo by Joy Cannis Photography.
