Nutrition:

What llamas eat can vary a lot depending on where they reside, their purpose and what kind of pasture they graze in. Their nutrition habits can effect their breeding, birthing, health of their crias (babies), milk production, stress levels, and wool quality.

Their dietary needs consist of vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, energy, and calcium, and consistency and regularity is a very important factor. Pasture vegegation and hay are major contributors to the diet by providing the needed energy and fiber. Corn may also be added due to it being a high energy source, especially late in the gestation or early lactation periods. The rest of the needed supplements can come from feed that can be purchased at stores or markets.

Feeding a llama whole oats has shown to cause a problem because they have a barb on one end of the grain and may collect in the pockets of the stomach and could perforate to an ulcer state. If one desires to feed a llama oats, it is highly recommended that they be thoroughly crushed beforehand.