Lovelorn Llama
It's soap opera time on the farm with a tale of unrequited love, raging hormones and cold-hearted indifference.
Flash back to last Thursday night, when a new llama arrived on the farm. We've been thinking about getting some company for our single llama lady for a long time, and happened to see an ad for this guy.
However, I guess we should have placed an ad with eHarmony.com, because we seem to have a compatibility problem here. After a brief bout of curiousity, and touching of noses, Keira has since refused to acknowledge there is another llama on the farm.
Yes, it would seem the lady rejects her would-be sweetheart. In fact, she refuses to admit his existence most of the time. It's the cold shoulder treatment for poor Samson, with Keira turning her back to him and ignoring his presence in the pasture next door.
And there's Keira, as usual, giving him the cold shoulder treatment.
Every morning when I let the critters out, Samson rushes to the fence to see where Keira went. He hums and groans, sounding very much like he's trying to start his engine, desperately trying to get her attention.
It doesn't work. She continues to thoroughly ignore him.
Will Samson ever get the attention of his would-be lover? Will Keira ever accept him as a suitor? Stay tuned for the continuing soap opera of "The Lovelorn Llamas!"
Labels: llama
posted by Rural Writer @ 5:12 PM
7 Comments
7 Comments:
Poor Samson! I feel so sorry for him. Maybe your Keira thinks she's a goat?
I get such a kick out of your blog and the life and times of your little farm family!
Poor Samson. He's adorable, too! He'll have his chance!
Hang in there Samson Her hormones will kick in eventually and you'll look better than sliced bread.
Actually, I believe Keria thinks she's a human. She runs up to The Farmer or Young Son and gets right in their face. But she still refuses to acknowledge Samson even exists.
Poor Samson. He looks so lonely. Llamas don't do so well all alone, especially in a new place where everything is so unfamiliar.
He's quite the handsome fella. His coloring is alot like my female llama.
I'm guessing that he isn't a gelding? Are hoping for a cria?
Is there any way, you and a friend could take them both for a walk together?
I tried leaving one of the goats in with him, but he didn't pay any attention to her. I suspect we'll let him out with the rest of the critters soon. I always segregate new animals until I'm sure they are healthy. He can see the others, but just not in the same field.
& no, he's not a gelding. We'd like a cria just once.
How exciting! I can't wait to read further updates on 'cria-making'.
Our female llama is only a year old, so we won't breed her until she is at least 2 or 3, but I would love to see a cria from her. My only hope besides being healthy, is that it would be a female and that it be as loving and social as her.
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