Arizona Llama Rescue, Inc. was founded in 2007 by a group of llama owners with years of experience in raising, showing, training and breeding llamas. We are a group of dedicated volunteers, focused on the need...
Llamas are popular companion animals in Arizona for a variety of reasons.
Have a lot of stress in your life? A llama is the perfect therapist! Due to their quiet persona and zen-like nature, just being around a llama is enough to erase...
Arizona Llama Rescue is extremely lucky to have the support of our volunteers in taking proper care of these beautiful animals. Your financial donation helps these llamas more than words can express by providing them with needed care.
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What do llamas eat?
Llamas eat grass hay, approximately five pounds a day. A blend of Timothy and Orchard grass is highly recommended. Alfalfa is too high in protein. Bermuda is too low in protein. Obtaining hay from out of the state of Arizona, us...
Aberrant Behavior Syndrome (ABS), also commonly referred to as berserk llama syndrome or berserk male syndrome (as it is more pronounced in males) is a psychological condition suffered by human-raised llamas that can cause them to exhibit dangerously...
Heat stress (hyperthermia) is a big concern in Arizona, most especially in Phoenix's Valley of the Sun. Before we discuss how heat stress is treated, we'd like to address some of the ways to prevent heat stress.
Preventing Heat Stress
First and for...
What is Valley Fever and how does a camelid contract it?
Valley Fever is a disease primarily found in the lungs and is medically referred to as coccidioidomycosis. It's caused by a fungus Coccidioides sp., and its fungal spores are typically dormant...
Feel free to contact us regarding questions, give us suggestions, or to just say hello!
Arizona Llama Rescue
4687 Hay Hollow Road
Snowflake, AZ 85937
Phone: (602) 339-2485
Email: rescuewrangler@gmail.com
Our Friends and Spon...
Billy was recently returned to Arizona Llama Rescue with his brother Bobby from Parks, AZ, after the previous owner sold their home. His age is unknown, but is suspected to be in his mid-teens. He is down on his pasterns - this may be due to br...
Bobby was recently returned to Arizona Llama Rescue with his brother Billy from Parks, AZ, after the previous owner sold their home. His age is unknown, but is suspected to be in his mid-teens. He is down on his pasterns - this may be due to...