Nutrition
Options for feeding llamas are quite wide; a wide variety of commercial and farm-based feeds are available. The major determining factors include feed cost, availability, nutrient balance and energy density required. Young, actively growing llamas require a greater concentration of nutrients than mature animals because of their smaller digestive tract capacities.
| Body weight (lb) |
Bromgrass | Alfalfa | Corn silage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (as fed) | (dry matter) | (as fed) | (dry matter) | (as fed) | (dry matter) | |
| 22 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| 44 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| 88 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| 110 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| 165 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| 275 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 2.8 |
| 385 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 12.9 | 3.6 |
| 495 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 15.8 | 4.4 |
| 550 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 4.8 |
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