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Suffolk Odyssey Llamas
Hulver Tree Cottage, Walpole Lane,
Walpole, Halesworth, IP19 9BE
Tel: 01986 - 784286 (evenings)
Email info@suffolk-llamas.co.uk
Meet our wonderful Llamas
Buzz, Woody, Teasel, Iroko, Mr T and Pixie.
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Buzz Lightyear - Buzz
Date of Birth 24th June 2002
Colouring and Coat Type Buzz is quite a rare animal for this country as he is a Bolivian type llama. He is dark brown with a white collar around the base of his neck; he has a black face with shaggy black fringe and white topknot! His coat is very woolly and his fibre grows all the way down his legs; his fibre is very high quality at 15 microns.
Life History Buzz was born at the high quality Ordellamas stud near Ascot; he has been with us in Suffolk since June 2003. He has a very steady character – a three-year-old girl was leading him across the field within a month of his arrival with us - a natural packing animal. During the 2004 trekking season, Buzz was a great hit with the customers – being the most chosen animal with those who stated a preference once they had checked out the web site. Naughty Buzz was also the ringleader in the great “It’s too hot to continue trekking revolt”; being the first to stage a “sit down strike” during particularly hot weather. This, however, led to us start enjoyable evening treks during the hot weeks of July and August. By this summer Buzz should be fully trained to take full weight packs.
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Did someone say it was going to snow?
“My country estate, don’t you know!”
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Woody
Date of Birth 3rd July 2002
Colouring and Coat Type Woody’s coat is light brown, with a white front neck, his fibre quality is extremely high at 15 microns.
He has dark navy eyelashes, a very pretty white patch on his face and fine frame so much so that everyone mistakes him for a female as he is so delicately proportioned! He is the mischievous one of the bunch as he causes trouble then gets upset when he is put in his place.
Life History Woody was born near Ascot at the Ordellamas Stud.
He is a week younger than Buzz and moved with him to Suffolk in June 2003.
He gets very excited when he knows he is going out for a walk and attracts lots of attention due to his good looks. 2004 trekking was a good season for Woody, although customers had to wrestle him from Jon (don’t tell the other llamas but Woody is Jon’s favourite).
In a mischievous moment whilst in Blythburgh Church for the annual Pet Blessing Service, Woody snatched and proceeded to eat Jon’s hymn sheet!
Woody will be carrying packs this summer.
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Look at my eyelashes!
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Teasel
Date of Birth 1st August 2000
Colouring and Coat Type Teasel has a gingery brown coat with white down the front of his neck and a grey face – all very similar to his wild cousin, the Guanaco. His coat is fine and his fibre has already been used to make a jumper for his previous owner – his fibre varies from 12-25 microns. He is easy to groom and he looks majestic with the wind catching his tresses.
Life History He arrived in Suffolk, in a sense, by default. John and Gwynneth Hogger - Fynn Valley Llamas - wished to start breeding llamas, so they went to see Ordel Safran of Ordellamas who sold them two breeding females and one stud male.
One of the females had a three-month-old baby, Teasel, who was too young to wean – so he came too.
John and Gwynneth enjoy breeding and training llamas and were very sad to see him go but Teasel enjoyed his move to east Suffolk where John and Gwynneth have full visiting rights.
Although Teasel is the biggest llama and takes the heaviest packs and mostly takes the lead on treks, he can be lacking in bravery hanging back when he is uncertain of the terrain ahead.
Despite his size Teasel’s best partners have been the youngest boys and girls.
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Eat your heart out Graham Norton
What a nice animal, Teasel is not bad also!
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Iroko
Date of Birth 10th December 2001
Colouring and Coat Type Iroko has a lovely thick deep brown coat, grey velvety face and lovely long black eyelashes.
He has the gentlest mouth, especially when he is taking his favourite tit bits – carrots. His high quality coat fibre is 18-20 microns.
Life History Iroko was born at Fynn Valley Llamas in Witnesham, Suffolk at a small but high quality llama breeding unit – he was the first llama to be born at their unit.
He came to Suffolk Odyssey Llamas in December 2003 – his previous owners were reluctant to sell him because they were so fond of him but they realised that he would be going to a great home and they would be able to be see him as often as they wished.
When he arrived he was partly trained to carry a pack, as he was only just old enough to carry any significant weight.
Iroko is very friendly and happy to go out for a walk.
He is very fond of his food and is always the first to the trough or to beg a carrot!
2004 season and spring 2005 saw Iroko taking full weight packs and will take the lead and stay there when requested.
He has amused many with his “talking and singing” en route.
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“Forget the posing, where are the carrots!”
Iroko’s entry in the three headed llama competition
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Mr T
Date of Birth April 2003
Colouring and Coat Type Mr T’s coat is very dark brown, almost black tinged with silver with a white patch under his chin and a T shape on his face, hence his name. His fibre is of a high quality being 22.5 microns.
Life History Mr T was born at Ordellamas, he was halter trained there and moved to join Suffolk Odyssey Llamas in February 2004.
He is still growing, extremely alert, a quick learner, accompanied us on nearly every trek in 2004 and is now learning to carry packs.
He seems to be able to get away with tricks with the other llamas that they would not tolerate from the older ones.
He sometimes sits down when he cannot get his own way when out walking.
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Anyone for T?
“Hey, mind my nose!”
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Pixie
Date of Birth 1998
Colouring and Coat Type Silvery pink! with a white face and an extremely woolly coat – 25 microns.
Life History Pixie was bred in Devon by Paul Rose of Roseland Llamas where he was a stud llama for two years. Paul also used him for PR and trekking.
New blood lines are necessary to continue improving breeding stock, so Pixie was retired from stud work and moved to a new life at Suffolk Odyssey Llamas in February 2004.
He has a lovely temperament and gets on well with all humans – a good llama with which to learn grooming techniques.
Always leads from his best position – the back!
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Devonshire Cream
“I am sure it was green here yesterday”
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