 The short answer is yes... but will they? Probably not. Do they spit at people? 99% of the time the answer to this one is no. Spitting over food The most common time you see llamas (or alpacas) spitting is when they are competing over food. For people who are lucky enough to spend a lot of time with llamas this is the most common time they have accidentally been spit on. The llama is telling its herd-mate to back off and the person happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. With a bit of awareness and some herd management this is avoidable.
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Read Darrell's recollections about the record setting llama sale, including the highest selling llama of all time, Newevo for $220,000. Click here to read the full interview inside of issue three  Darrell remembered, “When you got that catalog no matter how you felt towards Bon or how you felt about suris you couldn’t hardly stay away, you had to be there. It was amazing. They were promoters, the pictures were unbelievable. There were 200 pictures in that catalog; there wasn’t a bad picture in the bunch. I can’t imagine how many hours they spent getting those pictures.”
This article is an excerpt from our interview with Steve and Sue Rolfing of Great Northern Ranch, featured in issue one. Click here to read the full issue  Steve and Sue Rolfing made waves at the first Celebrity Sale, in 1989, by consigning their lead herdsire and one of the most popular studs of the day. GNLC Catman was bred by Patterson and purchased by the Rolfings in 1985 at the side of his dam. Steve recalls that as Catman developed at the Patterson Ranch, prior to being transported, Dick called to say he had second thoughts about letting go of the striking, jet black male, but Steve held him to their agreement.
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AuthorKyle Mumford is a third generation llama owner, and his family has owned llamas since 1980. Kyle and his wife Jerrika have a herd of approximately 25 llamas in Southwest Washington. Categories
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