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What food does the llama eat?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Llamas eat mainly grass, shrubs, and lichens. Lichens are moss-like plants that grow on rocks and wood. Llamas are herbivores, which means they are plant eaters. They chew their food just a little and swallow it, then bring up a wad of cud. They then finish chewing it and swallow it again and finally, digest it. Cud is partly digested food. Llamas eat mainly hay, grass, and grain when in captivity. For treats, llamas like cut-up apples, carrots, broccoli, and orange peels. Because the llamas have 3 stomach compartments, the food must pass through all the stomachs during digestion.

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llamas eat a large amount of food. i think. No they do not! llamas eat very little! 1/4 of what a horse eats. They say, 4 lbs of hay for a 300lb. llama. They only need grain (horse or goat will do) if they are nursing, packing, breeding, under weight, or close to birth. They also need fresh water and pasture.

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they are herbivores, hay, grass and grain

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