Lost Creek Elahn
ILR # 294159
gelding b. 4-3-2012
Lost Creek Credo x Megan Summer Socks
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Elahn is 42" at the withers and has shown increasing difficulty keeping his weight under control when kept with llamas of normal metabolism, which in turn has caused us to remove him from our list of pack prospects.
Elahn's fleece is a curaca type (mixed k'ara and woolly traits) and requires yearly shearing; he does have a marginally-shedding neck and tail, which we rake out, also yearly.
Elahn enjoys interacting with humans and doesn't cling to other llamas, although he wants to be sure he's not left out of the herd's movement. Elahn does have his dam's distrust of dogs and other small critters.
Inquire about Elahn if you are interested in either a quirky companion, or a sentinel / alert llama (he definitely will let everyone within earshot know if he sees anything that doesn't belong, but is unlikely to attack a predator). Elahn should be safe with goats and with wethered sheep or rams, but on principle, we would not want to place him with ewes unless he would be removed when they are in heat.
Elahn is priced at $500. He is microchipped for permanent identification, and like all of our nonbreeding llamas, his contract will stipulate that he is not to be sold or rehomed, but must return here if no longer wanted.
Elann or elahan is a Chinook Jargon word (originally from Salish, E-la-han), meaning aid or assistance; it also (spelled "Elan") means "oak tree" in Hebrew. Both are fitting for our Elahn, especially the former — that's what pack llamas do! Because the spelling of all Native American words comes from (often inept) phonetic approximations anyway, we've taken the liberty of altering the spelling to Elahn to help others get the pronunciation the way Elahn is used to hearing it.