It is just one of those jobs that every llama rancher has to do. It takes some time to trim your llamas’ feet. Mostly training them to let you touch their feet is the timeconsuming part.

We recommend spending ample time teaching your llamas to pick up their feet for you. Once they are trained and trust you then trimming their toenails is not so hard. Having a llama restraint chute or a second hand to help you is always best.

In the video we use a trailer to help us get the job done. This is how we first learned it and how many folks without a llama chute can trim toenails.

Taking care of your llamas’ feet is very important to their healthy and livelihood. Often you do not have to trim their feet depending on many factors such as the terrain they live in, their diet and how often they work in the Rocky Mountains. The packers we have are trimmed less often than the females that stay at home in the pastures raising their young. On average we trim our llamas’ toenails 34 times per year. Sometimes less and sometimes more.

Having the right toe nail clippers is a big first step to trimming their toe nails. Here is the link to the brand we like best: https://www.jefferspet.com/products/a...

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