Miniature Llama Standards
A llama can be registered as a miniature any time after
registration with the International Llama Registry. However,
final miniature status is granted only to animals three years of
age or older. Immature Status: A llama under 3 years of age may
be registered only if its mother is a registered, mature, mini
llama or the mother is registered foundation stock and the
father is a registered mini llama. Classification A llama may be
registered in one of three classifications:
1. Miniature Llama: Llamas three
years of age or older that measure no more than 38 inches at the
withers may be registered as miniature llamas.
How to Measure a Llama: One of the most
accurate ways to measure a llama is to have your llama stand
squarely on a level surface next to a wall. Take a carpenter's
level and lay it over the llama's back at the withers (on the
shoulders just where the neck joins). Let one end of the level
touch the wall and get the bubble in the middle. Then make a
mark on the wall under the end of the level. Now you can move
the llama out of the way and measure up the wall to the mark.
This is a fairly simple way to accurately measure your
llamas.
2. Miniature Foundation Stock: Only
female llamas that are used in a breeding program for producing
miniature llamas but exceed the 38 inch height standard for
miniatures by no more than two inches or forty inches maximum
height may be registered as foundation stock. This standard was
set by the Association in recognition that height is a genetic
trait and breeding down is a realistic approach to developing
miniature llamas.
3. Immature Status: A llama under
3 years of age may be registered only if its mother is a
registered, mature, mini llama or the mother is registered
foundation stock and the father is a registered mini llama. |
