[Sca-cooks] camels

[ruadh]

Camels in the Desert of Maine [USA].
http://www.desertofmaine.com/home.html

and consider 'Berserk Male Syndrome' of llamas [camel cousins]. They get
more than nasty if kept as a single pet and not breed [very] regularly.  My
sister raises them. She started with one male, now keeps four [ or so].  She
explains it as ... think of that 'cute' puppy just starting to mature,,,,
and grabbing on to *every leg* walking near it. Now change the size from
puppy to horse. Ouch. I'd much rather have her just sent me the fibre for
Christmas.   Food content: the llama cheese is good too, but her three goat
[breeds] cheese was much better . . Ru

----- Original Message -----
From: "Prydwen" <gryphon at carlsbadnm.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] camels
.......some snips..............

> At 07:59 PM 7/8/2001 -0500,Stefan wrote:
> >Do male camels not make good beasts of burden? Perhaps they are harder
> >to control? Or do the Arabs milk camels? Maybe its because female
> >children eventually require dowries and female camels don't? :-)
>
> Probably because female camels, like mares, ewes and nanny goats, bear
> young and you only need one male to a number of females, thus herd
increase
> and wealth.
> Under normal conditions and
> with gentle handling, like the other members of their family (llamas,
> alpacas, etc.) they can be pretty easy going.