Camel Farm

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Yesterday I was showing some visitors from SF around Bahrain, and we went to the Camel Farm a few Kms from my house...

We were in the enclosure with the females, juveniles and babies, as they are very tame and calm. The male camels are much more agressive, so are kept in a separate enclosure and are hobbled (roped around their front legs) so they can't run too fast.

This friendly lady followed us around, and absolutely LOVED scritchies, as well as having her photo taken!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p05021dff57a5403a89e234a19eb30f0c/f05b089d.jpg

One day old baby with Mommy. He was trying hard to stand up, but his wobbly little legs would not work properly!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p7aa90e78460e5c85d3fe9823d86e8a26/f05b0abb.jpg

Three day-old baby with Mommy - still not too sure of his footing, but determined to stay close to Mommy when she went out to feed with the rest of the herd.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p9c6d142b70bf77163c52902342de6658/f05b0ab8.jpg

These ones were around 6 to 7 months old, and were SO friendly.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p5a4860d93bf1c5c06c25a04670ac0bc4/f05b1536.jpg

The awesome thing about the farm is that it is a fully-functional farm and is not the least bit commercialised, but visitors are welcome, so you get to go right in and interact with the camels. It was an amazing experience.


SO..... who is coming to visit us here in Bahrain???

[luvofallhorses]

they are cute! :)

[gemini9961]

I'll come, those are some cute camels. How cool that you got to go in there and interact with them. :D

[Alysser]

AW! Cuties:)

[.sarah]

SO..... who is coming to visit us here in Bahrain???
ME ME ME!!! :D

Seems like such a cool experience!

[ramanth]

Adorable! Give them all a big kiss for me. :D

[lv4dogs]

Wow, what an experience that must be, to be in there & interact with them like that.
Thanks for sharing!

[beeniesmom]

SO..... who is coming to visit us here in Bahrain???

Actually, I'd love to visit.
My husband was sent to Bahrain many times when he was stationed in Italy.
We were not together at the time or I would have probably gone with him at least once. He always spoke highly of the time he spent there.
Are you stationed there?

[king2005]

Where is Bahrain?
Tom plans to take us all over the world, cause he doesn't know what else to do with his $ :rolleyes: Hes taking us to Romania in Aug & CA/usa in Sept.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!! Thanks for these pics, Julie!! I've never seen baby camels before! I must admit they are oh so cute :) . Do people in Bahrain keep camels as housepet?

[Barbara]

Oh these baby camels are just too sweet.
Pet Talk really attacks your travel budget! Of course I'd love to come to Bahrain but how- if I ahven't been to Denmark, Scotland, Moldova and the BBQ yet :rolleyes:

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Lut - Camels are not kept as pets here, but the Camel farm in the pictures is owned by a Shaikh (the uncle of Bahrain's king) and he allows it to remain open to the public!

King2005 - Bahrain is a TINY Island just next to Saudi Arabia in the Middle East

Beeniesmom - we are here due to my hubby's job (he works in Saudi and commutes daily), but he is not military.

Barbara - you will just have to try harder to win the lottery so you can embark on a PT world tour!!!