I got a phone call from the neighbouring farm a few days ago. They had an abandoned, "sickly" ewe lamb. Would we take her in as another pet lamb here at Struan Farm? You can guess the answer: of course! I drove over with bottle, blanket, etc. to pick her up.
"Tootsie" spent her first night in the garage, part of the time wrapped in a blanket in a box by the fire inside to warm up. She wasn't drinking all that much at first, I was worried. The next day she was frolicking around, so I installed her out in the Pet Pen (she's way too little for the paddock at this point). I didn't want her to be alone her first night outside, so popped Curly back into the pen to keep her company.
She's a real cutie, I love how one ear flops down. And she seems okay thus far. It's great to have two ewes and two rams in the pet lamb mob, evens things out at the back fence.
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