26
Apr
Bottle-Feeding a Newborn Lamb
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We had our first lambing a few days ago early in the morning. I went outside and found 3 lambs; Annabelle was claiming two white lambs and Veronica was claiming one brown/white lamb. Ok, two ewes lambed at relatively the same time and now we have three babies! Awesome!
Not so fast! It turned out Veronica wasn’t really a mom (yet) after all. Annabelle actually had triplets but she has rejected the brown/white lamb possibly because Veronica stole him originally and Annabelle didn’t bond with him.
Consequently, the lamb needs bottle-feeding (Veronica didn’t have milk yet and also lost interest in being a foster mom the day after lambing). Watch this video to see Little Buddy bottle-feed some a really cute baby lamb: