Tuesday, June 8, 2010
No Pictures tonight
I have no pictures tonight but I am going to post some very happy news. When I go out to the pen I usually take two bottles out. One for Wilson and one for Spalding. Wilson always runs up to me and drinks all 8 ounces of his bottle. Spalding is a different story. I usually have to corner him and try to get him to drink something but he won't. Well......tonight when I got home from work I made two bottles as always and thought, it's been a week and Spalding hasn't taken a bottle and he seems to be doing alright (by that I mean he's still alive. Weak but still alive) and I thought I'm not going to chase him down tonight. Just feed Wilson and let Spalding be for the night. He is eating creep and going out to pasture. I thought he'd be fine. Any way, I take two bottles out to the pen and Wilson runs up like usual and starts drinking. I'm down on one knee feeding Wilson and low and behold, Spalding comes up and stands by my side and looks up at me with the sadist face. I put the other bottle by his mouth and he just went to town with it. He drank the whole bottle. I was so happy. I hope he does the same thing in the morning. I think that's what he needed because I just went out and checked on him and he was cuddled up next to Merrie ( one I have to introduce yet) and I swear he had a smile on his face. He had a full belly for once and someone "Mommy like" to lay next to .I haven't seen him that content since his mom died. Maybe he realized that he was hungry and there was good stuff in that bottle or maybe he was just having a tuff time missing his mom. The bad thing now though is I have to band all the boys soon, real soon and I'm afraid he'll stop eating if I do. I think I'll wait a while to do Vanessa's boys. That's it for tonight.
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That is good news, Linda. I'm glad Spalding decided to take the bottle, and that he looked content finally with a surrogate Mama. I think you're right that it may be a good idea to wait on banding them, especially if Spalding seems a little weak at the moment. Maybe it's better to let them get their feet under them for a bit before the stress of banding. Such good news for this morning. Good for you and your lambs. Take care, from KY.
Thank-you for sharing the happy story with us!
Great! I would think that after a week if he is nursing well then it would be ok to castrate. Did Leslie's lamb last year get wild after he was castrated? If you want I could do the deed so they don't think it was you.
Hi Laura-actually Naoh got friendlier. So did Doder from last year and Little Willie. I'm home Wednesday if you want to come and help with the duty. Thanks so much for offering. I think your right, if I do it they might be afraid of me and not take the bottle when I go to feed them. Then I'm back to square one. I need to post again don't I? Just to much to do outside. Got Vanessa's ecropsey results back and will post tomorrow.
Linda - I didn't get the job at the library in south-central KY, so will be here in Lexington for a little while longer till something else comes up. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Hope all is going well with you and your babies this weekend. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. We've got thunderstorms rolling in this evening here. Take care, from KY.
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