Commore
29-Apr-11, 11:35
Shuggie started life with us known as Sugar until we noticed that in fact our pet lamb was a boy!
He was brilliant, took his bottle no problem at all and for the most part the dogs and cat accepted him as a part of their extended family.
All was well until last week when Shuggie started showing signs that he didn't want his bottle so much, we thought, oh well he is growing well and perhaps we should be cutting down his milk intake and he was nibbling at the solid food and drinking water.
Shuggie was seven weeks old,
last Sunday, after he had his breakfast, and as was his custom, he went out to play with the dogs, we think he thought he was a dog,
On checking on them, we noticed Shuggie was laid down and comment was made as to how highly unusual this was,
later, however, and upon further checking we found that our lovely wee lamb was dead.
We have wracked our respective brains, there was no reason as to why this should happen and on reading this today,http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/lamb-milk-heartache-1.1097418
we now think we know why.
Because, although Shuggie liked his milk he also grued at it,
Shuggie is laid to rest alongside our pets who may be gone but will never be forgotten.
http://img155.imageshack.us/g/dsc04973uj.jpg/
He was brilliant, took his bottle no problem at all and for the most part the dogs and cat accepted him as a part of their extended family.
All was well until last week when Shuggie started showing signs that he didn't want his bottle so much, we thought, oh well he is growing well and perhaps we should be cutting down his milk intake and he was nibbling at the solid food and drinking water.
Shuggie was seven weeks old,
last Sunday, after he had his breakfast, and as was his custom, he went out to play with the dogs, we think he thought he was a dog,
On checking on them, we noticed Shuggie was laid down and comment was made as to how highly unusual this was,
later, however, and upon further checking we found that our lovely wee lamb was dead.
We have wracked our respective brains, there was no reason as to why this should happen and on reading this today,http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/lamb-milk-heartache-1.1097418
we now think we know why.
Because, although Shuggie liked his milk he also grued at it,
Shuggie is laid to rest alongside our pets who may be gone but will never be forgotten.
http://img155.imageshack.us/g/dsc04973uj.jpg/