Heya,

So, it seems I'm prone to rescuing animals. This isn't anything new. As a kid, I'd rescue birds, cats, kittens, hedgehogs all the time, much to my parent's grief. Now as an adult, I seem to be rescuing farm animals. So far this year, I have saved three lambs and potentially a calf. Why? Because I'm a giant softy when it comes to animals.

Porky was practically dead when I found him and being a lamb everybody (including myself) expected him to die that first night. However, after several days, much frustration, and three stomach tubings he managed to be a little bouncy lamb. Now, he's almost weaned!

Tweety was a mis-mothered lamb after an assisted birth. She was more straightforward. Much more so than my new lamb, Lola, whose mother died when she was a week old. I got her when she was 10 days old and had to re-teach her how to use a teat as well as get her used to human contact and drink from a bottle. Thankfully, she's doing much, much better now.

Anyway.. as for #25.. I was walking the dogs (as I do every other day (run them with the bike alternate days)) and I saw what I thought to be a dead calf at the bottom of the paddock. Unusual, but not unheard of. So, I take the dogs back to the house, put them away and took the bike down to check it's number. Turns out, it's not dead. It's just almost dead. So, waiting for it to be collected by Rak and hopefully it'll be alright. It's mother died and we had thought it had been adopted by another cow, but obviously it hasn't. Fingers crossed. He'll need his stomach tubed at least. Kinda feel sorry for Rak. He's got 90 odd other calves he has to feed and #25 is just one more and not in the best of shape.

Have any of you guys rescued any animals? If so, what type and how are they doing today?

~Sunk