Saturday, 6 June 2009

Sick Lamb


Last Saturday Little Dodd wasn't feeding well. He was starting to suffer from bloat, a common problem in bottle-fed lambs, basically indigestion caused by not having their mother's milk.


But I became sure he also had an infection. In the end we took him to the vet, who said, "Oh dear, he's cute. I expect he's got a name".


Antibiotics, which have to be injected into his rump for 3 days. And because of the bloat problem, we have to feed him only sugar water, with a teaspoon of natural yoghurt in it.


He looks sorry for himself.