Baaah
No weaving done today. Went into Chicago with Gary to go shopping for his mom, shovel her snow, have Chinese takeout food for lunch with her. Then he did animal care while I went for our own groceries, and we had dinner and went for assorted cheaper items at the evil W place.
We have a sick sheep. Shaun, our original ram, is getting old and has been slowing down for a while. I've been attributing his slow movement in cold weather to arthritis and the temperature, but it seems there may be more. Today he was down and would not get up. Seems alert enough, and eats if you bring the food to him, but even if we pull him to his feet, he doesn't seem able to stand.
We got a towel under him and lifted him to make him walk to the lambing pen, where he is still able to see and hear the other sheep but they can't trample him or take all the food away from him. He shifts positions, and moves around the pen, but we still haven't seen him actually get up. Gary turned the heat lamps on at one end so he should be more comfortable for a while at least, but I've got a feeling we can't save him unless he gets up again.
I knew this was coming, and can accept it, but Gary's having a hard time with it. I had no idea he was so attached to this old sheepie, but he is, almost like with a dog.
We have a sick sheep. Shaun, our original ram, is getting old and has been slowing down for a while. I've been attributing his slow movement in cold weather to arthritis and the temperature, but it seems there may be more. Today he was down and would not get up. Seems alert enough, and eats if you bring the food to him, but even if we pull him to his feet, he doesn't seem able to stand.
We got a towel under him and lifted him to make him walk to the lambing pen, where he is still able to see and hear the other sheep but they can't trample him or take all the food away from him. He shifts positions, and moves around the pen, but we still haven't seen him actually get up. Gary turned the heat lamps on at one end so he should be more comfortable for a while at least, but I've got a feeling we can't save him unless he gets up again.
I knew this was coming, and can accept it, but Gary's having a hard time with it. I had no idea he was so attached to this old sheepie, but he is, almost like with a dog.