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Hi my name is April and I live on a farm in Montana. We mainly raise alpacas and chickens but have aquired a 3 week old blind at birth Kat lamb. She is very healthy. She will be raised as a pet and will not be bred or raised for meat. She is currently bottle fed and does well with that. Has anyone had a similar experience? And if so, any tips or advice on raising her is welcome!

Thank you.
 
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You may need to keep her separate from the alpacas if you use their fiber; I have heard the hair from hair sheep can make their way into fibered animals.
 
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Do you know why she is blind? I ask only because we recently purchased a week old Angus heifer that was born blind. A week of antibiotics and she is good as new.

There are lots of reasons why a baby could have been born blind, but the top choices in my mind are genetic/congenital, Vitamin A deficiency, and infection.

She might do best if you got her a sheep friend. Her friend could wear a bell so that the blind one could follow her around.
 
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