Blind Becky......almost lost.

[Sheepshape]

I thought I'd update on this little girl who is truly proving to have a difficult start in life.

So, she seemed to be doing fine...blind, having been up to her nostrils in the water trough and several other incidents. Outside, on a patch of grass next to my vegetable garden, she and her co-bottle lambs spent the day, coming in overnight. Becky tended to sit in a corner by herself. One day I found her limping with a graze on her 'shoulder'....I assumed she had injured herself and sprayed the area and watched her. Unfortunately a few days later she started shivering, not taking her milk, not using her front leg, and limping off a back leg too. She had joint ill.

So....a couple of days with her life hanging in the balance again.....metacam and daily pen/strep. Yesterday her appetite was noticeably better and she ,though limping, is using her legs again. Yesterday she took a run with the others and jumped in the air.

Maybe she is a cat....she's using up her nine lives fast!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Holy Cow - she really has had a struggle. Glad to hear she's on the mend!