So we've never seen THIS before. Our yearling, first-time ewe had one white ram lamb two days ago and everything seemed fine. He was nursing, she was standing, licking, making "mommy noises," everything.
Today we went to move them out of the maternity ward pen and into the pasture to rejoin the rest of the flock. After putting them in, the ewe suddenly seemed to forget which baby was hers, even though he (the lamb) knew which ewe was his mother. She began butting him away and hasn't accepted him since.
Any ideas on how to get her to RE-bond? We've been holding her so that he can continue nursing but she doesn't like it one bit.
Today we went to move them out of the maternity ward pen and into the pasture to rejoin the rest of the flock. After putting them in, the ewe suddenly seemed to forget which baby was hers, even though he (the lamb) knew which ewe was his mother. She began butting him away and hasn't accepted him since.
Any ideas on how to get her to RE-bond? We've been holding her so that he can continue nursing but she doesn't like it one bit.