Counting Lambs

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And now I'm here with tears streaming down my face. I have just found my lovely little Arielle dead. Her two little boys are orphaned. I can only assume she has had a stroke etc. as last night she was apparently fit, eating and drinking well and with two healthy lambs bouncing off her.
 

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And now I'm here with tears streaming down my face. I have just found my lovely little Arielle dead. Her two little boys are orphaned. I can only assume she has had a stroke etc. as last night she was apparently fit, eating and drinking well and with two healthy lambs bouncing off her.
I'm so sorry :hugs I've been following this thread over the last few days and remember seeing her pic a few pages back.
 

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Thank you. She's always been special....a bottle lamb herself, she has been a constant companion to my visually impaired Becky. Her lambs are not taking the bottle yet and her crying constantly for her....I'm holding them and trying them again and again (telling them that their lovely mum probably died for their sake and that she would desperately want them to live). I'm sure they will get the hang of it soon.

Lovely Arielle is waiting to be collected by the official disposal site (as we are obliged to do) with two dead lambs from other mums cradled in her front legs. RIP my lovely girl.
 

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:hit:hugs I'm so sorry SS... What a terrible way to start the day. Farm life is hard... I hope Becky can find a new companion. I also hope the lambs take the bottle for you soon. You have had a very rough stretch of days/weeks. I hope the spell breaks soon for you.
 

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I hope Becky and her lambs will be o.k. You did have a crazy up and down few weeks with the weather, the lambs, the losses… :hugs I hope things will settle down for you soon so you can enjoy the new babies and hopefully some warmer weather! Goodness, the cold will not let up for us this winter.
 

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We have more bad weather forecast for the next 5 days or so with sleet/snow/winds. It seems that the elements are against us this year.

I have been intermittently tearful for the lovely Arielle all day, but have to deal with her babies and the others who need looking after. It's maybe as well that there are others around who need our care to survive.

I've cuddled Becky (thankfully not impregnated by Jumping jack Flash) and will get her back to her other 'bottle mates' tomorrow (none of whom showed the special attachment to her).

I can't wait for Spring to really arrive.
 

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I am so sorry about your Arielle. My heart is breaking for you. Why must it be our favorites? Why must it be the ones we love so much? I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet Arielle. I wish I were there to give you a big hug and cry with you.
 

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Baymule....your empathy is very much appreciated....it does seems those we love are taken from us always.
 

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Baymule....your empathy is very much appreciated....it does seems those we love are taken from us always.
I got so much support last year when I lost two lambs, then had to put the ewe down for a ruptured pre pubic tendon. The ewe was my favorite, we "talked" to each other. I was devastated. People here were so kind to me. It seems if we have our animals for very long, we experience some of the saddest moments of our lives. But I'll take them because the joys far outweigh the sadness.
 
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