Sheep scared of own family?!

[loveanimals]

So I have this bottle-fed sheep who I took her down with her family and left her there but when we saw she was screaming and got really scared that she jumped off the fence, does anyone have any ideas on how to stop her from being scared?

 

[secuono]

Time and exposure.

 

[Baymule]

If all she knows I you, suddenly you dumped her in a bunch of strange looking beasts! Transition her slowly and don’t just leave her alone with all those scary creatures!

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@loveanimals - If this little one has been raised solely bottle by humans and has not been exposed to other sheep, it's going to be an integration process! Even if they are related, being with adults can be scary! Try slow exposure - supervised little visits together, or perhaps fenced near one another. Like with any other animals, there is bound to be some picking-on happening to begin with to establish who's boss, but just keep your eyes out and make sure nothing turns serious. It's a slow process, so just be patient and understand your little one is scared to be on their own in the world after depending on you for so long.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Our bottle goat thinks she is a dog so she is scared of the other goats. As everyone said just slowly introduce her and she is likely going to get picked on because her family wont see her as part of their herd. It's not like people, if she has been gone from them long enough to forget she is a sheep, they likely forgot she existed.

 

[Beekissed]

You might want to choose a mild buddy for her, possibly another weaned lamb, and pen them together for awhile so she gets used to other sheep slowly.....then put the two of them back in with the flock together so she has a friend in the crowd.

 

[Ridgetop]

Don't take her down there , bring another lamb up to her. Then when you return both of them in a couple weeks she will have a buddy to introduce her toothe other sheep.

She doesn't know what they are. And you are her mom! They are just strange beasts to her. Not her family, you are her family.