Lamby update:

Our cutie pie little lamby is doing great! She started off being dubbed 'SnowyCookie', which was traded out for the much funnier 'Gizzard', but for some reason, the only thing we can actually call her to her face is 'Lamby', or 'Baby'... She is too cute for anything else, haha!

She is now 4 weeks old! I can't believe we have had her for 2 whole weeks already!

She did pretty well at first, but developed a case of the 'new-home-stress runs'. Diarrhea can be deadly in baby animals, so naturally, we were very concerned. I did some online research, and found that lots of people use pepto-bismol to treat this. I don't have stuff like that on hand, so I kept researching, and found someone in a forum who recommended pureed carrots to stop the runs! They said to get a couple jars of baby food, but instead, I peeled, cooked, and pureed some actual carrots.

I started adding this to her milk every feeding, (about a tablespoon per 16oz or so, didn't really measure...), and within one day, she had marked improvement! Her poops gradually turned back to normal, and her appetite increased a LOT! She is sucking down two bottles per feeding now and every time I go to check her, she has grown larger! We've had to loosen her collar a couple times already.
Coincidence, perhaps, but I thought I would share that carrot tidbit in case any of you have a lamb with the runs...

She is also nibbling grain and hay quite a bit now, which is great. She also likes to dig in the dirt and eat that as well, not so great... Her nose is always dirty from eating dirt! I've never had baby goats do this, so I did some online research and found that lots of lambs do this and it is normal, not something to worry about.

The kids still love her to death and play with her every day. ♥

Thanks for reading! Ill update you guys on her progress again in a few weeks!

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