Thu, 02 Mar 2006

Teddy Bears Make Good Surrogate Moms

Bottle Lamb in Crate with Teddy Bear

This is Link - a bottle lamb we acquired yesterday from some neighbors. His mom had had triplets, and this little guy just couldn't get to the teat. As our friends both work full time, they just didn't have the resources to take care of him adequately. It helped that we were looking for a bottle lamb for our upcoming petting zoo season. So, here we go. Four hours between feedings ...

Interestingly enough, this is the second time this particular faux bear has acted as a surrogate mom for a sheep: the first was Sweet Pea, two years ago. And Sweet Pea will be traveling with the porta-zoo this summer, too - with her new lamb.

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