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Baaabette's
mother Maaa-maaa
used to live near Journey's End, and one day Florence heard her nearby, crying in distress.
She had given birth to 2 babies who were only about 5 hours old. According to the vet who
saw her later, she only had enough milk for one of the babies due to scar tissue in her
udder, so she instinctively rejected the smaller one, Baaabette, in order to try to save
the other, Baaarney.
Baaabette was nursed through her early days at Journey's End with frequent bottle
feedings of sheep formula. At night, she would sleep indoors
in a playpen, but she quickly learned to jump out. She would usually be found
playing with the big hunting dogs.
Baaabette appeared to be perfectly healthy until one day she lay down
and within hours had died. The same
thing happened to Baaarney the next day. A necropsy showed that they
died of copper poisoning. The vet believes it was probably due to a
tainted batch of food. We were all saddened by their loss. |
