Pet Sheep Struggling To Survive When The Owner Shockingly Sees 4 Babies Crawl Out

Aug 14, 2018

People who have witnessed the miracle of birth know that it can be a part of life that is messy and complicated. Although we think we know when the baby is going to come, nature has a mind of its own and can potentially flip the schedule upside down. Amy Hill, the owner of a 10-year-old Katahdin sheep named Dotty, was experiencing the pregnancy with her pet and believed everything would go just fine. She had gone through pregnancies with several other sheep, and everything had always gone correct, ending in healthy and happy babies to reside at Snowy River Farm.

Snowy River Farm is located in Canada in Nova Scotia. They maintain the idea that animals should be raised without using soy or corn as feed. This farm has high respect for their animals, hoping to raise them in a way that is ecologically friendly and humane. Although Amy has many other sheep on her farm, Dotty was one of her favorites, as she was her very first sheep.

Amy claims that Dotty was the one particular animal that started her love for this animal and says that she means the world to her.

When Dotty began to look a little unlike herself, Amy was concerned. Her concern turned even more upsetting when she discovered the sheep unable to move one day. She found the sheep on her back, with her eyes rolling backward, hardly breathing. Amy immediately called the vet while she had the belief that Dotty might be suffering from pregnancy toxemia.

To treat this condition, she tried to level out her sugar levels. Pregnancy toxemia happens often to animals that are carrying large litters of babies. Amy had tried mixing Dotty with a different breed of ram and feared the worst for the mother and her babies. Although Dotty was used to carrying twins, perhaps this new baby was just too large.

Dotty’s sugar levels eventually began to balance themselves and she started acting a little more like herself. However, Amy and the vet grew further concern because the babies still hadn’t arrived and Dotty’s sides were distended. They also felt that the babies inside had stopped moving inside Dotty. Fearing the worst, Amy believed that Dotty had lost all of her children and perhaps needed to be sadly put down.

Her hope was drained, and the thought of losing her favorite sheep was too much to handle. They decided to wait until Monday to let Dotty pass the babies on her own, but for much of the weekend, she showed no noticeable changes.

At her last moments before Amy took action, everything changed. When she went to comfort Dotty, she saw something shocking crawling around in the straw of the pen. Dotty had blessed the farm with not one, not two, but four babies! At first sight, Amy saw that the four lambs were active, healthy and playful. Amy was shocked and relieved that the mother and her four children had all made it through the experience together, and remains thankful each day for this blessing.

Amy values her animals more than just their ability to provide a usefulness to humans, and her sheep Dotty remains her favorite animal that sparked her love of sheep to this day. Dotty will get to relax and live out the rest of her days relaxing on the farm without having any more children, as Amy maintains that this scare will be Dotty’s last litte

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