{"id":407,"date":"2015-04-07T20:49:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T03:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2015-04-07T21:01:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T04:01:48","slug":"new-arrivals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/07\/new-arrivals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Arrivals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunshine<\/p><\/div>\n

Four new animal messengers\u00a0have arrived on the sanctuary\u2014baby messengers! Sunshine the little black lamb\u00a0was the first. Her mother in\u00a0a distant flock gave birth to twins and didn\u2019t have enough milk for two. Tiny and sick, Sunshine lived in my house for three weeks while I nursed her back to health. I knew it was time to move her to the barn when she took to sailing off the back of the couch\u2014very proud of her accomplishment!<\/p>\n

Sunshine was joined by Joyful the goat. His mother in a distant herd had died four days after giving birth to him. Sadly, she was scheduled to come to the sanctuary but didn’t make it. Before she died, the person caring for her\u00a0promised her that her son would have a forever home on\u00a0the sanctuary.<\/p>\n

\"Sunshine,<\/a>

Sunshine, Joyful, and me \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (photo by Moli Steinert)<\/p><\/div>\n

Next came Berwyn (Welsh for \u201cbear friend\u201d), who was born the smallest of quadruplets in the same herd as Joyful. The competition for nursing was too strong for him. Berwyn also got\u00a0stepped on by a big goat.\u00a0He had to wear a splint on one leg and also\u00a0recover from an ensuing infection in his hock. For a long time he limped, but now it is barely noticeable.<\/p>\n

With the arrival of Berwyn, I was bottle-feeding three little ones! They had to take turns.<\/p>\n

\"Berwyn<\/a>

Berwyn gets a hug (photo by Nancy Gallenson)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sunshine\u2019s twin sister, Moonglow, was the last baby to arrive. The\u00a0first\u00a0three were already close friends and she joined the group easily. Now the four roam as one.<\/p>\n

\"Sunshine<\/a>

Sunshine and Moonglow together again (photo by NG)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Preschool<\/a>

Preschool in the garage (photo by NG)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s like a preschool here these days, with the four babies following me around outside, \u201chelping\u201d with the sanctuary chores, and playing with cardboard boxes in the garage just before naptime.<\/p>\n

The horses, Pegasus and Perseus, are stand-in parents. They\u2019re often grazing side by side with the babies.<\/p>\n

\"Grooming<\/a>

Everyone helps groom Pegasus (photo by NG)<\/p><\/div>\n

The guardian dogs, Daisy and Merlion, loved the little flock immediately, wagging their tails madly and licking the babies through the fence. I can\u2019t put them together yet, though, because the dogs are still puppyish and too big to engage in play with the tiny four. The adult sheep and the donkeys are also still separate to prevent inadvertent injury. So it\u2019s a preschool and a juggling act, as I move the different groups from place to place on the sanctuary. Soon they’ll be together, though.<\/p>\n

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How\u00a0wonderful it is to greet each day in the company of all these special beings. It warms my heart to know\u00a0that the new arrivals will\u00a0live a sanctuary life\u00a0from such an early age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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