{"id":471,"date":"2016-04-29T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2016-04-29T18:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:50:06","slug":"the-arrival-of-jasmine-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephaniemarohn.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/the-arrival-of-jasmine-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arrival of Jasmine Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, April 28, at 6:45 am, a new messenger arrived on the sanctuary\u2014Jasmine Pearl, a miniature donkey born to Lily Rose and Ferdinand.<\/p>\n

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Jasmine Pearl just born with mother Lily Rose and Daisy the dog watching<\/p><\/div>\n

Nature is truly amazing. The little one was walking half an hour after being born. She came\u00a0on wobbly legs right over\u00a0to me as I crooned to her. I think it was because she recognized my voice from me talking to her in the womb.<\/p>\n

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Ferdinand, her father, brayed in the early morning on Thursday. He often does that, but I usually look out the window to see if anything\u00a0is going on. This time I saw Lily Rose lying on the ground, straining. I went running out and arrived just as the baby crowned. Lily did a beautiful job of delivering her, and both mother and child were fine.<\/p>\n

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1 hour old<\/p><\/div>\n

All the animals watched the delivery, too, and the full-size donkeys greeted the event with musically complex braying. I had mother and child in their\u00a0own fenced area so Lily Rose wouldn’t stress over protecting her child, but she let the two guardian dogs greet the baby nose to nose through the fence.<\/p>\n

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With Ferdinand the father<\/p><\/div>\n

When father Ferdinand came over, however, she turned and gave little kicks to let him know he needed to keep his distance. The full-size donkeys \u00a0watched respectfully from afar. The sheep and goats came closer, but only after Ferdinand approached. Perseus the miniature horse\u00a0checked out the baby through the fence, too, but Pegasus was too busy grazing.<\/p>\n

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2 hours old<\/p><\/div>\n

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What a joyous addition to our sanctuary family! Welcome, Jasmine Pearl!<\/p>\n

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Jasmine Pearl taking a rest<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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