What Happens When You Nurse a Sick Lamb

My injured little lamb is recovering nicely.  She is attempting to kick out and leap with joy when playing with her brother who I have kept in the stall with her and her mother, but doesn't quite get the air her little brother does.  But she is happy and content and no longer traumatized.  Fingers crossed her physical condition heals just as wonderfully.

Stilts and his sister, Sabrina, along with their mother, play in the barn aisle.

One of the side perks of keeping her isolated from the rest of the flock is an unexpected bond has developed between us.  When I enter the stall now not only does Stilts come running up to greet me but so does Sabrina (the name we gave her), and strange of all she loves sucking on my fingers.  Something I thought was what only bottle lamb babies did.  Stilts is always sucking on my fingers hoping to get milk from them.  It's actually rather sweet to have her doing the same.  I have tried unsuccessfully to bond with the other lambs and so am pleasantly surprised that this ewe lamb, my favourite, who is not bottle fed, is friendly and curious and most of all, not afraid of me.