Update on Tula

Sorry to say, Teardrop continues to reject Tula as her own.  While mama is not overly aggressive toward her lamb, she will not let Tula nurse.   This all happened because during the birth in the middle of the night somehow Tula got separated from her mother where enough time elapsed that no bonding occurred with Teardrop in those first critical hours.   We tried to remove Tula to join the other sheep to see if she could be on her own, but she just cried and cried and wanted to go back to Teardrop and her brother Toro.  Even though Teardrop did not bond with her lamb, Tula certainly did with her mother.  It's sad to see Tula try and try to nurse only to be turned away. So, it looks like we have another bottle baby on our hands.  Darn!  Now I'm going to have to be Tula's mommy--to feed her, and pet her, and love her, and get attached all over again.   I think she'll still be fine sticking close to Toro and Teardrop, but since yesterday she's on the bottle.  Tula is already looking forward to it.  When we come into the barn she is ready to leap out the opened gate and  start "punching"  my leg looking for milk, which she hungrily devours within a minute's time.    Awww.   She's going to be my favorite lamb very soon I think.