It was a slow afternoon at the clinic today which freed us to watch a sheep deliver her babies in the quietness of our courtyard. Seems our clinic ground’s a popular place for ungulates! During dry season, sheep and goats are left to roam freely to forage for food. Believe me when I tell you, with no rain since September, it’s pretty slim pickings…they have already eaten everything they can reach standing on their hind legs! Come ‘l’hivernage’ (rainy season…which is coming soon) families somehow track down and tie up/pen their animals to keep them out of the rice fields and gardens. As you can imagine, our new privacy fence wasn’t just for the children… Actually, our ‘guard kitties’ do a great job of keeping the yard ‘goat-free’ -they are living every cats dream stalking ‘big game’ animals. It was too cute watching Annie stalk and put the runs on her first goat who high-tailed it out of our yard when he noticed Annie coming at him full tilt!
You’ll all be happy to know the little ones were on their feet and at the breast within a couple of minutes of delivery…just as nature intended!
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