The longest day has come and gone, midsummers day the same. It doesn't seem that long ago we were struggling with the cold. However, the last few days certainly haven't been cold.
Toad Hall Simba, our poorly chap has been progressing slowly. Rosemary kindly sent me an usual teat which helped in a different sort of way - his reaction was 'I'm not sure I like this, I'll give it a go but I will try harder if you give me the other one back!!' We have now reverted to the 'normal' teat and he seems quite happy.
There is supposed to be a photo here - however the camera has gone walkabout with Sid so I will be back later.
Yesterday as morning dawned I looked out in the most horrendous downpour to see 'Toad Hall Blue Ember' out in the field - the other girls were all sensibly in the shelter. This is unsual for Blue so I watched and within minutes she produced a healthy little boy. Waterproofs on and off we go to get them in the dry - Blue is very, very protective and did not welcome the interference but we put them in the adjoining shelter, produced the necessary spray and left them alone. She has not let us near enough to weigh him yet. He was up and feeding in a very short time and spent the day in the sunshine. We have named him 'Toad Hall Timon' Timon is greek for 'respect' and he does stand out with his mum looking around and obviously knows he is something special as well as the name linking in with the name Simba .
Congratulations on the birth of Timon! Look forward to a photo of him.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is a bit of tease Pat...I hope we don't have to wait too long for that photo;)
ReplyDeleteMidsummer gosh, we have had approximately 4 completely dry days since April...we are certainly not short of grass!
Glad the teat gave him a bit of a shock!! As long as he is doing well, that's great!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to a photo of Timon.