You’re all going hate me for this. About two months ago one of our sheep’s lamb couldn’t walk properly, kept falling over. Other more experience farmers told us to put her down but we insisted that we could make her better. The vet said it was a neurological disorder and to give her some vitamins. We’ve been giving it to her every week and bottle feeding her every day, and doing rehab to get her to walk again. She slowly started to keep herself upright and could walk, even run. But sometimes she’d fall over onto her side and couldn’t get up. I work from home and usually check on her several times a day.
But today I left it till 1.30pm to check on her. I honestly didn’t know how hot it was outside. She wasn’t with the other sheep. I looked and looked and cried out to her. Then I heard faint cries from the bottom of our property. She was on her side 1km down our big hill. She was right in the sun. When I was close to her she started convulsing and she died before I scooped her up in my arms. She died of heat stress. Her face was twisted in pain. Oh my god. She suffered so terribly. I am so so sorry. It was so hot I could barely walk up to the house without feeling like I needed to pass out and vomit, let alone carry her back up.
