[blackbelly] Bummer Black-Belly sheep

[Wadene Howard]

I know how you feel.  My little black belly, Carolina, who I have bottle fed since she was two weeks old, used to cry for me all the time and she still does some.  I got her a companion. I put the word out I was looking for a young black belly around three weeks old who needed a good home. I finally found one, Lucy, her mother died when she was three weeks old, and her owner gave her to me. I built both of them a small pen near our house with a small shelter for them and lots of hay, grain and water.  Now they are inseparable and they taught themselves how to eat grass, hay and grain. I never even showed them. They are both now five months old and doing wonderful and are best buds. Carolina still cries for me some and I think she always will but it's not so distressing now.  If you can't find a small blackbelly for her a small dog might do.  My dog loves them both and they all play togehter and if I had not found a little black belly to put with Carolina, I would have put my dog with her - just make sure it's a gentle dog. Good luck and I know it's so sad to hear them cry but they will eventually get used to it.   Good Luck!   Wadene Van Buren, Arkansas