Give us a vowel, Carol

Thank you for the comments yesterday - why am I suddenly typing in italics?  You (ah!  that's better - normal typing!) may have noticed yesterday that Tlbo's ears were a bit floppy - they have now been taped and he looks rather like a Lufthansa jet coming in to land!  I cut up a sweet pea pot into an ear shape and taped it to the inside of his ear with insulation tape (I could only find red).  He didn't mind this and nor did Cassie so hopefully when it comes off in three days - he will be fine.

He does look a bit cross though!  The name Tlbo is has stuck but, as Carl says, it lacks a vowel!  So he has to be renamed - Squadron Leader is my current favourite!

Slinky is very lively and seems to enjoy dashing between the two paddocks and giving her Mum a heart attack at the same time.  She soon shoots back to Mum though when something frightens her!

Shame I got so much purple spray all over her but I am worried about having another Matchless problem (he died last year) so I am spraying liberally and dipping in Iodine.  A bit overkill I know but I am not taking any chances.  Tlbo keeps himself to himself much more at the moment but Slinky is getting acquainted with every one else and seems to have taken a bit of a shine to Lily.

In between cria watching we did a spit off for both Prue and Little Star - both spat - and then attempted a mating for Sherbert.  She has had all her medications and sat immediately - then we hit a snag, luckily!  We decided to try Alf - our young white suri.  He was very keen and got on, orgling crazily but despite knocking on the door he couldn't seem to wiggle into the right place!  Everytime we tried to help it disappeared!  Sherbert eventually got fed up with this young boy and gave him a look which said, "I need a man, not a boy!"  We decided to leave it for a day and then when I got home I was reminded Alf is, due to my stupidity several years ago, registered as listed non breeding.  Presumably if he did sire a cria we couldn't register it so we will have to think again.

TLBO

Phew!  We've had another one!
10am this morning Cassie looked a bit restless.
11am she took herself up to the second paddock leaving everyone else behind in first.
She then started walking backwards - this had to be a sign of imminent birth (unless Andy had been giving her secret dance lessons).  We then had rolling, groaning, straining and backward walking until 3pm.  Interspersed with sleeping or resting.

Finally a head appeared and at 10 to 4 out came a little boy - a lovely dark brown - into a rather overcast rainy day.  I sprayed him and put a coat on but he didn't want to get up so in the end I held him up to Cassie and after his first drink he was away - in a very tottery manner! 

Sun is now out and coat is off - just in time for the arrival of the shepherd to shear the sheep!

The Slink (despite some good suggestions, she just has to be Slinky) is very lively and getting very adventurous (she weighed 10kg last night) - Greeves is scared of her and runs away if she comes near!

So now we have two - The Slink -

And Tlbo (a temporary name - The Little Brown One!) -

No more yet - next we should have Bert whose 11 months are up next week, on Wednesday.