Fleecehaven Newsletter Winter 2012

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Fleecehaven News

‘ P R O M O T I N G H U M A N B E H A V I O U R T O W A R D S A N I M A L S B Y P R O V I D I N G C A R E , P R O T E C T I O N , T R E A T M E N T A N D S E C U R I T Y ’

Winter 2012/2013

A New Year and a New Arrival On the 7th January, Fleecehaven welcomed a new arrival, Jessie. Jessie is a Gotland ewe who was born in March 2002. She was one of twins and because she was so small her initial owner decided to hand rear her. When Jessie was just a few weeks old she was taken on by Maggie and Tony, who live on a small-holding near Crediton in Devon. Jessie enjoyed a wonderful life with Maggie and Tony and adored her flock mates, Poddy and Nellie. On 20th December, Jessie, Poddy and Nellie were attacked by a dog and, very sadly, Poddy and Nellie did not survive.

Jessie shortly after she joined us at Fleecehaven

Jessie was totally traumatised by the attack and the subsequent loss of her lifelong companions. She lost her appetite and was constantly calling out and looking for her friends. Maggie and Tony were extremely concerned about her and felt that she would be better off with other sheep around her. With this in mind, they contacted Fleecehaven and arranged to come and visit us with a view to Jessie join-

ing our flock. Although Fleecehaven is essentially full, Jessie’s heart wrenching plight made us determined to do all that we could to accommodate her and, with a little jiggling around, we managed to free up a stable for her. Jessie finally enjoying a bowl of coarse mix

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When Jessie joined us she was very subdued. She really didn’t want to eat and was clearly still very traumatised from her dreadful ordeal. As with all new arrivals, our vet visited her and gave her antibiotics and vitamins, he also took her blood to run a general health screen which returned a clean bill of health. However, she still seemed very depressed, so on the 10th January we decided to introduce Tiptoes and Tinkerbell into Jessie’s stable. After some initial wariness, they quickly hit it off and, little by little, Jessie began to regain her spirit and it wasn’t long before she was once again tucking into her food. Continued on Page 2

Inside this Issue: A New Year continued The Way to a Flock’s Heart Winter Gallery Sad Goodbyes Thankewes Newsbleat Winter Visitors

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Jessie making friends with Tiptoes and Vashti


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