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In July of 2019, sweet sheep joined the Sanctuary. Twin lambs Shaun, Charlotte and their mother Lila, with Good Will lamb arriving right before them.

One of our gentle rescues has left us Monday.

Over the past month, we have been working on medical care here for little Charlotte Sheep. At first glance her symptoms seemed like bloat, a serious problem for ruminants. Treatments made in consultation with our vet team would show some progress, but the appearance of bloat would never go away. Every night we measured her girth to track the situation. On Sunday, her post-treatment girth was even larger. We made arrangement with our team here and at Tufts to bring Charlotte to Tufts Monday, along with the planned head CT for our Marky Goat (more on that in another post.)

The medical team at Tufts reported back after extensive imaging of Charlotte's abdomen. A very large…

On Monday morning, Marky went to Tufts. 🐐

A couple of weeks ago, we discovered he had a facial abscess, much like Maxine Llama had at one time. Sometimes caused by a poke in the skin from something, or it can be an infected tooth. We started with help from the vet team at Equidoc: radiographs, lancing, draining, flushing, rounds of antibiotics and pain relievers.

Last week we made plans to have a head CT at Tufts, and possible surgical intervention.

Marky had surgery today, removing a cracked tooth with an infected root. It was a complicated surgery done from the side, similar to Maxine's molar removal. He did well, and they feel positive about how everything looks. He will stay there to recover (he is very much on a lot of pain relief today!) and once he is stable, he will come home for additional weeks with direct care…

Miss Sweetie is home from her health adventure!

She exhibited colic symptoms on Monday, and we made the necessary decision to get her to Tufts Large Animal Hospital.

We are so glad she never needed surgery, but instead was able to recover with medical intervention and IV fluids.

She was ecstatic to come home, and all her buddies were excited to see her too!

Tonight, Sweetie Pony's colic symptoms (she had some that resolved on September 3rd), returned with more intense pain that has NOT resolved.

Shelter Manager Tye had her temperature taken quickly, banamine pain reliever a(pproved by the vet) to ease her discomfort. Caregiver Knox assisted, staying late. We met with the emergency vet on call and with the results of the stomach tubing and abdominal ultrasound made the decision to get further evaluation at Tufts to look at her non-motile small intestines. We could be looking at lipoma/torsion. Tonight, I will leave my phone ringer on for Tufts to reach me, and I will keep folks updated in the morning.

Please give Sweetie your very best wishes. (She has a birthday in December coming up - her 29th.)

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Now that the preschool year has settled in, we are seeking substitute outdoor preschool teachers - usually 4 hours a day if one teacher is not onsite. If you know anyone interested, please share the info.

Preschool Substitute Teacher (On-Call/As Needed)

The Sanctuary Forest School – Sherborn, MA

https://www.sanctuaryforestschool.org/

Please email unityfarmsanctuary@gmail.com

Two "Art with the Animals" classes coming up this fall with instructor Cindy Prevett

Penny Blossom Pig 9/21 and Dudley the Highland 10/5

Registration info and more details on our website https://www.unityfarmsanctuary.org/tickets