New Baby reindeer to my herd

Is that Lotte's ear tag?

 

Red eye was only Flash...
Mir you won - Twig accidentally ripped out her daughter Lotte's ear tag!!! They were feeding together and accidentally got hooked up. I was there but couldn't do anything, as they both panicked. Luckily, very little bleeding, just have to order a replacement ear tag and punch poor Lotte's other ear

But on the up side, managed to get a cute video of Hector playing with me, always difficult close up as he likes to hog the picture frame... but he's a cuty pie - hope you agree!

 

Ouch, poor Lotte! And I have to agree that Hector is so adorable!

 

So sorry for Lotte but glad Hector is sweet and playful. Thanks for sharing your videos and photos!

 

Poor Lotte...having to have another ear tag. I guess now she will be one of the cool, hip girls....with multiple piercings. LOL
Hector just steals my heart. He is so darn cute! Yes, you've really enlightened me how much personality each of them have. Do they let you snuggle & really pet & love on them?

 

Hector, Katya, Boris, Mischa and Lotte certainly love attention, in that order as to how much... Twiglet and Ana don't... they are still quite wild children, I am lucky to get the occasional stroke from the last two and have to really fight when it comes to vitamins, injections, hoof trimming. But the first 5, I can cuddle, treat/inject & trim front hooves mostly without even a lead rope... Rear hooves are a different matter as we hop around the paddock together!!!

 

Just love your videos! Sorry about Lotte - hope nothing happens to that new tag.

 

What a noble, majestic herd (drool!). Absolutely gorgeous gorgeous animals And OMG Hector and Lotte are just flat out precious and adorable! I want Hector for Xmas please, lol. I have SO enjoyed reading this thread from start to current and being able to watch them all thrive and grow. They are absolutely stunning. Looking fwd to more updates and watching all of the Mommy progress and changes thru the coming year. Please keep the pics and videos coming!

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, your experiences, their history, their ups and downs, their comical moments and their milestones!!!
Be proud Karen. All your love, care and hard work shines as bright as their beautiful coats

 

Guinea.. that brought a tear to my eye... I love it when people "get" these beautiful reindeer.. but it can be a double ended sword...

I have a friend that has just lost her much loved castrate after a mystery illness - he went downhill (at 5 years old) within 2 weeks (I hope she gets a Post Mortem done) and I lost Mischa's calf (born the same day as Lotte and far bigger) at 3 days old (the second loss for her )...
As I share my whole herds ups and downs, then there may be sad times too, as nothing is hidden!!
Mischa should be in calf again and she is a wonderful reindeer but she is not good at producing live calves ... She has so far (twice) produced rear hooves breach, and once rear hooves appear she forgets producing and carries on grazing/browsing - unless you are looking carefully you can't even see little hooves under her tail!!! They have both had to be "pulled", first one we couldn't resuscitate despite everything... This year Little Eric was revived after a major ordeal but on day 3 at 4am I found him limp and couldn't bring his core temperature up enough to even have feed...
To share all can be scary as it has to be laid bare - ups AND downs...

Picture, Mischa's little calf Eric (on day 2) that I lost and he would have been competition for the cutems award!

To anyone who hasn't followed - these pictures of mother's look dreadful BUT it is normal for reindeer to look dreadful in early summer, the moult goes on for months as they loose their thick winter coats...

 

You share life with us Karen, and that means good times and bad. The joys of the good times are often sweeter because we remember the sorrows. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful reindeer with us; I always look forward to your posts.

 

Sorry Karen, didn't mean to make you tear up! I can just really relate to all you've gone thru and will go thru. While I have not been graced with raising such rare/exotic animals as your Reindeer herd, I have raised/bred several breeds of goats for the past 13 yrs (and horses for almost 40 yrs now). I have definitely seen more than my share of the goings on at the business end of Mommies to be (and their udders/bags), lol. I've spent many sleepless nights bedded down on the straw in the barn in a sleeping bag cuddling a chilled baby, and being OCD about carrying a baby monitor with me everywhere every time I left the barn. I've dealt with re positioning and/or pulling breeches, plus experienced some stillborns... and all the ughs of all of that being so stressful and trudging thru the heartbreaks when I tried so hard to make sure everything was perfect. But thankfully it's so rewarding and heartwarming when everything does go perfectly. So I fully appreciate all you do and go thru for your herd!
Thanks again for sharing... the good, the bad and the ugly

PS... RIP to little precious Eric

 

Oh Guinea... thank you. You have been there too.. awful, awful awful at times BUT so much happiness too!! I do worry how much I share at times, as if something dreadful happens I won't be able to hide, as all know now who will be expecting babies in May and the names of my big babies!!!
DON'T intend to loose any this year, but sometimes nature has it's own say!!!!
And Willow thank you so much, at times the downs seem too much to cope with BUT the ups certainly see me through.. and they are big ups....
My silly "down" today is BORIS - he has a big weekend in 4 days and he has decided to strip his antlers to look like something from a horror movie - 2 years ago he dropped them just before his first big booking... got to love him...
Thanks all for following and your lovely comments.

 

Oh geeze Boris, perfect timing

Gory or not... he's still handsome. And look at that kissable nose

Thanks for the new pics Karen!

 

We've been playing around with a picture of baby Lotte.
And the answer is 29 sleeps 'till Christmas!!

 

Cute!

 

BoHoKaren, that video is way to cute!! It made me giggle! Thanks for sharing!

 

Delightful video! Thanks for sharing!

 

Love it Karen, lol. You could put a whole new colorful spin on their Holiday attire, lol

 

Feeling bereft...

Katya & Hector have gone to stay at a local Christmas Tree Farm! I said I would never leave reindeer at a venue but they are with a wonderful family, the husband is a farmer and the wife a vet (and my vet lives on the next door farm & is a family friend of theirs). They are under 24 hours CCTV and I am getting daily updates and possibly skypes. I agreed to it in the summer and I know they can't be in better hands and I can visit daily BUT.... I will still miss them beyond..
One of this afternoons update photos - even I can't deny that they don't seem to be missing me!!!

Edit... now we have found the ap for previous video "Talking Pets". Hubby has done 2 more, far better... I'm a techno numpty..... It's that time of year where post become manic!!!

 

It's a testament to how they were raised that they are comfortable in a new environment.