26/02/21 Collect Photo - best quality available. Algernon lets Penelope sleep in his bed. A week ago, Penelope was born in a frozen lake and faced
26/02/21 Collect Photo - best quality available. Algernon lets Penelope sleep in his bed. A week ago, Penelope was born in a frozen lake and faced certain death. But after being rescued in the bucket of a digger she has now moved into a familyÕs pet-filled home. One of their labradors sleeps next to her and even helps out bottle-feeding the calf. Heidi ÔHPÕ who lives at the 100-acre Carnfield Hall estate, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, with her vet partner Graham Oliver, and their boys, said: ÒOn Saturday, Penelope was born. In a lake.ÊWe couldnÕt get her out as mum was being super protective.Ê ÒThe large animal rescue team had been dispatched from the local fire service, but whilst they were en-route, Graham and his son Tom worked to distract mum, and drag her from the water using the bucket on a JCB. ÒShe was very poorly, and hypothermic.Ê ÒTom carried her to the house to clean and warm her. We returned her to the field in the hope mum would not reject her.Ê ÒMum not only rejected her, probably because weÕd washed her scent off, but made a serious attempt in killing her.ÊAnd she tried to attack us too when we tried to rescue Penelope for the second time. We used quad bikes to get in and out quickly and brought the calf to the Hall to be hand-reared.Ê ÒShe refused to accept milk, so her first feed of colostrum was given via a stomach tube.Ê ÒThe following day, she became weaker. A local farmer, helped us introduce Penelope to a temporary surrogate mother.Ê ÒOnce she accepted the milk, we began combining the surrogateÕs milk with formula, until Penelope was accepting a bottle.ÊOur black Lab, Algernon, couldnÕt help but get involved and likes to help out with the bottle-feeding. He even lets Penelope have his bed and sleeps next to her to protect her. ÒSheÕs now settled really well at Carnfield. Georgia (TomÕs girlfriend) has assumed the role of mum and is managing amazingly!! Both our dogs and cats accepted her straight away and they all play together. Alt
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