Baby goats without mum
Baby goats without mum
With big googly eyes, cuddled up, they lie on the couch with the two Gut Aiderbichl animal carers. You really want to be jealous when you see these two fluffy balls. But raising baby animals is more than just cuddling! The little kids were four days old when they arrived at Gut Aiderbichl.
Gut Aiderbichl animal carers become surrogate mums
Every three hours, the new surrogate mums Eva and Martina feed the two hungry kids with a bottle – even at night. Normally, a mum goat takes on the all-round care: suckling, warming, protecting, but the two kids’ mother died shortly after giving birth. In this case, Eva and Martina take it in turns to look after them. The kids still need several weeks of milk before they are slowly acclimatised to solid food such as hay and pasture feed.
Everything for a good start in life
The two were born on a farm. Their mother was so weakened by the birth that even the vet who was called in could do nothing more for her. The farming family looked after the little goats as best they could – but with their own young children and many other animals, caring for them quickly became a huge challenge. Animal rescuer Eva learnt about the fate of the two goats and immediately contacted Dieter Ehrengruber to arrange their admission to Gut Aiderbichl. Today, the two orphans have found a safe place to live at Gut Aiderbichl.
Two little ambassadors of an ancient breed
“The two bucks belong to the Blobe goat breed, an endangered, ancient breed of Tyrolean mountain goat,” explains Dieter Ehrengruber. They owe their name to their typical blue-grey coat colouring: the word “blob” means blue in Tyrolean dialect.
“We have been campaigning for the preservation of old domestic animal breeds for many years and want to help raise people’s awareness of them again.”
Baby goats as video stars
Our baby goats Laurenz and Simon are already enjoying a happy romp in the meadows of Gut Aiderbichl Henndorf.
Due to the imminent danger of foot-and-mouth disease, which has already broken out in Hungary, we have taken our cloven-hoofed animals to the outdoor yards of Gut Aiderbichl, which cannot be visited, as a precautionary measure. There the animals are protected from infection. Until the veterinary office gives the all-clear and we can bring all the hoofed animals back to the farm in Henndorf, we will regularly film the baby goats and show their development on Facebook and Instagram. Follow us on our social media channels.
