The adorable moment a disabled lamb takes its first steps with a specially-made stroller

The adorable moment a disabled lamb takes its first steps with a specially-made stroller

Mangalore Today News Network

Sep 23, 2017: If you’re feeling fragile or on edge, it’s probably best you click off this article.

For your eyes are about to leak. You have been warned.

 

Meet Pam – a disabled lamb who was born completely unable to walk, and was abandoned in a field in Chile at just a few days old.

Thankfully, she was rescued and taken to Santuario Igualdad, a shelter which cares for farm animals in El Monte, Chile, where she was nursed back to health.

And given the gift of walking.

 

‘She was found in a field by some people and she couldn’t move her hind legs at all – they were very stiff – and her front ones didn’t work properly,’ said Isadora Godoy, office manager at Santuario Igualdad.

‘We are not sure what happened but we think some people at a dairy farm might have thrown her away because she is a female.

 

‘We did many tests to find out what was wrong with her and gave her the treatment she needed.

‘If she hadn’t have been found she would have died in a day or two but we will care for her for the rest of her life.’

Volunteers at the shelter dressed Pam in warm sweaters and fed her vitamins in the hope she would regain strength and find her feet.

However, medical exams showed that her stiff hind legs and bent front legs could be due to devastating spinal damage which may have occurred in the womb.

Lucky for little Pam, her rescuers didn’t give up – and made her a wheelchair-type device, specially made for sheep.

The video (above) shows Pam happily bouncing along in her new aid, her little legs wrapped up in cute pink bandages.

‘Pam is the most happy and enthusiastic little lamb,’ said Isadora.

‘It is really funny to watch her learning to walk.

‘We think she will always need the wheelchair. We don’t think she will ever be able to walk normally.’

Pam kept trying to walk when she first arrived at the centre, but her legs would splay out, and she kept falling.

‘Right now she is wearing bandages on her legs at the front and has something to tie her legs to prevent them from opening so she can walk by herself,’ explains Isadora.

‘We put her in a wheelchair through the day so that she can exercise and get more steady on her feet.’

Pam’s carers say she’s super determined and is undergoing regular physiotherapy.

However, while she’s gaining strength, without round-the-clock care she would be unable to fend for herself.

Courtesy: metro.co.uk