‘Every day she’s getting stronger’: Very rare hairless goat born on B.C. farm
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"Every day she's getting stronger and better," Rogers said. "Every day we're figuring out how to care for her, keep her warm and dry and see what happens in the future."
The owners of a ranch on Vancouver Island have a new and very rare houseguest.
Precious the goat was born at the Maple Heart Ranch on Friday but was immediately rejected by her mother because she is completely hairless.
Owner Conny Rohr said they were shocked to see the hairless bundle emerge.
“(My partner) said, ‘Oh she’s naked, she has no fur!” Rohr exclaimed.
When it was obvious the mother goat was not going to help raise her kid, the couple stepped in.
“Actually it was scary,” Rohr said. “You have to have the colostrum right away, to the baby, they need that within the first half-hour so we milked the mom right away in order to give the colostrum right away.”
Her partner, Gary Rogers has taken on the primary role of caregiver and now Precious follows him around everywhere.
Every three hours he feeds Precious using a syringe “just like a regular baby,” he said.