Meet Nugget: Adorable sweater-loving lamb taking the world by storm
A little lamb, who didn't have the easiest start, is now living the good life.
A little lamb, who didn't have the easiest start, is now living the good life.
A little lamb, who didn't have the easiest start, is now living the good life.
At just a few weeks old, little Nugget is becoming a superstar in his small Maine town.
Nugget’s owner, Greg Purinton-Brown, says the lamb's first few days weren’t that easy.
"He was born one of three lambs, born to one of our three ewes,” Purinton-Brown told . “He right away was not very strong and didn't nurse from his mother very quickly. We were still experiencing quite a bit of cold weather at that point, and so when he didn't start to nurse, his body temperature began to drop."
As the winter weather continued to blast the Northeast, Purinton-Brown said he knew he needed to bottle-feed the young lamb.
"We didn't really want to do that, but it was pretty much the only option at that point” he said. “We had no other ewe that had lambed recently that would accept him as a baby and his mother was not accepting him.”
To help keep him warm, Nugget began wearing lamb-sized sweaters.
Once his health began to improve, Nugget traveled with his family to nearby farmers markets, which began to attract a lot of attention.
“It's been interesting the reaction from the community about the lamb, Purinton-Brown said. “I think he's been accepted by a lot of people because he's kind of a happy story. He's incredibly cute, obviously, as all lambs are, but I think people need that."
If you're in the Monroe, Maine-area and want to visit sweet little Nugget, you're in luck. His home, Toddy Pond Farm, will be open for visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting in May.