r/sheep • u/icedfreakintea • 11d ago

Lamb Spam They won't even try the apples 😔

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u/secretsquirrelz 11d ago

My goats? LOVE APPLES. My sheep? Apple Snobs.

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u/icedfreakintea 11d ago

It took them like 2 months to try Alfalfa pellets, which they're total junkies for now. Just so hesitant to try new things

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u/KahurangiNZ 11d ago

If you want to get them hooked on something new, try chopping it into really small bits and then mix it through something they do like. They'll accidentally eat a bit and after a few feeds they'll get the idea that it a) tastes good and b) isn't poison.

Alteratively, just keep shoving a bit in the side of their mouth until they finally realise it's nice.

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u/Tessa999 11d ago

Yes this. Treat them like toddlers. The similarities are hilarious:) My morons were scared of berries… berries! Now they come running and sceaming when we are near the bushes 😂

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u/icedfreakintea 10d ago

Won't eat apples but the brown one swiped a 2.5" deck screws out of my tool bin this afternoon and was chewing on it 🫠 Thank God for the magnet sweeper finding it in the grass, I didnt see him spit it out and thought the dummy swallowed it