If only animals could talk

O'Magnum Mysterium! Oh Great Mystery! Today two ewes stopped walking. Just  like that! In the morning, they ran out to pasture but then early this evening when we were moving the sheep out of the rain into the barn we noticed two moms lying in the straw, completely listless. With four people we managed to drag them both in to the barn where we were able to look them over closely, again, and again, and again, and again....But with each check our hopes dwindled. There were no obvious problems. It wasn't milk fever, mastitis, poisoning, a snake bite, an infection, not even a calcium deficiency. They simply lay there like limp dolls, breathing shallowly, with temperatures of 104. Even Dru who has been around sheep for years and years had never seen anything like it. It was the most terrible feeling, not knowing what was going on and just feeling totally helpless. I sat with them for a few hours, stroking their heads and singing to them. I thought, if they die, at least they'll die a bit happier.