This is the adorable moment a disabled lamb with wonky legs takes its wobbly first steps – with a specially-made stroller.
One-month-old Pam was completely unable to walk when she was rescued after being abandoned in a field at just a few days old.
Volunteers nursed the tiny orphan back to health, dressed her in warm sweaters and fed her vitamins in the hope she would regain strength and find her feet.
But 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.
Vets said she will likely never walk by herself – so kindhearted rescuers decided to fix her up with a wheelchair-type device made specially for SHEEP.
Heartwarming footage shows gleeful Pam bouncing along in her new ride, her legs wrapped in bright pink bandages.
Isadora Godoy, office manager at Santuario Igualdad, a shelter which cares for farm animals in El Monte, Chile, said: “Pam is the most happy and enthusiastic little lamb.
“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.
“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.
“We put her in a wheelchair through the day so that she can exercise and get more steady on her feet.”
Cute videos show Pam trying to walk the day after she arrived at the center at the end of August – but her legs splay out and she falls flat.
The determined lamb is now undergoing regular physiotherapy and is gaining strength but without round-the-clock care she would be unable to fend for herself.
Isadora added: “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.
“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.”
Pam is set to get a new wheelchair soon after Santuario Igualidad, which cares for 80 animals, launched a fundraiser.
The one she is currently using is too heavy and large as it was made for bigger sheep with disabilities and the new one will better fit her size.
To sponsor Pam or learn more visit santuarioigualdadinterespecie.org/donation.php or search santuarioigualdad on Instagram.
