As we loaded up goats Topsy and Flash into the kennel in the back of the pickup truck that would be taking them to their new home, I came to a realization…
Baby goat Flash has been raised the past 4-5 months by the only goat mom she recognizes, Big Mama. However, Big Mama actually stole (goat-napped, if you will) baby Flash away from her rightful, true mom within hours of her birth. Her birth mom tried to get her back, but Big Mama physically threatened and mentally toyed with the birth mom until she gave up and ceded her only child. I like to think she only had the best interests of baby Flash in mind, as she herself was a young, single mom with no experience raising a baby — Big Mama could give baby Flash everything she couldn’t.
As I stared at Topsy and Flash side by side in the kennel, I realized…(CUE DRAMATIC MUSIC)…Topsy is baby Flash’s true mom. In an ironic twist of fate, birth mom and baby were finally reunited. Will Flash forgive her birth mom, Topsy, for abandoning her?! Will Topsy be able to win Flash’s love?! Stay tuned for answers to these and other burning questions on The Goats of Our Lives. (CUT TO COMMERCIAL)
You’ll be happy to know that Topsy and Flash have reconciled and are now happily grazing as loving mother and loving daughter. Topsy has usurped Laverne and emerged as “Top Goat”. There was an afternoon of head butting, tail biting and chasing about but Topsy’s 4 legs finally won over Laverne’s 3. To ease the transition there have been oats all around and generous scratches for the goats that wanted them.