Ruby Moo

Please meet Ruby Moo, the Heilan Coo. I am not sure you could call her a pet exactly, but she is certainly well loved!



She was born to a first time mother who decided motherhood was not for her and so abandoned her shortly after she was born. We hand-reared her, which was a mammoth task as she refused to take milk from a bucket or bottle and so had to be fed by stomach-tube for around 12 weeks. We thought we were going to lose her a few times, and in fact we had the knacker man on his way up to put her down when she suddenly seemed to rally and her death sentence was lifted again. Since then she has gone from strength to strength and is now 3 years old.

She is a real success story - and such a character!

Newborn Ruby



Looking rather sick and sorry (she lost almost all the hair on her legs and it was coming out in chunks daily)



Starting to rally and spending time with new friends



A milestone ... her first birthday



Her second birthday



I wonder if there is another cow alive with such personality and character!







She also does impressions Can you guess who this one is?



Although she can also be majestic and beautiful






Here she is trying to "play" with my OH one morning this week

O blimey!! Shes very beautiful but is she ok with humans on 2 feet rather than 4 wheels??

What great photos and video. She is certainly a 'character' and hope she stays with you. If I was on that quad bike I would be driving like hell to get out of that field

I like the pic of her with the Donald trump combover!

Might look like him but likely far more intelligent

This Moo is so cute and photogenic.

I love highland cattle. How wonderful to have one all to yourself

Thank you everyone. She is very friendly but can be playful - and obviously with her size, weight and those horns you need to have your wits about you! She is lovely though.

We have a small herd, but Ruby cannot live with them now she has been hand-reared as they would very likely attack her

She does have her own special friend though, a ewe called Nibbles. They go everywhere together.

Very sweet I like Highland cattle too