Man Sings a Baby Donkey a Nursery Rhyme to Lull Him to Sleep, and It’s Beyond Adorable
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A precious baby donkey couldn’t keep his eyes open the moment a man sang a nursery rhyme while he lay in his arms.
In a video posted to TikTok by ABCNY7, the man kept the one-day-old newborn donkey in his arms while he sang “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” to him. In the video, the small baby lay comfortably in the man’s arms while he sang and gently petted him. His eyes gently twitched during the song, but he eventually relaxed and fell asleep in his arms while he continued his song.
The man even slightly modified the nursery rhyme for the baby and sang “and on that farm there was a donk,” in honor of the baby donkey. People in the comments gushed over the precious moment, with users writing, “I want to cuddle baby animals and sing to them.”
“If everybody got to cuddle a baby donkey for an hour a day, the world would be a better place,” one person wrote, while another said, “Where can I apply for this job?”
“He’s never leaving that lap,” another user joked, while one even said, “that baby is going to think you’re his mommy 🥰.”
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What’s It Like to Raise a Baby Donkey?
When they’re babies, donkeys, also known as foals, typically rely on their mothers to teach and nurture them. But sometimes, baby donkeys may end up orphaned because their mother either died or “rejected them due to antagonistic behavior or undernourishment from an inadequate milk supply.”
According to the Donkey Sanctuary, one of the ways people can help a baby donkey is to find them a “nurse mare,” even though they are typically rare to find. “A mare that has just lost her foal is ideal,” they explained. They also note that “Success depends on a number of variables affecting the mare-to-foal relationship,” like the length of time between the death of the mare’s foal and the introduction of the orphan foal, the baby’s size, and “a mare’s mothering instinct varies between individuals.”
Bottle-feeding is typically the best way to go about feeding a baby donkey, but it can be time-consuming. Once they’re older and better trained, they can then transition to bucket feeding instead.
The best milk for a baby donkey to drink is milk from a donkey mare, but it’s typically not readily available or easy to get. So the second-best option is to use goat’s milk.
“Goat’s milk is considered to be good foster milk as the fat particles are smaller than in cow’s milk,” they noted. “It is more easily digested, and it also seems very palatable.”
Related: Miniature Donkeys Discover Their New Favorite Band and Instantly Become Groupies
This story was originally published by PetHelpful on Nov 13, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Source: Nature
