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You eat squirrel? I've wondered what it tastes like. We don't eat those, but we have eaten rabbit here. They taste kind of nasty, probably because they eat pine around here. (It's like eating a pine cone) We're in the middle of grouse season, but we haven't seen many. I'm getting ready to...

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Good to know! I assumed they would kill the bees.

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Well, I'm still playing with the idea. I think the important thing is to get a full beekeeper's outfit and then figure out how to keep the critters safe from wasps. I think a small apiary would work well here.

I honestly don't know how beekeepers keep wasps away here in Montana. We seem to have oodles of them. I am thinking next year of putting together a small apiary, but I'm wondering how to keep the wasps from destroying a colony. Thoughts?

Cats don't necessarily bury their poop. I've seen plenty of cougar scat to know. How big is the scat? If small, I'd set up some live traps and see if I could catch the culprit. Compost is usually a good way to bring in bears around here, so I'd move it far away from your animals and your house.

See now, I had no idea that there was an auction for furs. That's cool. This year I've gotten a deer from a game damage hunt and I'm tanning it. Between all the tanning, canning, drying, and butchering, I've been a busy person. But we do have people around here who trap. I hear you have to...

:ep That would be awful. But I truly get it. They can show nothing and then be dead.

I don't trap, but I do hunt. I'd love to hear about your trapping!

Thanks everyone! DH called up a llama saddle/ pack maker that we knew and he pointed us in the direction of the guy who now made this design of pack that we got with the llamas. We have four saddles and a bunch of panniers, and a slew of llama equipment. The saddle guy told us over the phone...

Persistent coughs aren't normal. Occasional coughs are okay. Fluid coming out of the nose is bad. Your goats may have caught bacterial pneumonia. Here's a link about it: http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/pneumonia06.html Other issues might be nosebots, CL, or some other disease. A...

Ugh. Dehorning is incredibly painful, bloody, and generally awful. Most experts recommend against it, which is why I'm surprised your vet recommended it. I guess that's his procedure. Basically, you're stuck with what was done. It takes forever to heal, as @babsbag says. My guess isn't CL but...

I have lost my mind. Long story short, I discovered a craigslist ad with three packing llamas and all their gear. We went to see them, and yes, we got them. They were passed from owner to owner for awhile (nobody's fault -- general circumstances) and the current owner discovered he doesn't have...

Get a big syringe with a long tip (no needle) and put the medication in that. Put your goats in a stanchion, or if you don't have one, have someone hold them while you stick the syringe in the side of the mouth and push the plunger. Some folks have drenching guns which are pricey but they work...

Sounds like coccidia. Treat it ASAP. Here's a link for you to read.

That reminds me of an interesting thing that happened in Colorado many moons ago. Our porch light in the back no longer worked but I put the Malamutes out in the back. One night I got a hinky feeling and got a flashlight and shone it out back. About 50 feet from the fence was a mountain lion...

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I have mountain lions, grizzly bears, wolves, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, lynx, and bobcats. I have two guard llamas and an electrified pen with light on 24/7. And I have geese. Back when I ran sled dogs in Colorado, we constantly had mountain lion problems. We had tops on our kennels to keep...

:hugs:hugs :hugs :hugs Sorry for your loss, Sweetened. Losing kids to coccidia can be devastating. I have a feeling that's what hit my Blackjack. Sometimes you can get on top of things and still have a bad run of luck. :idunno With all my kids dropping like flies and finding nothing wrong, I...