FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.

[Ferguson K]

So two adopters backed out.

We have two adorable kittens for adoption now if anyone knows someone looking for a barn cat. They're super cute! They're totally wild and don't like being handled even with us trying... so if anyone knows someone looking for a barn cat let me know.

 

[babsbag]

They are adorable. I had a feral indoor cat for 15 years. I caught her when she was about 6 weeks old and try as I might I could never tame her. I used to hold her every night as a kitten and pet her until she purred and she would eventually purr but she was never tame. She stayed in the spare room except to eat and I hadn't touched her for 8 years. The morning I found her in the laundry room and she didn't run when I went to pick her up was the morning I knew she was sick. I had her put down that day, the doctor said probably a tumor on her liver had ruptured and she was bleeding internally. She would have made a good barn cat, if I had had a barn when she was young.

 

[Ferguson K]

We've had a few feral cats over the years. These kittens get handled daily but they are still wild. Their mother isn't completely wild but she prefers the company of her kittens.

 

[Ferguson K]

This week has been a bad week.

We lost two very nice goats, two of my favorite goats, to equally tragic freak accidents.

We had a tree fall over the fence on Friday. It crushed Image, Diva's doeling. I've been eyeballing that tree thinking it looked sick for weeks, and two trees in the same area have come down and/or been cut down. I should have reacted. I should have cut the tree down.

Today around 9 AM I found Briar dead in the milk room. She appeared to have a broken neck and there was a tube dangling from the back of her neck, right under her ear. Not really sure what she got caught on but the way I found her there was a struggle. Briar was 4 months pregnant, due next month. I did not open her up to see if the kids were viable. I did not open her up at all.

I am beside myself. I left the gate open in the milk room. I could have prevented it. I should have cut the tree down weeks ago.

Accidents happen.

Some happen more often to certain people than others.

I feel like I've been in a never ending spiral of bad luck for the last few months.

Briar, Image, you will severely be missed.

 

[luvmypets]

Im so sorry, I know how much they meant to you. I will pray for your healing, I know how hard it is

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So, so sorry!

 

[Southern by choice]

Devastated for you.

I know what it feels like to lose an animal to a freak accident... there really are no words just such grief. My heart aches for you.

 

[Ferguson K]

It's just not my week.

The good thing that came out of this was a lesson learned. I will no longer hang the buckets that low to tempt the goats and I'll triple check I've locked the door.

Thankfully there's no other trees sick near the goat pasture, but I still have some major repair work ahead of me.

With John gone in south Texas life has been a spiral of crazy things. He was home today. He got to said goodbye to his girl, they had a special bond. We buried her next to Image, right by the milk room.

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[samssimonsays]

Hugs friend. My heart still hurts for you.