Mamaboid-Bad day turned out a whole lot better than it could have.

[Mamaboid]

What scares me now is Munchie's buddy Tao, a flame point siamese is a year older than she was, and they were attached at the hip from the day we brought her home to him as a 6 week old kitten. He has spent all day running around looking for her. Our third cat, Tommy, is a 6 month old monster and is NO comfort at all. LOL. All he wants to do is rip and tear. Every time I lose an animal, I swear I will NEVER get another pet....hhhmmmm 50 chickens, 9 goats, 2 dogs, and two cats......somewhere there is a glitch in my system.

Thanks for all the hugs, I really appreciate them.

On a better note, Elizabeth is acting a little more peppy today, and she is fighting for the teat and winning. Hopefully whatever was bugging her has run it's course. We will continue to keep a close eye on her though. They start their DiMethox this afternoon after I take a nap. Have a good afternoon.

BJ

 

[jodief100]

I am so sorry! Munchies are adorable little kitties. She had a wonderful life with you.

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I am so, so sorry to hear about your cat. It is so hard losing animals.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

What scares me now is Munchie's buddy Tao, a flame point siamese is a year older than she was, and they were attached at the hip from the day we brought her home to him as a 6 week old kitten. He has spent all day running around looking for her. Our third cat, Tommy, is a 6 month old monster and is NO comfort at all. LOL. All he wants to do is rip and tear. Every time I lose an animal, I swear I will NEVER get another pet....hhhmmmm 50 chickens, 9 goats, 2 dogs, and two cats......somewhere there is a glitch in my system.

Thanks for all the hugs, I really appreciate them.

On a better note, Elizabeth is acting a little more peppy today, and she is fighting for the teat and winning. Hopefully whatever was bugging her has run it's course. We will continue to keep a close eye on her though. They start their DiMethox this afternoon after I take a nap. Have a good afternoon.

BJ

Hopefully he will be ok. That's what us animal lovers all say. We say no more, and then our hearts go out to another animal that needs us. No glitch at all. It's totally normal. Think about it this way, if it wasn't for us animal lovers, where would all the animals be?

 

[ksalvagno]

I'm so sorry about your cat. They just aren't animals, they are family members and it hurts one heck of a lot to lose them. At 16, she obviously had a wonderful loving home.

 

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[TTs Chicks]

 

[Mamaboid]

Good morning all. Thank you all so much for your support and hugs the last couple days. I am a cryer, so it helps to have someone to cry on. My husband says as long as I am crying, he knows I am ok. It is when I get quiet and withdrawn that he worries about me. Going on that premise, I must be great. Ok, on with life.

It is snowing like crazy here this morning. Haven't had but about 6 inches total all winter, and NOW it decides to snow. YUK YUK YUK. It was almost 60 here yesterday afternoon.

Today is the last day for me to take my blood thinner pills before my surgery, I take nothing for the next 2 days, and then I have to start those stupid Lovenox shots. Owie, Ouch, OW. They burn and sting. I hate them, but they are necessary I guess.

The kids all had their first dose of DiMethox yesterday afternoon.....that was fun. Hard to believe how tightly a little 15 pound goat can keep it's mouth closed when you want it open. Elizabeth took hers pretty easily, Elijah complained but took it with out too much problem....Erin was a pain. She twisted, kicked, SCREAMED like we were killing her, and then spit about half of it back out because I couldn't get her held still enough to get where I wanted to go. Crazy goat. I have a feeling the next dose will be worse because they know what is coming. Oh well....gotta do it.

Stephanie the Nubian, and Dusty the mixed up goat should both be bred for May 17th to Dude. Of course we are constantly looking for "signs" that they really are bred. We saw the deed being done and they have not come into heat since. Of course nubians are seasonal, so December would have been her last heat probably anyway. With Dusty, she has so many breeds in her, we have no way of knowing if she is seasonal or what. Anyway, looking for signs, way too early to really see any, so I am afraid my mind is playing tricks on me. They both have "changes" to their personalities. Dusty is getting so lovey and all of the sudden wants to be held and petted all the time when 2 weeks ago, you couldn't get near her unless you had a handful of "treats" of some kind. Stephanie, who has always been a cuddler hasn't changed in that way, but all of the sudden, she is a bottomless pit. She BEGS constantly. The minute she sees any of us she will "fence walk" from one end of the pen to the other until she is standing over the top of the feed box on the outside of the fence. She hollers and twists her head in a OH PLEASE I AM SO STARVING look, it is hysterical. She is putting on a tiny bit of weight, but cannot tell if it is just because SOME people cannot resist the feed me pleas, or if she is getting a baby bump.
Dusty is a round fuzzy ball, and looks like she has a baby bump starting, but I am so afraid it is just wishful seeing on my part. They were both bred on December 18th, so I know we wouldn't really be seeing too much at this point. It also feels to me like Stephanie is getting a little teeny udder growth. More like just a loose kind of feeling in that area. Both are first timers, so we have no idea what to expect. Gonna be a fun couple of months.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

BJ

 

[that's*satyrical]

So sorry to hear about losing your pet. That is always so hard.

I feel you on the di-methox time for my triplets first dose this weekend. Should be a real blast lol.

 

[Mamaboid]

Good Morning All

What an awful day it was here yesterday weather wise. It rained, sleeted, snowed, wind blew, ice formed, ground got slippery,,,,and then it got nasty. YUK.
Rained hard this morning, but is slightly clearing off now. We have a "pond" in the middle of our field.

I was standing out at the goat pen this morning, and the biggest flock of canadian geese I have ever seen flew right over my head. I was so hoping they would land on the pond, but they kept going. That is a sure sign of spring. There must have been 200 or more in this flock. It was awesome.

Eliazbeth is MUCH improved this morning. She was fighting for her breakfast and winning. Isn't hunched up nearly as much and is more active. Maybe the Di-Methox is doing something for her. They have had 2 doses now.

I am happy to say that my old male siamese cat has stopped searching for Munchie and is starting to buddy up with the 6 month old. They slept together in the chair last night and that is a first ever. Right now, I have the two dogs and the two cats all piled up in a heap in the recliner chair next to me. Can't tell who's head belongs to who.

Today I am doing laundry and getting my nightgowns etc ready to pack for the hospital. I cannot stand those stupid gowns so I want my own clothes asap when they get me in a room. I wish this was over, this waiting is a pain. I want it done, so I can get recovered, so I can get back to doing the things with my goats that I like to do. This having to get DH to lift a bale of hay, or a bucket of water is nice for a little bit but it gets old real quick.

Stephanie was standing on her hind feet this morning, begging over the feed bin, and she has this cute little round bump on her right side. I am reallllllllly hoping it is a baby bump. It is cute. Looks like she swallowed a soccer ball.

All for now, hope everybody has a wonderful day.

BJ