Queen Mum's Dancing in the Rain

[Queen Mum]

They do have a vet, but he NEVER comes to the farm. They bring their animals to him. And ONLY the dogs and the cats. NEVER the goats unless it's a broken leg. They will call the vet and ask for medication. But will meet him at the bottom of the driveway.

One day I took a picture of one of the animals to show him! It was when I first got here. I thought the condition of the animal was because he had bad teeth. The vet was shocked. My Landlady was FURIOUS! It turns out his teeth aren't that bad. He just needed to be fed differently. I've been sneaking him food ever since. (He had pnuemonia and was really, really sick.) I caught hell from the landlord for being right about his care.

This is the picture.

Now he looks like this... I worked so hard to get him better...

 

[marlowmanor]

They do have a vet, but he NEVER comes to the farm. They bring their animals to him. And ONLY the dogs and the cats. NEVER the goats unless it's a broken leg. They will call the vet and ask for medication. But will meet him at the bottom of the driveway.

One day I took a picture of one of the animals to show him! It was when I first got here. I thought the condition of the animal was because he had bad teeth. The vet was shocked. My Landlady was FURIOUS! It turns out his teeth aren't that bad. He just needed to be fed differently. I've been sneaking him food ever since.

This is the picture.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_rambo.jpg

Now he looks like this... I worked so hard to get him better...

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_sam_0243.jpg

I remember that old ram. He looks much healthier now. I hope you have taken more pictures of these animals condition. I hope you report these people and provide your pictures as proof of their condition too when you are gone. Something really should be done about these people. There is no reason for people to allow their animals to get in conditions like that. Do they sell their animals to the public? If they sell to the public I am surprised someone has not reported horrid conditions of the animals and the lack of shelter/care given to animals. IMO if you cannot afford to properly care for the animals you have you should not get them. Animals have the right to a good/healthy life.

 

[Queen Mum]

I've only been here since October. So it took a while for me to realize what was going on. The animals don't all look like that. So, it took me a couple months to see it myself. Over the summer the animals apparently had more to eat so they looked a lot better when I got here.

At first I thought the animals that died were elderly. That's what the Landlady kept telling me. But as the death toll rose, I started questioning the landlady and that's when the trouble started. Things have gotten worse in the last couple months as it has gotten colder and their money is running out. The Landlady started getting desperate and asked me to sell some of her livestock. In order to do that I had to assess the herd and asked to see the herd records. When I saw the herd records I realized that the animals that had died were only 6 years old! I was really upset. Then I looked really closely at all the animals and the conditions seemed to be getting worse and worse for them.

I also realized that since I had been here, what she said was her herd and feeding plan was just not reality. Treatment stalls were not treatment stalls - no treatment ever takes place there. The animals are put there to die. Pens have not been cleaned in YEARS. Water troughs haven't been cleaned since maybe last year. Animals haven't been given minerals since ever. There was no feeding plan. Breeding consists of accidents. Herd records consist of a list of animals most of which are not even identifiable. The landlady never went out and checked on her animals and barely recognizes most of them. The landlord didn't know them by name and the landlady was afraid to go near them. The fences are a mess.

I told the landlady that I couldn't sell most of the animals because of their condition. She was upset with me about that. But I said I could sell the ones in better condition, which I did. All 5 of them. Then I worked hard to get some more of them in good condition. She won't sell the ones in the best condition because she bottle fed them.

As for the public, the conditions here are so inconsistent that people don't see it. They have only sold 5 animals this year they are the ones that I sold. I worked to condition the animals sold and the landlord carefully controlled what the people saw and where they went.

If they see the other animals, the landlady quickly makes excuses. People don't see what they don't want to see.

So OYE VEY!

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

They do have a vet, but he NEVER comes to the farm. They bring their animals to him. And ONLY the dogs and the cats. NEVER the goats unless it's a broken leg. They will call the vet and ask for medication. But will meet him at the bottom of the driveway.

One day I took a picture of one of the animals to show him! It was when I first got here. I thought the condition of the animal was because he had bad teeth. The vet was shocked. My Landlady was FURIOUS! It turns out his teeth aren't that bad. He just needed to be fed differently. I've been sneaking him food ever since.

This is the picture.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_rambo.jpg

Now he looks like this... I worked so hard to get him better...

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_sam_0243.jpg

I remember that old ram. He looks much healthier now. I hope you have taken more pictures of these animals condition. I hope you report these people and provide your pictures as proof of their condition too when you are gone. Something really should be done about these people. There is no reason for people to allow their animals to get in conditions like that. Do they sell their animals to the public? If they sell to the public I am surprised someone has not reported horrid conditions of the animals and the lack of shelter/care given to animals. IMO if you cannot afford to properly care for the animals you have you should not get them. Animals have the right to a good/healthy life.

I couldn't agree more. There should have been a complaint (not by you) someone else that doesn't rent from them, taking pictures and having cops out there way before. How could someone see a goat looking as bad as that, and not do anything? I hope these people lose ALL their animals, and get nailed with a huge fine, and are told they can NEVER have animals again.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

They do have a vet, but he NEVER comes to the farm. They bring their animals to him. And ONLY the dogs and the cats. NEVER the goats unless it's a broken leg. They will call the vet and ask for medication. But will meet him at the bottom of the driveway.

One day I took a picture of one of the animals to show him! It was when I first got here. I thought the condition of the animal was because he had bad teeth. The vet was shocked. My Landlady was FURIOUS! It turns out his teeth aren't that bad. He just needed to be fed differently. I've been sneaking him food ever since. (He had pnuemonia and was really, really sick.) I caught hell from the landlord for being right about his care.

This is the picture.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_rambo.jpg

Now he looks like this... I worked so hard to get him better...

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1156_sam_0243.jpg

that poor RAM !!! Ohhh my .. That Landlord needs to take better care of her pets !!!

 

[Queen Mum]

I am packing as fast as I can. My goats are in their paddock. Pictures won't tell the tale.

You can't photograph the smell. And you can't photograph the lack of hay. And you can't photograph the desperation that the animals have on their faces when I go into their paddock and the look of hope they have that I will feed them something, anything. And even though they look fed from afar, you can't photograph how light they feel when you pick them up. It's just so... borderline. And I know that the ones that look great is because they have been escaping up into the hunting pasture that belongs to the neighbors. And I can't take pictures the facts

that that is the ONLY reason they don't look like they are starving. And the fact that the ones in the lower paddock are alive is because they compete better for the food than the ones that died when it got cold. Survival of the fittest. The ones that look the fattest are the ones in the smallest pens. They get the most food and the least exercise, because the landlord doesn't really think how he measures the food.

ACK! I can't talk about it anymore. It makes me sad.

I am going to look forward... To a new home and a new beginning and to my goats being healthy. And to some really nice people up in Oklahoma who have a wonderful farm and who are normal and realistic and who take great care of their animals and who are willing to let me come and be a part of their lives for a while.

And I'm looking forward to Houdini Babies.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I am going to look forward... To a new home and a new beginning and to my goats being healthy. And to some really nice people up in Oklahoma who have a wonderful farm and who are normal and realistic and who take great care of their animals and who are willing to let me come and be a part of their lives for a while.

And I'm looking forward to Houdini Babies.

Look forward !!! Good job in being positive ...

 

[jodief100]

We are all looking forward to Houdini babies!!!!!!

Good for you, go on, don't look back. The karma wheel will spin and they will get their due. I volunteer with dog rescue and I always have to remind myself you can't save them all.

You have done your best, let someone else worry about it once you are gone.

 

[marlowmanor]

Definately agree you should look forward to the positives. You are blessed to have found a position somewhere else where you know things are being done right. I pray justice is served somehow for these animals though.

 

[Queen Mum]

OK, my stuff is packed. I'm going to get my truck ready tomorrow. (clean it out and make sure that it's nice and fit for putting my stuff in storage.) My stuff will go to a storage room till I can get a tiny little trailer on Wednesday.

Houdini and Jelly Bean will get a vet check on Tuesday. And health certificates for Houdini, Jelly Bean, Trump Card and Ian.

Wednesday I load the goats, and the Trailer. Wednesday night I will hit the road.

Thursday morning, I will arrive at our new digs.

And Thursday afternoon I will put the whole thing behind me and start over.

My goats will like their new home.

I will get to see Mama and Brownie again.

All will be well.

Sanity and tranquility will reign over all.

ERK! Wait, I have goats, erase the tranquility part and just say, goat sanity will reign over all. It is never a dull moment with goats. AND there will be Houdini moments every day!