Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[Bruce]

You were up WAY too early this morning!!!!

 

[misfitmorgan]

OMG I want all them spotted/dappled ones

They are so gorgeous. Locally anything with spots or dapples is $300-500 and if it has papers to its $600-1,000...I will just keep dreaming. Your boers are so so gorgeous though

 

[ragdollcatlady]

You were up WAY too early this morning!!!!

Uuuummmm that was actually, hadn't yet gone to bed from the day before.... Same now!

So I have a new houseguest.... Temporarily.
Story: I was asked to go into an exam room with a semi feral cat. I was told she was yowling and acting aggressive so we hadn't yet tried to handle her at all. K. Ready. I go in ready for some adventure, only to have a small, rickety little old cat with a bulging, damaged eyeball, come out of the kennel, purring, and trying to affectionately rub her yucky eye and cheek all over my hand. She was a stray that the gentleman feeds occasionally and he was wanting to try and help her as she was clearly in need of some serious medical attention. After our exam, I returned and discussed the estimate (in the $750 range) for an enucleation surgery to remove her damaged eye. He was a little distressed about the cost, as this was a true stray, and once she was done, she would have to be returned to the area she came from. The gentleman was incredibly reasonable, but had no way to provide any follow up care whatsoever. I excused myself for a short discussion with the Dr. When I came back, I offered to provide her care for the 2 weeks, do her medications, follow up exam etc, if he payed for the surgery and picked her up after the stitches were out as I just don't have the capacity for another animal right now. He was really appreciative of my offer and we settled on the deal. Surgery went well and she is currently testing out all the baskets in my laundry room. I named her Rickety. Ricky is super affectionate and just a nice little old cat. She really reminds me of my Jasmin that I just lost to cancer here, a couple months back.

Thanks @Nifty for the emoji for Joe! I love it!

 

[Bruce]

Good for you Ragdoll. I wish the vet would have cut the price for the surgery. I would have a really hard time forking over $750 to help a stray cat I had no intention of taking in afterward.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

When I discussed the estimate with the gentleman, I did help him decide whether or not to accept or decline the labwork, what I would do and why... not to sway him unnecessarily against something good, but to try and encourage and possibly get the surgery to save her life. He clearly wanted to help, even if that meant euthanasia, which was absolutely on the table in this situation. He decided that the leukemia/FIV test was a prudent investment for a stray, if it was positive, we both agreed that euthanasia would be best for all involved. Having a big surgery while immune compromised is very difficult for some animals and then being a stray out in public, with either of those diseases, puts a lot of other animals at risk. A pet cat living indoors, does not pose the same threat to other cats. We did allow him to decline the regular labwork, generally meant to asses if the there is a higher than reasonable amount of bleeding risk, and to asses the liver and kidney function, to help us understand if the animal should be more likely to process effectively, the drugs we want to use for anesthesia and pain control. On a personal pet, labwork out of the ordinary levels, will sometimes cause a change of drug choices, or a delay of the procedure while we work to correct the issues or determine the cause. For a stray, (or occasionally for a pet with limited options) you just have to try and pray. So he did save a little bit and decided that trying the surgery was still worth it. Surely between God and Karma, he will have some blessings coming his way.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Blessings to you and that kind gentleman!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Rickety, the one eyed cat is doing great. She pretty much just sleeps all the time, but is very content in her favorite laundry basket. If she is on the ground when I bring the dogs through to go outside, I just pick her up and hold her while I escort them out. She doesn't panic or scratch, just hangs out, purring in my arms. She is one of the easiest cats to medicate. She loves her food, so hopefully, between the dewormer and the food bowl exclusively filled for her, we will get some weight on her.

Doodles got a haircut today so now she is naked! and she looks so cute!

The other day I came home to Beautiful Beast (my big boer buck) tangled in the fence. He had both horns twisted several times in the field fencing. I tied him to the fence because he was getting pretty scared, and proceeded to cut the fence. Thankfully it was an overcast day and not too hot. Exactly why I don't like horns!

We did the boer kids CDT vaccines, deworming and cocci prevention the other day. I will start posting them soon. We got weights (not really accurate, but enough of an idea by having my kid stand on the bathroom scale and then pick up the kid). The older kids (8 weeks) were between 35 and 47 lbs and the younger (5 weeks) were 25 to 29. I am satisfied with those numbers. This is with the goats being on pasture, a small amount of alfalfa hay in the morning and some grain /alfalfa pellets/palm date pellets mixed for a top off at dinner. I have never fed this small of an amount of hay, but using the weeds/pasture for a larger part of their diet is really helping my budget right now.

I made some cream puffs to share with the coworkers since I wont have my kids around to share easter this year. They turned out super light and fluffy.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yum!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

 

[Baymule]

You have the absolutely most gorgeous goats that I have ever seen. Beautiful. I loved the cake for Joe.

Is Doodles a long haired dachshund? He is so pretty. Our daughter got her first one when she was 10, her second one while she was in college. She is currently dachshund-less but sure would love to get another one. Both of hers were the mini size. Trying to find a puppy is unreal. Breeders want horribly high prices for them. They have 3 girls and a Silkie Terrier, but her heart belongs to mini-weiner dogs.