Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[samssimonsays]

I am starting to feel defeated. The blasto test should come back for Sadie Monday... MONDAY! UGH!

Called poison control, Rumensin is in my goat food and toxic to dogs. The dogs nibble the goat food and eat the goats poop no matter what I do to stop them. Found a link that states it could cause the seizures, call vet he agrees, call poison control to get a direction on how to FIX them and they tell me it is not a symptom... it is the ONLY thing we changed. On to yet another "possible" cause is Toxoplasmosis from eating out of the cat box.... My emotions are ranging from

 

[TAH]

Oh Sam you are going thru so much,
You can't beat on your self to much,

Glad you figured out what was the issue is, I hope you can figure out what is needed.

 

[babsbag]

Don't you just love the different diagnosis from different sources? It can make you crazy. I would change goat feed, no need to feed rumensin all of the time, it is usually used for market goats and NEVER used for does in milk.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

How much would they be eating? Found this:
"Dogs
Dogs are inquisitive animals and are generally not fussy about what they eat. For this reason they can be at risk from many compounds used on farm, including Rumensin. Dogs can ingest a daily dose of Rumensin of 3.0mg/kg bodyweight for extended periods (months) with no ill effect. A 25kg dog could safely consume the following amounts of products containing Rumensin at label rates every day with no ill effects: a) 750 grams of Rumensin treated calf meal b) 30ml of daily drench from a power drench mix c) 12 litres of water treated with Rumensin TT."

http://www.myfarmstore.co.nz/media/upload/7691-18739-9897-17457-rumensin-and-animal-safety.pdf

 

[samssimonsays]

That's good to know, babs. I bought it because it was the only one we could get not sweet feed and had no clue about it 'til today. But I don't have anyone in milk and switched over to give them a little.... Oomph before winter but I found a sweet feed that works and they all love.

sadie is feeling much better tonight but still sorta loopy. we have close to a foot of snow already and she's loving it. Makes us sad because rumely loved the snow and didn't get to experience this amount ever and would have loved it... If y'all have seen the severe blizzard in Minnesota, that's us! Yup. We done made the national weather! hwys are shut down ,semis in ditches, 340 accidents reported so far and they pulled the plow trucks until 4am. About 4" an hour or more predicted through tonight yet..... Some areas have as much as close to 2'.... We are snowed in. I made it home in about 3 hours. Husband longer. We met at the gas station near home and I left my car there so I wouldn't get stuck and we took his truck with 4wheel drive.

The goats are not happy hahaha

 

[samssimonsays]

They will Hoover it if they get the chance. But they ate it last year and now this year ..... They also LOVE goat poop.... Gag. Can they be pooping the chemical?

 

[Hens and Roos]

on the snow!

 

[samssimonsays]

Grass was still green this morning which is also unheard of this time of year here lol.

 

[Bruce]

We are supposed to get snow starting Sunday night. Could be up to 7" through Wed morning. Guess it is time to get the mower off the garden tractor and put on the blower. Was hoping to finish my fencing first.

The blower goes on and off pretty easily, 2 pins and the long belt. But I don't really want to drag the undermount PTO pulley parts through the field so I'll have to take that off as well. Still, not a real hard thing, again only a couple of pins and the PTO belt. WAY better than my old GT where the blower and PTO pulley parts had to be bolted to the frame of the tractor. The blower part was on long rails that had to be bolted in at the rear and in the middle. And you had to hold up the weight of it while aligning the holes and putting the bolt in with one hand and putting the nut on with your third hand. BIG PITA

@samssimonsays The grass is STILL green, it is just under a blanket My chickens love it when the snow melts off mid winter (usually where I have blown it making my cul de sac to get back up between the barns) and they have green grass to eat.

 

[NH homesteader]

@Bruce wait what? Do I need to recheck the weather? Lol I hope this is a northern storm that misses me. I am in no way prepared for that!