Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[CntryBoy777]

@Baymule was ya able to 'Catch' that rabbit ever again?

 

[Mike CHS]

Bay - I want you to know that you had both of us rolling with your description of that event. The poor ewe lamb that was first up only got her ear severely pinched because I didn't squeeze hard enough and had to do it a second time.

 

[Southern by choice]

Looks like you did pretty good to me! Years ago when I had rabbits, I had to learn to give shots. I was terrified of needles and almost had to be held down to get a shot myself. So I geared up my courage and stabbed the rabbit with the needle, but immediately drew it back out again. I was so scared that I kept stabbing the poor rabbit and yanking the needle back out until I finally left the needle in the poor rabbit's hind leg. I pushed the syringe plunger in and completed the shot. I felt so bad! But I got good at giving shots and got over my own irrational fear of needles.

Oh no! I am crying over her and my cheeks hurt from laughing so hard! Yes, I was LOL! All the kids are like whattttttttttttttt? What is so funny!

Mike the lambs look fantastic!

 

[Mike CHS]

Baymule's post somehow needs to be preserved as a classic since we have all been there.

We spent several days at our mentor learning shots, hooves and general health issues. She got some free help and we got a wealth of info and new experience.

 

[NH homesteader]

I wish everyone going into farming had a mentor like yours.

Our first round of shots, my husband went right through the poor goat and out the other side and gave the ground a CD&T shot.

 

[Mike CHS]

NH -we have found the herding dog community (in our case our mentor) to be a super bunch of people. In contrast to a lot of farms a lot of them have sheep because of their dogs to do trials with them rather than marketing. Ours does both so it is a win/win for us and they are only a phone call away. We called several times during our third lambs birth because we thought she was in distress. The lamb was big.

 

[Bruce]

Um, just how LONG was that needle @NH homesteader ???

 

[NH homesteader]

Um needle length? Sub q shots, you tent the skin.

 

[Bruce]

How did he go all the way through the goat and into the ground then??? I give insulin to our diabetic cat 2x a day, never hit the ground. Or did I miss a smilie somewhere?

 

[Latestarter]

I completely understand SQ vs IM shots but have to admit when you said DH gave the ground a CD&T shot I pictured a long needle sticking out the opposite side of a chest from the syringe...