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It was 60-70F in the days, dropping to 25-35 at night. Then the new week starts and it's down to 35-45F days and 18-30 at night....
Tricky, sneaky weather!!
Troughs are frozen 1.5in, rabbits have decided that since it's so cold suddenly, that they will dump all of their food every day....
Gotta switch to sneakers and no more sandals and find my gloves!
Dog stole the insulation cap for the well-house spigot. Had to make my own out of some plastic pots, hay, feed bag and half a plastic cat crate to insulate it. Hopefully it'll be enough. Internet and phone died out for 2.5 days and I managed to forget to close up the shed and turn the heater on. So the dogs were pissed off at me, the rabbits were extra annoyed because all the bottles froze...ugh. Dumped a ton of hay into each cage and a little pellet into feeders after finding just enough spare bottles for everyone. They want to waste food? Fine, they'll eat nothing but hay until they get over their stupid little games! Why did I have to get back to raising rabbits.....
Pigs were cold, but up and screaming at me to hurry up and bring breakfast and new water! So demanding!! Sheep and horses waited for me to toss out ice and bring out new hay. Will need to order more hay soon, have enough for about 2wks now. Pigs are eating the hay and sleeping in it...Anyone know if pigs will eat straw?? If not, I'll look for a few straw bales so I can stop wasting good hay on pigs. I don't mind them eating some of it, but every two days, it's all eaten, bit too much going through them...
Hosting Thanksgiving. Put up the tree with the help of the two Conures, Cypher & Kirby. Well, not really help as much as slow me down. But at least they were pleasant, DH doesn't like putting up decor, so boring and lonely to do it by yourself. Husbands suck.
New couch cover came in, birds helped put that on as well. Washing and cleaning everything, moving stuff upstairs and out of the way. Wish the floors were refinished and sealed, would make cleaning easy. Moved the birds to the window, it's their winter season cage spot. They like watching the world go by and screeching if something they don't like shows up. You know, like dogs, so typical stuff, mailman, other birds, noisy car, etc.
So yea, winter just suddenly popped up and I'm not the only one who didn't see it coming. lol. At least most of the animals have nice fur coats to keep them warm n cozy. I on the other hand, run around like a headless chicken, trying to get everything done before I loose all feeling in my toes and hands. Then I rush inside and stand over our propane heater and thaw out.
'fun!'
Anyone else not expect the sudden switch??
Tricky, sneaky weather!!
Troughs are frozen 1.5in, rabbits have decided that since it's so cold suddenly, that they will dump all of their food every day....
Gotta switch to sneakers and no more sandals and find my gloves!Dog stole the insulation cap for the well-house spigot. Had to make my own out of some plastic pots, hay, feed bag and half a plastic cat crate to insulate it. Hopefully it'll be enough. Internet and phone died out for 2.5 days and I managed to forget to close up the shed and turn the heater on. So the dogs were pissed off at me, the rabbits were extra annoyed because all the bottles froze...ugh. Dumped a ton of hay into each cage and a little pellet into feeders after finding just enough spare bottles for everyone. They want to waste food? Fine, they'll eat nothing but hay until they get over their stupid little games! Why did I have to get back to raising rabbits.....
Pigs were cold, but up and screaming at me to hurry up and bring breakfast and new water! So demanding!! Sheep and horses waited for me to toss out ice and bring out new hay. Will need to order more hay soon, have enough for about 2wks now. Pigs are eating the hay and sleeping in it...Anyone know if pigs will eat straw?? If not, I'll look for a few straw bales so I can stop wasting good hay on pigs. I don't mind them eating some of it, but every two days, it's all eaten, bit too much going through them...
Hosting Thanksgiving. Put up the tree with the help of the two Conures, Cypher & Kirby. Well, not really help as much as slow me down. But at least they were pleasant, DH doesn't like putting up decor, so boring and lonely to do it by yourself. Husbands suck.
New couch cover came in, birds helped put that on as well. Washing and cleaning everything, moving stuff upstairs and out of the way. Wish the floors were refinished and sealed, would make cleaning easy. Moved the birds to the window, it's their winter season cage spot. They like watching the world go by and screeching if something they don't like shows up. You know, like dogs, so typical stuff, mailman, other birds, noisy car, etc.
So yea, winter just suddenly popped up and I'm not the only one who didn't see it coming. lol. At least most of the animals have nice fur coats to keep them warm n cozy. I on the other hand, run around like a headless chicken, trying to get everything done before I loose all feeling in my toes and hands. Then I rush inside and stand over our propane heater and thaw out.
'fun!'Anyone else not expect the sudden switch??
no ice forming yet, but one night it was fairly warm, the next - bam, I was breathing steam, the temp dropped to under 10oC and the dogs had to come in the house.
I think the only one possible would be the rabbits 
Therefore I might lose.
