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Today I get to work on West Coast time so starting work at 11 instead of 7, but also means will not be done till after dark.... Using the cool time to work around the garden a bit....
Have had a lot of problems with various animals getting sick with stuff. One of our goats , a nice healthy large doe, started staggering around like she is drunk and wobbling her head . No other symptoms. She is eating and drinking. I called the vet and looked it up online and we both came to the conclusion it is either Goat polio ( vitamin B1 deficiency) or Listeria. So I am giving her shots of vitamin B and an antibiotic. She is a little better after 3 days of this but not great. All of our lambs have diarreah, not sure why. It is not worms, or coccidia, so I think it is the heat. Some are better now but they all look awefull with dried poopy butts. Then my German Shepherd got skin problems for the first time since we moved here. She has had this before but it was a rice allergy and I haven;t been feeding her any. SHe had to go to the vet to get an antibiotic, have some of her fur shaved off ( she looks terrible) and is getting some antiitch medication that cost a small fortune .
Son got his second covid shot a few days ago and was sick yesterday ( like I was and husband when we got ours)
Garden is being taken over by weeds. It's amazing how they can grow so well in this dry weather!
So I am ready to quit at the moment , sell all the animals and move to Thailand and sit on the beach..... ( j\k but the thought occured to me)
Weird day. Tonight I lift a glass to my youngest brother, who passed during the the night.
So sorry for both your losses.I met this guy at work & we became friends & my family take a gun safety class from him, then we went on a cruse with him & his wife.
we see each other about once every 60 days or so, he the guy that sold me on Kubota tractors.
He went North Carolina to a relatives funeral & dropped dead from a heart attach, been married 49 years, great guy.
Is it smoky where you are at? Here the smoke is really bad and the vets are all swamped with sick animals all of a sudden.
Drunk acting critter - first course of action, look for a tick (or ticks.) Then proceed to the other options.Have had a lot of problems with various animals getting sick with stuff. One of our goats , a nice healthy large doe, started staggering around like she is drunk and wobbling her head . No other symptoms. She is eating and drinking. I called the vet and looked it up online and we both came to the conclusion it is either Goat polio ( vitamin B1 deficiency) or Listeria. So I am giving her shots of vitamin B and an antibiotic. She is a little better after 3 days of this but not great. All of our lambs have diarreah, not sure why. It is not worms, or coccidia, so I think it is the heat. Some are better now but they all look awefull with dried poopy butts. Then my German Shepherd got skin problems for the first time since we moved here. She has had this before but it was a rice allergy and I haven;t been feeding her any. SHe had to go to the vet to get an antibiotic, have some of her fur shaved off ( she looks terrible) and is getting some antiitch medication that cost a small fortune .
Son got his second covid shot a few days ago and was sick yesterday ( like I was and husband when we got ours)
Garden is being taken over by weeds. It's amazing how they can grow so well in this dry weather!
So I am ready to quit at the moment , sell all the animals and move to Thailand and sit on the beach..... ( j\k but the thought occured to me)
Does the paint dry okay in the heat? I would think it would be tacky.We haven't had rain for over a week. It was hot, hot today. I painted for 3 hours outside but was in by 1 because I couldn't stand it anymore. And I was in the shade. A little bit at a time.
Getting ready to go to the little feed store, and the amish salvage store.
The ladder angle wouldn't work right in the bed of the Ranger, so I put in a call to a cousin for their 14 yr old to come by with his tractor, and granddaughter will get in the bucket to finish the high spots.
By washing machine do you mean dish washer?The canning jars are about to come out of the washing machine, then I will can a couple batches of pints in the steamer.
When I ran the errands this morning I was able to get some canned grapefruit (I like it as a snack instead of a heavy lunch, but it has been hard to find), they had 1 can short of a flat, so I got 11. Yesterday when the wife and I were talking about the upcoming wheat issues, she suggested that I pick up some pasta, they had a limited selection but I got a start at it. So my next visit to the "good store" will include some pasta along with the fresh fruit.
While I was waiting around doing nothing I decided to change the oil on both cars (one is smart and she has been talking to me), as I was enjoying my CAR time, the question hit me, am I the only one who still fills the oil filter and lubes the gasket before installing the new filter? Then again I have to wonder how many people still change their own oil.....
I know when I re-did the engine in my old truck a couple of winters ago, some young guys from church stopped by (It was Pre-Covid and their wives were visiting mine so they were just along for the ride). They were totally floored that I (an old guy) could pull an engine out, rebuild it, then reinstall it, and get it running, all by myself using just hand tools and a hoist.
Well, I'm all cooled off, my soda is about dry, and I'll bet the washing machine is done with the Jars, so I guess I will try my luck at Canning, then I can mow the lawn.
I bet I sleep well tonight.....
Thank you so much for neutering feral cats. I do the same and find homes for some. Pet overpopulation is my pet peeve and I push spay and neuter advice where ever I can.There is a feral cat that had kittens in my carport, so spent this morning getting the old chicken coop ready for "prisoners" as I do the Trap/Neuter/Release cycle. Stick the colony in there, then one by one take them to rescue that does neuter/spay and release.
Inciweb is where we keep track. This is a map of the current fires:It was really hazy for a few days but no actual smoke . The fires out west must be really bad if the smoke is coming all the way to the east
Sorry about your brother, dademoss.Weird day. Tonight I lift a glass to my youngest brother, who passed during the the night.
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