Today was beautiful, we cleaned the loose waste hay from the sheep barn, filled the mule with it and spread it on the pipeline. We dumped Goldie the steer's water tub and refilled it. We filled the trash can next to his pen with feed, and took 3 bags of feed from the sheep barn to the horse barn and filled a trash can. Then we went to Tractor Supply for dog food. What was so great about yesterday and today, is that BJ hasn't felt good since his hip replacement surgery and he had a bad reaction to the medicine they put him on. It was Meloxicam and he gained TEN POUNDS, was bloated, felt sick all the time, had insomnia, was tired, had sharp chest pains that were scary. He stopped taking it and his family doctor prescribed something for the heartburn, that took care of the bloat, chest pains and feeling sick all the time. He lost the weight, but has just felt blah. So for the last 2 days, I almost have the ol' BJ back.
My little ram lamb was down this morning. I figured bloat and drenched him with mineral oil, waited about an hour and drenched him again. Each time I walked him around the pen for 30 minutes. Sheba and Sentry came in to help. He pooped out some dog logs, but his belly was still distended, so I mixed up some baking soda water and drenched him with that. I repeated that a couple of hours later, each time crowding him and making him move. When I went out to feed this evening, he was laying down, ruminating, I guess he ate some hay, cause I sure didn't feed him. I got him up and was pleased to see his bulging belly had gone way down. He got another baking soda drench and there is baking soda in his pan. I think he's gonna make it.
. It's winter, I know.
and old man winter does not even care! Double the snuggies before I go out.
. Enjoying this while I can...help yourself, fresh pot is there!
