Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

@Blue Sky how is she this morning?

 

[Blue Sky]

@Blue Sky how is she this morning?

Tongue is much smaller but not very pliable. I worry that she can’t drink. The sedation has worn off and she’s wagging her tail. I was up and down with her last night. I believe she might have been hunting voles in the pasture and disturbed a snake in or near a vole burrow. Still could be insect stings, but voles, rabbits and squirrels are an LGD pastime here even though I feed the dogs like kings. Snakes are bad this year.

 

[Blue Sky]

Sophie drank water, broth and ate a half cup of yogurt. Resting now with heavy breathing. Lambster (remember him?) still needs a vet visit but is nursing well. Eye is still an issue but he is getting along. Large animal vet today I hope.

 

[Baymule]

I’m so glad that Sophie is doing better. My old female GP hated snakes and killed them. She never got bit. Other dogs did, but nothing like Sophie. I’m really relieved that she is going to make it.

 

[Blue Sky]

Took Lambster to vet. He had a clump of foxtail seeds that was out of sight under his lower eye lid. Probably sent flying as he tried to nurse. He charmed everyone in the office and his future looks bright.

 

[Margali]

Ugh, I saw first snake of the year. It was sunning on red dirt near kids digger zone. It went under the house.
Not sure what kind other than light browm with darker pattern.

 

[farmerjan]

Sadly, I ran over a big black snake while mowing... must've run right over the head as it looked squished... and not cut all up... it was over 4 ft long... I hated that I killed it. They keep the mice down... I can easily tolerate the black snakes as long as they don't get into chickens/chicks/eggs...

 

[Baymule]

Ugh, I saw first snake of the year. It was sunning on red dirt near kids digger zone. It went under the house.
Not sure what kind other than light browm with darker pattern.

Rat snake. AKA chicken snake.

 

[Blue Sky]

Ugh, I saw first snake of the year. It was sunning on red dirt near kids digger zone. It went under the house.
Not sure what kind other than light browm with darker pattern.

@Margali
I used to be really afraid of snakes, spiders, scorpions, bats and caged birds. Sooo I moved to rural Texas . The first few years were a constant Yikes!! Learning to identify and the habits of potentially dangerous animals helped me decide what would be a problem and what wouldn’t. As you know my dog was bitten by a snake and nearly died. But in nearly 20 years of shepherding there have only been two bites and Sophie the only serious one.

 

[Blue Sky]

Good morning. Hubbs made a pot of coffee before he left bless him. Sophie had a hearty breakfast as did Lambster. Neither are quite %100 yet but both look good. On the moving front our Seller continues to colic, waffling on written agreements, not answering questions (how can you NOT know what kind of septic system you have living at a place for nearly 10 years?) and generally being unhelpful. We will have a Conversation with the realtors later today, meaning we have a number two choice and are considering it.