Friday, October 14, 2005

Birds and animals

This was not a good day if you were an animal or bird around here today.

Early this evening I noticed a tiny speck in the nest. Another baby has been born. Now before everybody gets excited let me tell you the very real possibilites. For one it is tiny and weak. The older birds may keep it from getting any food. I do not have any handfeeding baby formula to give it. The first 24 hours are very critical for its survival.

Now for animals, actually just one animal, Precious. Precious is aneater. She will eat just about anything even if it is not good for her. Every year around this time she gets an upset stomach. There is something out there she eats. Some time between this afternoon and this evening she went down. I went out at 7 pm to check on the horses and noticed she was laying down. Now she has been doing that a lot she she hurt her feet. She always raises her head and lloks at me when I call her. Well.. this time she did not. I walked out there and she was not doing well. Now there is no way I can pull up a 900 pound horse off the ground. I got a switch and started switching her and she finally got up. She walked about 5 steps and down she went again. I had my phone and called Pat in a panic. I get her back up again and I keep switching her to keep her moving. I walked here and kept touching the switch to her to keep her going. Here it is, I am trying to keep my horse alive and Belle and Crystal just had to show their... ummmm tails. Running and bucking, kicking and jumping, just generally showing out and getting in the way. It was a bit scary having a horse go flying by you and they are kicking at the same time. Any way...Any body with a horse knows that if they get colic you walk them forever. After after about 30 mnutes of walking, she was swooshing her tail and trying to graze some. Did not stop then. I kept her walking for a full hour. I will be going back out there in another 30 minutes to check on her. If she is laying down again we will walk some more. bUT this time I will bring her out of the field. I can't see out there at night and just the thought of being in a dark field with a crazy horse is not appealing to me. She has not colicked but is(was) on the verge of it. Horses cannot burp that is why they get tummy upsets. They have to fart!

Ok that is it for now. See yall later.

9 comments:

  1. Oh I hope she is still up. I am glad you found her in time and got her up and moving. I'll be thinking about you-and her-tonight. Margo

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  2. Hope the baby bird makes it and I do hope your horse gets better.

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  3. Good luck with the newest chick.  I'm so sorry to hear that Precious is having so much trouble.  I'll say a little prayer for both of you today.  I just read and caught up on all of your posts for this week, sorry I haven't been here as much as I'd like to lately.  Let us know if the tractor is fixed or if it needs to be totally rewired.  I know Y'all can't go too long without a working tractor on the farm.  Have a great week next week, I'll be on vacation down in Florida but I'll check in as soon as I get back.
    Sam

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  4. Hope you baby bird makes it and hope Precious doesn't get into any more trouble. Helen

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  5. I do so hope your little chick makes it, and precious will be much better when you go see her again....You have taught me something I did not know horses could not Burp - Gosh that must be painful....Poor precious....Ally

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  6. Hey, often if you get a half dose of oral Banamine in them when they first start to show symptoms, put them somewhere where you can watch them... then a oily warm bran mash and often that fixes everything up just right. Important if you do this is to remember that the banamine (even oral) can mask the symptoms so you don't want to give grain or hay till you know that the banamine is out of the system and they are not still showing signs of colic... Lots of luck. Hope it turn out to just be a little gas bubble!
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  7. Hope all things turn out well for all your creatures.
    Mary

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  8. I was glad to read in the next entry that she was doing better sorry the bird didnt make it.
    Terrie

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  9. Oh, colic is so scary!!!

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