so were still going back and forth on the guardian issue.
ruthie and demi have no both been exposed to out nigi boy Bilbo (not sure if it was a success, he had a hard time reaching ruthie, I gave him a platform LOL!, and left them together until he no longer seemed interested)
ive got buns due...
id assume its the same as Caponizing a rooster...you can let them grow larger/longer without worrying about hormones and such and thus able to keep large pens of males together with no fighting while they reach a larger size without getting as tough...
my frined does it however as she raies...
well...im in an interesting spot...
a long term forum/facebook aquaintence of mine knew I was looking for a livestock guardian...
she raises a breed of not well known in the us yet but unfrotunatly gaining popularity (and for the wrong reasons) and obviously, as an GOOD breeder does shes also...
its 2 separate sacs with a rabbit so you have to make 2 insicions or, if banding, band each testicle seperatly.
heres the problem with rabbit castration...male rabbits have the ability to "suck" their testicles back into the body cavity, so short of anesthetizing it can be difficult to "catch...
well our nigi girl Demi was acting very flirtacious this morning, so shes in with the boys...
I think Frodo is still to young ot have a clue, hes only about 6 months and doesn't seem all too interested, im hoping he gets the idea because eim hoping to breed him to ruthie on her next cycle.
Bilbo...
thank you guys, I LOVE aquascaping...if I had unlimited funds I own an aquarium and spend every day rearranging fishtanks on a giant scale lol.
unfortunately I think mums fish all shoked to death, none of them made it overnight and im about go go fishing for the last 2 who are in an arkward...
ool those are riding gloves might have to find a good tack store and se if they've got any I can tr on, looks like ssg has a whole line of wareproof riding glvoes of various weights and fits :D
thank you :D
in other news...did some rearranging on my fish tank...added some baskets and put a...
it helped me sleep and ill probably have another tonight, the body still hurts today but more in a dull acheing "kind of way...like the muscles spasmed themselves right out and now just generally are too achey to do anything else lol.
ill keep looking for our guardian but at this point...who...
thanks, the beer wasn't enough but it was the last in the houe and it helped a little...ill probably end up having a honey licqeur totty tonight before bed and hope that helps ease the muscles and help me sleep...(hot water, a large spash of honey liquer, a splash of lemon and a splenda....)...
awesome idea, will have to keep my eyes peeled when im out nd about and on craigslist.
todays been a bad day, gained 1 1/2 lbs this past week (yay crazy brain and SAD/comfort eating) and I found the last of my cochin hens picked apart...pretty certain a hawk got her baed on the wound. I thought...
seems to have worked, they havet gone a landscaping reacently...
lord I ache today, had a pecial discount at tsc this weejend so I picke dup the months worth of rabbit and goat food plus corn and layer pellet, p;lus straw and hay...
about 600lbs of stuff unloaded form the jeep and carted up the...
thanks, "we" decided to pass on her...just...stuff...
its that time of year where "stuff" is pretty common.
not much going on around here we had some snow over thanksgiving...
ive got 4 buns bred for new years kits (ready around valentines day) so fingers crossed)
I managed to sell an adult...
thanks...now mums "not sure" about an older llama she wants one we know is friendly...(this girl is not realy halter trained and at 14...) because shes worried if I cant do it, then she, dad or sis are going to need to and they need to be able to handle her...understandable...but...im ot sure...
very easy to care for, they are relitivly quiet for parrots (they are actually parrots despite their size) though dusk dawn and occasionally randomly they'll have their moments where they need to be heard (thankfully that noice is incredibly quiet compared to other parrots, its more of a...
fingers crossed.
someones interested in taking little yellow parrotlet sunny a a mate for her boy that just lost his girlfriend...
trying to arrange for pickup on Friday afternoon.
AND we might have a lead on a female llama whos been guarding Nigerians, goat herd has been sold off and now they...
right?! im like...but I told you that 15 mins ago...lol.
I swer those thigns are designed to just fly away if someone sneezes at them...but I figured 20 bungee cords to tposts and guide ropes at each itnerection (6 total) SHOUL have been enough...and it has been up until then lol.
admittedly the...
thanks, today was another "day"
got up this morning and my coverall still up at the rabbitry had decided to meld with a tree, took me a good hour o wrestle that out, the cover looks ok, the tarps were pretty shredded from tangling themselves into the rose bush.
lost a couple of connecters to...
I think its the shift in seasons, the cold and damp setting in :/
and cold it is here right now...I need to figure out how to be a snowbird AND have animals lol...need like a traveling circus or something lol.
still moving along though, days continue to get shorter, animals are in bed by 4:30...
quite happy with my progress,
got the barn cleaned up, rearranged the tackroom to make space for the fridge/freezer (and my microwave), picked fluffed and added straw to the goat stall and the boys house and started moving more brush out of the boys pen.
the ped for the bun going home this...
I know...im dreading the cold front, supposed to have 40s for the next 2 weeks or so :/
im not ready for winter.
and todays weather is so...blah...its 55 right now but its misty and rainy and just not condusive to wanting to do ANYTHING lol.
good news is 2 angora boys whent home yesterday, have...