➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[NanaKat]

Is it just me or do this ones legs look kind of weird/bony? And she's scrawny which is a little weird if she's in a foster home but she could just be the runt. But I feel like the early spay/neuter is really going to mess up her development; she already looks weird enough.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156392847593451&id=47771038450

Amd these two... I don't get how they could be sisters or how one ad says German Shepherd mix and the other says Bassett/Bulldog mix and they look nothing alike. So either they are not biological sisters and have just lived together or they are and they just changed the description based on their looks? Which seems kind of odd and deceptive. It says they are the same age so I guess they must be bio sisters as I doubt they would have bought two puppies from two litters/different people at the same exact time. But then why change the description?

https://www.facebook.com/47771038450/posts/10156397243338451/

https://www.facebook.com/47771038450/posts/10156393425428451/

A calcium deficiency can often cause rotated ankles in large breed puppies. Very easy to correct with a diet improvement. Growth spurts also make our big pups look sort of gangly.
Totally agree that spaying early is detrimental to bone/joint growth!
Can not believe the rescue is spaying at two to three months!

 

[NanaKat]

We’re all thinking we might have to put Gator down very soon.

So sorry you have to make this decision. When we love our pets, we must give them the relief they need and deserve for all the love they have given us. It is very hard, but the last gift you can give Gator.

I finished off this semester with a 95 and above in all but one of my classes. That one was inorganic Chemistry and I got an 83.

Good for you! So proud!

 

[NanaKat]

Son-in-law bagged a huge elk early this fall and gifted us with several roasts.
Cooking the first roast for lunch today.
Sliced 1/2 inch medalians, browned in bacon fat.
Added onion, celery, garlic, bell pepper, salt and pepper, oregano flake and two bay leaves to the drippings and wilted.
Layered the meat in the cast iron dutch oven with veggies and chunks of carrot. Topped with potatoes and mushroom.
Added vegetable broth and cooked for 2.5 hours at 325 degrees. Will pour off the juices to make a lovely gravy.


Edit to add: the meat was not quite as tender enough so I pulled out the pieces with enough broth to pressure cook it for 20 minutes. Then added it back to the veggies.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Oh no you’re fine, I knew what you meant but then Nutty confused me. And then I had a slight moment of terror thinking I had MORE chemistry to do after organic.
Hah hah hah.. nervous laughter.

I know the feeling, you made me double check and make sure there wasn’t.

Good for you! So proud!

Good job!!

Thank you guys!

 

[ShrekDawg]

A calcium deficiency can often cause rotated ankles in large breed puppies. Very easy to correct with a diet improvement. Growth spurts also make our big pups look sort of gangly.
Totally agree that spaying early is detrimental to bone/joint growth!
Can not believe the rescue is spaying at two to three months!

That's good it's easy to correct!!

But yeah, it's awful. Most rescues do that now I think. Libby was spayed before they got her and she was 12 weeks when they picked her up. Thankfully Franklin I think the group let them wait. But for people that claim to love and care about animals, they sure do love severely damaging their health... that said, I think a lot of the transport companies also require animals to be fixed or they won't do it which is ridiculous because little puppies aren't sexually mature yet and aren't in heat yet or aggressive or anything. They ship a lot of dogs up from the south to be adopted up here. Poor Franklin is terrified of cars and loud trucks and I honestly think it's partially cause he was so scared on the truck ride up here. In crates on top of each other for a couple days. Most stop to take care of them, feed them, let them out to potty and stretch, etc. and the crates have solid bottoms I think but still. That's scary especially for an already nervous puppy.

So sorry you have to make this decision. When we love our pets, we must give them the relief they need and deserve for all the love they have given us. It is very hard, but the last gift you can give Gator.


Good for you! So proud!

Thank you! It's especially hard cause I do wonder if we could have prevented or if this vet knows what he's doing.

 

[RUNuts]

I know the feeling, you made me double check and make sure there wasn’t.



Thank you guys!

You took organic BEFORE general? Now, I'm confused.

Yes, Inorganic, Senior level, Senior year, with Senior project due. Everything is derived from the Gibbs Free Energy equation. Ahh, how I miss school.

I think that was the semester that my girlfriend and I got food poisoning right before exams. I do not recommend this. The weekend was spent in bed and the bathroom. So much for studying. Not dying was an accomplishment.

 

[Tesumph]

You took organic BEFORE general? Now, I'm confused.

Yes, Inorganic, Senior level, Senior year, with Senior project due. Everything is derived from the Gibbs Free Energy equation. Ahh, how I miss school.

I think that was the semester that my girlfriend and I got food poisoning right before exams. I do not recommend this. The weekend was spent in bed and the bathroom. So much for studying. Not dying was an accomplishment.

No, she hasn’t taken organic yet.
Inorganic chem lacks the carbon of organic chem, so technically general chemistry can also be called inorganic chemistry. But there is also the upper level inorganic chemistry that one would take after organic chemistry, if one’s degree required it.
Thankfully a vet major stops at organic chemistry 2.

I had to drop organic chem 1 just before finals last semester. I was doing very well all things considered, but then I started having seizures and it was impossible to keep up. Nothing that I could have done but it still ticks me off that I made it so far for nothing. To think, I could be done with chemistry by now. Grumble grumble.
It was thankfully wiped clean from both our transcripts and hubby and I are enrolled in it for this new semester.. can’t wait, hah.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

You took organic BEFORE general? Now, I'm confused.

Yes, Inorganic, Senior level, Senior year, with Senior project due. Everything is derived from the Gibbs Free Energy equation. Ahh, how I miss school.

I think that was the semester that my girlfriend and I got food poisoning right before exams. I do not recommend this. The weekend was spent in bed and the bathroom. So much for studying. Not dying was an accomplishment.

Noooooo not even possible at my college! You have to take general first. I say not dying is quiet the accomplishment as well.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

No, she hasn’t taken organic yet.
Inorganic chem lacks the carbon of organic chem, so technically general chemistry can also be called inorganic chemistry. But there is also the upper level inorganic chemistry that one would take after organic chemistry, if one’s degree required it.
Thankfully a vet major stops at organic chemistry 2.

I had to drop organic chem 1 just before finals last semester. I was doing very well all things considered, but then I started having seizures and it was impossible to keep up. Nothing that I could have done but it still ticks me off that I made it so far for nothing. To think, I could be done with chemistry by now. Grumble grumble.
It was thankfully wiped clean from both our transcripts and hubby and I are enrolled in it for this new semester.. can’t wait, hah.

Good luck to you both! I’m going to be doubling up my physics and organic chemistry in the coming year. I am very much wishing I would have jumped straight into chemistry the first semester but taking anatomy and micro definitely helped me do so well in Bio.
I’ve been meaning to ask, what is your husband going to school for?

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

I finished off this semester with a 95 and above in all but one of my classes. That one was inorganic Chemistry and I got an 83.