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

[ShrekDawg]

Yay! So glad you like it! It is one of my favorites.

I don’t know how I didn’t know about it before!!!

 

[CSAchook]

I don’t know how I didn’t know about it before!!!

It was one of those critically acclaimed but poorly rated shows that only ran for two seasons. And it aired at a weird time of year (in the winter while the major prime time shows were on a break). I think most people only learned about if someone else they knew specifically recommended it. I heard about it from a friend, and then got my DH, brother, and SIL hooked on it too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It was one of those critically acclaimed but poorly rated shows that only ran for two seasons. And it aired at a weird time of year (in the winter while the major prime time shows were on a break). I think most people only learned about if someone else they knew specifically recommended it. I heard about it from a friend, and then got my DH, brother, and SIL hooked on it too.

Huh, that makes sense! No wonder I never knew about it and no wonder it didn’t do well lol that’s a shame.

And you can add me to that list.

 

[CSAchook]

Huh, that makes sense! No wonder I never knew about it and no wonder it didn’t do well lol that’s a shame.

And you can add me to that list.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I started watching something and else now though lol but I still love it

 

[CSAchook]

Hoshi had his first feeding tonight. It went great! He was a hungry boy!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hoshi had his first feeding tonight. It went great! He was a hungry boy!

Aww that’s awesome!!

 

[NanaKat]

I'm behind again...

And that sounds delicious!! I need to try that!! What kind of cheese?

For grilled cheese, we use Velvetta and shreaded Mexican 4 cheese.

@Tesumph Hoshi has arrived!

Hard to get good pics cause I was trying not to touch him or stress him out but here he is

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Cute little gecko.

I'll eat just about any meat if you hand it to me. I might draw the line at human.

I will always try anything. Most unusual was camel jerky.

Okay. I have news!
The last two weeks...
Ruger has had swelled lymph nodes across his entire body. The swelling was increasing at an exponential rate, and so my heart started sinking...that it had to be cancer, and then he started to stop eating which is not like him and his drinking went through the roof. He was emptying 2 water bowls every hour. Mastiffs are genetically prone to getting lymphoma and all of his symptoms mimicked what I had read through several research articles and medical pages.

No vets wanted to see him since he doesn’t like people. We finally managed to get him scheduled with one but this was 2 weeks after the initial swelling and he was having trouble breathing. I was preparing myself for the worst (and by preparing I mean I was sobbing every night and forcing myself to talk about it in public so that way I could not be so sad).

His vet appointment was yesterday. Ruger was so perfect. He had one accident (peed on the floor) when a couple barged into the vet clinic even though they could clearly see Ruger was right by the door. During the exam, which was done in the back room on the weight scale, we pulled blood (a hind leg since they didn’t want to be near his head lol) and he didn’t even cry out even after they blew a vein.


Tests...
At the vet office, we had the 4DX test done. Ruger came back heartworm positive which was something I hadn’t even considered, and my heart stalled.. I was in the set mindset that he now had heartworm AND lymphoma. He was put on 14 pills a day. (5 antibiotic and 2 steroids twice a day)

Bloodwork was sent to an outside lab and we just got the results back 20 minutes ago. Kidney and liver levels were tested as well as a CBC for the WBC.

Results are...
Kidney and liver levels were perfect!

The vet told us that 30k WBC was high infection, and anything from 60k and above was likely cancer...
His WBC was 23k!!!

The vet said that she isn’t worried that it’s cancer, and to update them in 4 days if the swollen lymph nodes aren’t going down.


TLDR: Ruger our mastiff was thought to have lymphoma due to symptoms, he has heartworm instead and vet isn’t concerned about it being cancer.

Glad you found a vet who could give you answers and Ruger a treatment plan!

Ted.
Yea, not cheap for our pups either.
Try looking for some mobile vaccine clinics near you. They often sell preventative for cheap(er), but you have to provide proof of a recent heartworm test and preventative.
Most clinics provide discounts for buying in bulk. We usually bite the bullet and buy a year’s supply and often get a month or two for free.

We got refunds for buying in bulk.

My dogs never minded taking HeartGuard. They viewed the chews as treats and gobbled them right up. I can't speak for cats. I would think they are a bit more finicky. I wonder if the injectible kind is available for cats as well? I don't own cats so I have no clue. Would be interesting to look in to though.

Our dogs take Interceptor Plus for heart worm and eat the chewable a like a treat.

Well guys, I think I have confirmation on what killed all my birds. A neighbor two doors down just lost her entire flock of 25. But this time she caught the culprits: a pair of German Shepards. They went into her run through a weak spot in the roof, slaughtered the birds, then couldn’t get out.

I didn’t consider entry from above amidst all the structural damage to my run walls. But the dogs might have been able to get into my run that way. The damage to the walls could have been them breaking out from inside afterwards. My poor birds never stood a chance

Glad the dogs were reported.

Update: the dogs have been surrendered (by the owner) to animal control. They will not be returning to our neighborhood.

They took the surrender because they could not control their dogs!
They are still liable for the damage.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Now I want grilled cheese

But I know it’ll probably hurt my stomach

 

[NanaKat]

Headed to bed after a long day.
Have a headache from spending hours with loose cells floating in my line of vision. Looks like a jelly fish with long tentacles.
Here are some photos of Lily playing with Hazel and Pomme Tom. The were both neutered yesterday. Lily checked out their surgery sites and licked their faces.

I believe I have some tuna in the cupboard. I believe my little Luna will be getting a nice treat of tuna in the morning. I could always put the basket in my creek and catch some minnows. I forget about the trap we have.

Hard molts are rough!

My turkeys normally have a soft molt and later in the year. This year they are having hard molts right now. What kind of winter is coming?

I had a visitor this evening that told me that Montana is expected to get 60" of snow next week.

5 feet!

iPad has 5% battery left.
Good night!