Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

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Princess Tuesday morning and afternoon
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Aww, how sweet, @Marie2020 - you included a special picture just for Alex ( @featherhead007 )

 

[bgmathteach]

Ten minutes later at 3:50pm there is some interest.
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I am worried I didn’t cut big enough holes for them.

No worries - they can 'carve' out bigger holes in no time - if they are interested in getting the inner 'guts'


@RoyalChick : remember, chooks are modern-day velociraptors. They like 'flesh' AND 'guts', so of course they would make mince-meat out of Mr. PumpkinHead!

Keep that in mind the next time you need to do something that you know the chook won't like...revenge is best served cold, they say!

 

[RoyalChick]

Flopsy update

Flopsy continues to improve. This evening I noticed her scratching a bit using her bad leg. I was thrilled to see this, although her hip still goes clunk and has some crepitations.

I will need to keep her under wraps for at least another couple weeks, then re-assess her mobility.

But I am so thrilled how this is turning out.

So good she is getting better.

 

[featherhead007]

Hmmm, I see it isn't just the 'red head' that is a messy eater! Or is she the 'clean-up crew' after the red-head???

She’s clean up committee!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'm sorry I asked.

Are you feeling better now? What was your problem?
I seem to be missing huge chunks of information in here lately. Please forgive me, I'm not myself right now

Please do not feel bad for asking. I am so sorry if I came off as cross.

I broke a tooth almost 3 weeks ago now. It is going to need pulled, there is no way this break can be fixed. I spent 3 hours the next day calling every dentist in my county and the next one over. The only one who would take my insurance is the one I was absolutely dead set on not using which has left me with my hands tied. The soonest I could get in is this coming Monday. If the broken tooth was not bad enough, I can tell about 8ish days ago it has become infected which is making it worse. I am not sleeping at all. When I do manage to fall asleep it is for less then a hour at a time before I wake up and then it takes another hour or longer to fall back asleep. I am exhausted, cranky and hurting. Warm not hot drinks and food only and soft. Absolutely nothing cold or else I am in agony for several hours. Now let's throw in Rosie coming down with Covid and the ear infection and having to play nurse and worry about her. Dirt gets really sick and is diagnosed with heaves and my plate is overflowing.

I am praying to have a little bit of relief soon. I had my endocrinologist appointment this afternoon. She was very pleased with my glucose numbers for the last 3 months. She did ask what has happened in the last 2 weeks as my numbers have became very difficult to keep managed. I explained about the tooth and suspected infection. She concluded I probably had one as the higher sugar numbers did not lie and indicated a infection somewhere. She prescribed me 10 days worth of Amoxicillin to take twice a day. I know the dentist is not going to pull the tooth Monday. I have to first have a consultation appointment and would be prescribed antibiotics before it is pulled. Hopefully by getting a jump start on them I can get it pulled sooner then later.

 

[Marie2020]

Please do not feel bad for asking. I am so sorry if I came off as cross.

I broke a tooth almost 3 weeks ago now. It is going to need pulled, there is no way this break can be fixed. I spent 3 hours the next day calling every dentist in my county and the next one over.

I've had a number of problems with my teeth, two came loose and then I got an abscess. I took antibiotics for the abscess and that created a nasty water infection and my kidneys were seriously painful.

So on making a search too see if I could
help myself I came across studies that had been made since I think the 70's? on a sweetener called Xynitol.

After hearing and reading about this sweetener I decided to give it a go by adding it to a natural tooth paste I've used for a few years now.
I added just under half a teaspoon into 50mil of my toothpaste.

Then after cleaning my teeth i swilled my mouth with himalayan salt and warm water after that I went back to what has been called by many as oil pulling.

Some people use olive oil I chose coconut oil. I intend to try caster oil soon. Both of these oils draw out bacteria. I just used it as you would a mouth wash then spit into a tissue and put it in the bin

My friends were amazed because i found my teeth went back firmly into my gum and after approximately 5 days the abscess had completely gone

The only one who would take my insurance is the one I was absolutely dead set on not using which has left me with my hands tied. The soonest I could get in is this coming Monday. If the broken tooth was not bad enough, I can tell about 8ish days ago it has become infected which is making it worse.

As for your broken tooth I don't know where it's broken obviously but my old friend had chipped his front tooth. It was on a slant . Incredibly that tooth grew back . He's not around now so I don't know if he got filed down to even it later. But I swear it grew back

I am not sleeping at all. When I do manage to fall asleep it is for less then a hour at a time before I wake up and then it takes another hour or longer to fall back asleep.

That's a bummer
Have you tried magnesium and zink?
I've only just started using a powder called D-Mannose (an online friend suggested it and it's really helped me) plus I eat a bit of banana about an hour before bed.
I do my teeth after the banana.
But when I'm woken it very difficult to get back to sleep. I'm sorry you are going through all this.

I am exhausted, cranky and hurting. Warm not hot drinks and food only and soft. Absolutely nothing cold or else I am in agony for several hours. Now let's throw in Rosie coming down with Covid and the ear infection and having to play nurse and worry about her. Dirt gets really sick and is diagnosed with heaves and my plate is overflowing.

I hope Rosie improves . Again vitamin d's c's and zink...I read these vits are helpful in easing off covid .
Hopefully you'll find more answers on that somewhere soon.

I'm in no way a professional, I'm just trying to survive and sharing what I have done personally.

I am praying to have a little bit of relief soon. I had my endocrinologist appointment this afternoon. She was very pleased with my glucose numbers for the last 3 months. She did ask what has happened in the last 2 weeks as my numbers have became very difficult to keep managed.

Good luck with the appointment today

I explained about the tooth and suspected infection. She concluded I probably had one as the higher sugar numbers did not lie and indicated a infection somewhere. She prescribed me 10 days worth of Amoxicillin to take twice a day. I know the dentist is not going to pull the tooth Monday. I have to first have a consultation appointment and would be prescribed antibiotics before it is pulled. Hopefully by getting a jump start on them I can get it pulled sooner then later.

I hope you try my method. It can't hurt to give it a go and you might save money.

 

[Ponypoor]

the mountain will turn into dirt, if composed correctly.

In about 4 years, need a front end loader to turn it over every few months during that time. I’ll send it to you if you like!

 

[Ponypoor]

Please do not feel bad for asking. I am so sorry if I came off as cross.

I broke a tooth almost 3 weeks ago now. It is going to need pulled, there is no way this break can be fixed. I spent 3 hours the next day calling every dentist in my county and the next one over. The only one who would take my insurance is the one I was absolutely dead set on not using which has left me with my hands tied. The soonest I could get in is this coming Monday. If the broken tooth was not bad enough, I can tell about 8ish days ago it has become infected which is making it worse. I am not sleeping at all. When I do manage to fall asleep it is for less then a hour at a time before I wake up and then it takes another hour or longer to fall back asleep. I am exhausted, cranky and hurting. Warm not hot drinks and food only and soft. Absolutely nothing cold or else I am in agony for several hours. Now let's throw in Rosie coming down with Covid and the ear infection and having to play nurse and worry about her. Dirt gets really sick and is diagnosed with heaves and my plate is overflowing.

I am praying to have a little bit of relief soon. I had my endocrinologist appointment this afternoon. She was very pleased with my glucose numbers for the last 3 months. She did ask what has happened in the last 2 weeks as my numbers have became very difficult to keep managed. I explained about the tooth and suspected infection. She concluded I probably had one as the higher sugar numbers did not lie and indicated a infection somewhere. She prescribed me 10 days worth of Amoxicillin to take twice a day. I know the dentist is not going to pull the tooth Monday. I have to first have a consultation appointment and would be prescribed antibiotics before it is pulled. Hopefully by getting a jump start on them I can get it pulled sooner then later.

So sorry to hear about the tooth being such agony

Hopefully the dentist can get you in, a few days after the consult. Once it’s pulled you should have relief.

I hope Dirt is doing well. Heaves is scary but manageable

 

[Ponypoor]

I use old egg cartons (ones that got soiled or something and I no longer use for eggs), and sawdust (very dry!), and drip melted wax from spent candles to keep them dry and intact. Very handy. and completely free, just as both of your suggestions are! @rural mouse : you must be able to collect some sawdust when you are cutting all that wood - just bring a small bag with you next time you go. (RC: maybe you can't use spent candle wax due to allergies and need bees wax? Probably environmentally better, but I love scented candles - and thye are also handy when the power goes out for light!)

I love how people have figured ways to start their wood stoves and fire places, back in the day we used newspaper rolled up into logs and kindling built into the log house type structure. Worked well, but no more news papers now!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Princess Tuesday morning and afternoon
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She really is looking great.

I can’t wait to see more photos of her at the new place