Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

How about chipmunk (same family as squirrel, but smaller)? What color is she (sorry, I don't remember which one is left of the tweens - can yo post a picture?)

I'll think on other names, and see if I come up with something else later on.

This is the last little lady that needs a name. Her body color is black based while Squirrels is brown based.

'Momma Squirrel, there is no denying that she is her daughter.

 

[featherhead007]

No one in particular, however

 

[Ponypoor]

Rosie update.

This will probably bite me in the butt and I will end up coming down with whatever she has but I slept with her last night. She is sicker this time around then with covid. I kept her propped up on several pillows and she woke up about every 3 hours gasping for breath. She finally went into a deep sleep about 5 and slept until 10. When she woke up she had a fever or 102. This is high for her as her normal is in the 97 range. It was very obvious she was not going to be able to go back to school tomorrow so I did what the dr last night told me to do. Call the clinic and if need be they would extend her excuse. Nope, would have had to bring her back in tonight to be re-evaluated. I asked about her chest x-rays, still nothing. Ok, yup that is not going to work for me so I called her primary care doctor and explained the situation. Yes he was fully booked today but told me to have her there in 20 minutes and he would squeeze her in. We knew she tested positive for strep last night, but that was the only test they did. They also told me her ears were clear when that was her chief complaint. He looked at them, ear infection in both ears. She also has bronchitis and she was also given a upper respiratory panel test that will be back by 9 tomorrow. The bronchitis might be pneumonia, he is calling to get a rush to read her x-rays and will call me back this afternoon. We discussed her treatment for when she tested positive for covid and he is not happy. All she was given was a steroid shot, albuterol inhaler and told to take musinex. They did not give any antibiotics stating she did not need them. His treatment protocol for covid is steroid shot plus a z-pack, decongestant and a steroid pack. She does not return to school until Monday. She is to stay on the omnicef, but also got a antibiotic shot and a steroid shot. A steroid pack she starts tomorrow, decongestant, new inhaler that has a steroid in it she takes every 12 hours plus ordering a nebulizer that we should be able to pick up this afternoon and ear drops. She is on the verge of being hospitalized. She still could be pending results of the x-ray and the respiratory panel. Right now she just ate and has fallen back asleep. I'm going to leave her alone for a hour or two then check her temperature again. I know she is contagious, but I will be staying with her until she starts improving.

Awww poor wee lass - that's just aweful

See if she will have a tepid bath to help with the fever, some steam should ease her sore throat and congestion also - dry air is the worst when your ill Can she take Tylenol? help with fever and aches/pains

Yes she should stay home and rest totally agree with the Dr. Sure hope she improves, I am glad she is eating though, that is good. Is she taking fluids? And cold Jello might help her throat - awww I am so sad she is not feeling well. I hate being ill and I hate seeing others not feeling well

 

[bgmathteach]

How about chipmunk (same family as squirrel, but smaller)? What color is she (sorry, I don't remember which one is left of the tweens - can yo post a picture?)

I'll think on other names, and see if I come up with something else later on.

Oooohhhh...
How about : Mikew, or Mikoa (both pronounced: Mee-Koo) it means squirrel in Wabanaki legends ( Native Americans who lived in the general area of Maine)

 

[Ponypoor]

This is the last little lady that needs a name. Her body color is black based while Squirrels is brown based.
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Hmmm - not sure if Chipmunk is right.... How about Dove ? Or Flame - those feathers look like flames

Or Heather - for her colouring...

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ummm - I missed how you called Ducky - Ducky... Why is he/she Ducky? Just Ducky? My Little Ducky? Mucky Ducky?

Ducky got her name when we were cleaning the deer mom got. The chicks were about 4 weeks old at the time and none of them had names yet. A few pieces of meat was cut up and tossed to the chickens. One of what I then thought was a pullets was bold enough to steal a piece and keep it from the big girls. I decided that would be the one I would keep along with the yet unnamed blue chick. I decided to call it Sharp Tooth. That lead to the blue chick being named Ducky. Well, we know what happened, Sharp Tooth ended up revealing he was a boy about 2 weeks later darn it. By this point the name Ducky had stuck.

 

[Ponypoor]

Oooohhhh...
How about : Mikew, or Mikoa (both pronounced: Mee-Koo) it means squirrel in Wabanaki legends ( Native Americans who lived in the general area of Maine)

Ooo that's nice I like that

 

[RoyalChick]

Great-tailed Grackle is beautiful:

You could call her GT for short

Grackle is good. And they are noisy like chickens too.

 

[RoyalChick]

The grackle's voice is less than mellow,
His heart is black, his eye is yellow,
He bullies more attractive birds
With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,
And should a human interfere,
Attacks that human in the rear.
I cannot help but deem the grackle
An ornithological debacle.

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I never heard that. Love it!