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[LonelyPageTurne]

Nope.  Tell your doctor if he ever has some time on his hands and gets really bored and curious, he should actually read the research on plant dermatitis, and the transfer mechanism involved.   I have. 

The allergic reaction is caused by the oils in the plant.  Once the oil contacts your skin, it's absorbed in about 10 or 15 minutes.  While the oil is still on your clothes or cat, it can be spread to new areas of skin, depending on how much is present.  After that, your skin has absorbed all the oil it's going to, and nothing, not nothing, will spread the rash beyond the point of oil contact.

 Period.

The reason that so many people, including most doctors, think that the rash can spread by itching or other kinds of contact, is that it takes several days for the reaction to progress to the rash, and it takes several more days for the reaction to complete.  The first sign of rash will happen where the most oil contact happened, and the rash will progress over several days, sometimes as long as a week before the last of it appears.  Also, the blisters release plasma when they're scratched open, which looks like something that should be able to spread something - but it's just plasma.  Once the plant oils are absorbed by the skin, they are not released again later, any more than you could put lotion on your hands and a day later rub it off onto someone else's hands.

As far as excluding your cat, there are several things you want to consider - is it confined to your property, or does it roam free?  If it can go anywhere, you always have the chance of it bringing something home.  You should walk all the shady places on your land looking for ivy, and eradicate it.  I don't normally advocate using chemicals, but for poison ivy I make an exception and buy the most evil roundup I can get legally.  After hosing down the ivy and a one-foot radius around it, I salt the earth.  I'm not kidding.  You may decided such extreme measures are not necessary, that's just my process.  

Good luck! 

yay!!

You speak the truth sir. But scratching can cause folliculitis or cellulitis which is very painful. So pat or slap. Don't scratch.

 

[Too Fast]

Morning all, cock-a-doodle-dooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Long crow lol.

Hoosiercheetah speaks the truth about poison ivy, and how it 'spreads' on your body. Nasty stuff, I've always been alergic to it and I can spot it from 10 feet away.

Still getting 4-5 eggs a day from our 6 girls. Love those fresh eggs!

 

[hoosiercheetah]

IF YOU CAN NOT COME I AM BEGGING YOU TO SEND ME A NOTE ABOUT WHY BACKYARD CHICKENS SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

I was going to ask you today, where is an address we can send letters, for those of us who can't attend? And what is the date of the next meeting again? I couldn't find it in the thread.

You speak the truth sir. But scratching can cause folliculitis or cellulitis which is very painful. So pat or slap. Don't scratch.

Exactly. Scratching can cause all kinds of nasty secondary infections and permanent scarring.

There was an episode of Friends where Joey and Phoebe both got chicken pox, so to keep them from scratching, Monica duct tapes oven mitts on their hands.

 

[chick rookie]

Hello!! I live 20 miles southwest of Lafayette. I am new to raising chickens, I have 12 hens and 1 rooster. I absolutely love my birds, I was so excited to finally get them! Now I cant wait for them to start laying eggs. I also intend to raise some meat birds also. But a little to scared to start that just yet. I've only had my birds 2 weeks! The guy I bought them from said they were about 5 weeks away from laying!! This is all new to me, I was a city girl turned country and now I would love nothing more than to be self sustainable, going off grid would be great!

Welcome

Putting in my .02 cents lol. Love love love th idea of shirts. Idea for "logo": maybe put the
Chicken (only) from the BYC logo onto the shape of the State of Indiana with a caption something like "We chickened out at the Indiana Chickenfest 2014" ???? I would also suggest just standard T shirts. I like my shirts with room though so 3x would b comfy.
As far as meat options... It wouldn't b fair t make anyone "slave over a hot grill", I'm all for the potluck idea.

I like your .02

 

[pginsber]

update on the impacted crop:

SOLVED

I just went out to check on her before she had a chance to eat, and her crop is totally empty. It actually took me a minute to be sure I had the right bird in the dim light of my torch.

The lesson learned is, when isolating and withholding food for crop issues, also put the bird in a cage with no bedding or grit. Nothing but water for several days, then liquid food like raw egg and coconut oil - I'm convinced her crop had soured due to the blockage, and the c.o. helped kill the infection.

So there you have it, surgery has been avoided. Thank the Lord!

*happy dances*

Fantastic about the recovery!!!
Amateur surgery isn't my first choice, either, but sometimes just resolving "I'll do the procedure if that's what's needed" changes the situation automatically.

Same thing happens to me with my dogs. After several days of some symptom, I'll finally call the vet to get an appt for them, and voila--the symptom magically resolves itself.

 

[pginsber]

HI GUYS~~!!!
I have fantastic news. Dad not only did well with the valve replacement, open heart surgery and new bypass today, he is already off the ventilator

Pretty good for an 80 year old man! I cannot say this enough, I am truly grateful for all the thoughts and prayers throughout this ordeal.
A week ago I thought I was going to lose my father. We aren't out of the woods yet, but wow. We are very hopeful for him now.
Thank you all

I cannot say it enough.
Will be back regular once thing settle down. Want to say welcome to any new members!!
Going to check messages and hope to talk soon!

HOORAY!! So glad to hear! Been thinking of you and yours an extra amount all week!

 

[ChickCrazed]

HI GUYS~~!!!
I have fantastic news. Dad not only did well with the valve replacement, open heart surgery and new bypass today, he is already off the ventilator

Pretty good for an 80 year old man! I cannot say this enough, I am truly grateful for all the thoughts and prayers throughout this ordeal.
A week ago I thought I was going to lose my father. We aren't out of the woods yet, but wow. We are very hopeful for him now.
Thank you all

I cannot say it enough.
Will be back regular once thing settle down. Want to say welcome to any new members!!
Going to check messages and hope to talk soon!

Woohoo!!! So happy for you!!! I hope he continues to rebound!

 

[pginsber]

We had a great peach harvest 2 years ago and an amazing peach crop last year, so I'm not anticipating many peaches on the tree this year...the PEAR tree, however, looks like it's going to be LOADED!

We've had an apple tree for 5 years, but never even a blossom. The DEERs keep nibbling the tender ends of the branches to the point that the tree looks like a dwarf one. The Cherry tree is too small still, but the plum trees and the pluot (plumcot) trees also have lots of baby fruits. Looks like it will be a fantastic season for fruit this fall.

 

[CRSelvey]

HI GUYS~~!!!
I have fantastic news. Dad not only did well with the valve replacement, open heart surgery and new bypass today, he is already off the ventilator

Pretty good for an 80 year old man! I cannot say this enough, I am truly grateful for all the thoughts and prayers throughout this ordeal.
A week ago I thought I was going to lose my father. We aren't out of the woods yet, but wow. We are very hopeful for him now.
Thank you all

I cannot say it enough.
Will be back regular once thing settle down. Want to say welcome to any new members!!
Going to check messages and hope to talk soo

That is great news! I hope he continues to recover well and that your mom is ok too.

 

[ChickCrazed]

We had a great peach harvest 2 years ago and an amazing peach crop last year, so I'm not anticipating many peaches on the tree this year...the PEAR tree, however, looks like it's going to be LOADED!

We've had an apple tree for 5 years, but never even a blossom. The DEERs keep nibbling the tender ends of the branches to the point that the tree looks like a dwarf one. The Cherry tree is too small still, but the plum trees and the pluot (plumcot) trees also have lots of baby fruits. Looks like it will be a fantastic season for fruit this fall.

My apple tree had a TON of apples last year, I trimmed it way back this year so what grew would grow bigger but there seem to be fewer apples this year. All of the rest of my fruit trees (another apple, a pear and two peach) are still younger, but 6-8 feet tall. So far I've only seen one peach. I'm hoping more fruit will pop in the next few weeks!!! Dang pollinator shortage!!! I'm still hoping to find three more fruit trees on sale this year. I got all of mine for $7 each last year and refuse to pay $30 a tree!!!