What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

OH, and Andy OakTree is getting his first leaves !!! His sister, Annie, has been waiting forever to share the sunshine in the kitchen.

 

[jxp]

I still haven't been able to prune the orchard. Not only have we not been cold enough, but we've been warm enough for long enough that the SAP IS RUNNING!!

I hear that. My fear is the peach, plum, and nectarines will bloom early then we'll get a killing frost so no stone fruit next summer.

How long before you know if the medicine works on alpacas 1 & 2?

I'm not playing catch the mad alpaca every day.

 

[chickengr]

something got into my guinea fowl coop and killed one. a friend of mine set a trap and I moved the others to another coop. I hope whatever it was returns and gets caught.

 

[WthrLady]

I hear that. My fear is the peach, plum, and nectarines will bloom early then we'll get a killing frost so no stone fruit next summer.

How long before you know if the medicine works on alpacas 1 & 2?

Well #2 actually army crawled out the stall gate today while I was feeding everyone else. I'm still waiting for him to choose to army crawl back in on his own with bribery.

Works? Well they either die outright, are mentally all there and have no use of their legs -requiring them to be put down- I suspect #1, or can walk and need months of physical therapy.

And for the ones I'm treating now as if they have it that are still fighting fit, NO clue if what I am doing for them now will stop the progression if they DO have it and they don't drop next Friday or tomorrow, or weeks from now.

It's insanity.

 

[jerryse]

Well #2 actually army crawled out the stall gate today while I was feeding everyone else. I'm still waiting for him to choose to army crawl back in on his own with bribery.

Works? Well they either die outright, are mentally all there and have no use of their legs -requiring them to be put down- I suspect #1, or can walk and need months of physical therapy.

And for the ones I'm treating now as if they have it that are still fighting fit, NO clue if what I am doing for them now will stop the progression if they DO have it and they don't drop next Friday or tomorrow, or weeks from now.

It's insanity.

So this is a parasite problem?

 

[jerryse]

I know some of you use chainsaws. My 14 inch Stihl is cutting crooked due to slop in the bar. New Stihl bar $45 plus tax so close to $50. New Oregon brand bar and chain $22 on eBay free shipping. Ordered Monday and arrived today.

 

[WthrLady]

So this is a parasite problem?

Menageal worm, from deer via snails in the grass It burrows into the deer spine and causes them no problem.
But for other ruminants with no tolerance for them, they burrow deeper into the spine and brain, causing brain damage and paralysis.

#2 got up on his own tonight and walked 22 feet after some fresh hay, stood for a while eating, and only went back down when he tripped himself doing a 180 turn. Fingers crossed.

And pre-treating them every 60-90 days with wormer doesn't guarantee not getting this. Pre-treatment is only 50% effective, AND the worms can become immune to the meds and then still hit critical load. We made it 8 years without issue. But dang.