Did I or didn't i…say anything about how last ?Friday,  when the computer came,  the new Vet from Magdalena also came?   I don't remember and well…will just go from here.  SHE came.  New Vet.  A Woman.  She came to take blood from Sonny Ray and do a TB test on him.  These things for Jan the Dog Trainer who will "use" Sonny Ray to breed her Nigerian/Saneen doe Nughat.   Once Sunny's tests come back good,  we will load him up and he will stay there till spring.  This will give Gideon,  his OLD father and yard mate a good break.  I will bring back Flash,  Jan's young wether from the Tenzen breeding,  to keep company with the old Gideon through the winter.

Moving buck goats around.

It is no easy task,  drawing blood from Goats.   Goats,  even Snowbunny,  don't like being restrained.  This new Vet,  the Woman,  had Ways….

when we were taking blood from the neck,  one held the head,  the second knee'd   the Goat into the solid structure while gripping the flesh at the top of the hind leg tight.  For the TB test that happens under the tail,  in the soft flesh there,  head held the same.  Knee'd into the solid structure the same and  tail held, arched over the back,  firm.

She knows these things.  but

she is fast and uh,  well,  in a hurry.  For Snowbunny,  she commented several times how she carries her tail down …..but maybe this was because she had just stuck her finger in her butt???????????????  She is not much on herbal remedies….gave me something to use two times a day.  Ok…for Snowbunny,  but,  we'll see.  And said it might be some kind of cancer.  OK.  that too.

After she left there was comotion out there.  I'd put on a new collar for Snowbunny and everyone was noticing that in the first place and then when 2 other people showed up,  one sticking their finger into Snowbunny and making her bleat,  well….Everyone had thoughts they didn't understand so there was a lot of head butting 

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the Vet visit itself caused comotion.   Mostly between Snowbunny and Ginger,  but Ona came into the fray on behalf of her mother.

This is what i WISH Vets would be willing to know.  But they  aren't.  Women or Men.  They don't care.

 

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another pouch,  or pocket,  whatever,  but i want to make it,  Lizard and Moon,  for whatever

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8 responses to “??????????????”

  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    it would be hard for any vet to know the detail or have the sensitivity you do….but wouldn’t it be nice. I love your phrase ‘Everyone had thoughts they didn’t understand so there was a lot of head butting.’
    Peaceful night to all I hope.

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  2. Mo Crow Avatar

    love the new cloth and re vets, they have a tough job which involves doing invasive things. Working quickly in a state of calm with no fuss is the way to go and sounds like this is what she did. If you want less drama handle all of the goats more every day, even a cat can be convinced to walk on a lead, hop in a cat carrier and cope with being handled in an undignified way but you know all this already.

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  3. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Dear Grace I have had a love affair with your lizards since the first one I saw. I would like to put a reserved on this Lizard and Moon Pocket or Pouch you are working on. I know it is going to be awesome.
    Thought about you and your goats last night watching the eclipse…Here in Wisconsin we had an AMAZING show. BLESSINGS!!

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  4. faun bonewits Avatar

    There is a fine wall between professional
    and what we perceive as rude/bullying,
    its very uncomfortable. Hope she knows
    her medicine better and can help Snowdrop.
    it would have helped if she’d looked at her first
    and payed attention, before the fingering.
    Head butting seems a way many
    of us work thru things,
    my cat would put his forehead on mine
    looking to see my dreams?
    an kitty mind meld.
    when they have a headache they put their head against a wall or the arm/back of a chair.
    The monks who came to speak of the Bardo
    would tell you about the activities of rebirth,
    they having paid attention to the process and taking note the last 3000 years. wish there were some
    close for you to talk with.
    but my experience with older folks, I think the dropping and retrieving is a way of moving the blood around the body a range of motion
    similar to what a baby does-if the baby is close to the floor they’d pick the things they drop too.
    Hope things settle with the goats.
    My heart goes to you and the old cowboy,
    you make the time he has quality
    ~peace

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    We are Good here. Head butting and all, not understanding and all, we still are good here

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…to all. invasive things, yes working quickly and yes, she had a sense of calm with no fuss
    and yes, too, you are right. Handle. and i don’t do that…
    Handle the 19 of them, but if i did……

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    DEAR Tina…i love that you are in Wisconsin thinking of us
    here
    Just LOVe that so much,
    and yes…as it goes, if you still want it, it will be yours
    in honor of the Goats here
    Blessings back…and love

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    faun B………..O
    O
    o and well
    e
    i will read this. Many times.
    THANK YOU, i am reading again

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