I'm happy so far with how business is going, and things wouldn't be the same without the variety would it.....a water loving labrador, a water hating Bedlington, and chickens which follow you around, as if they were.....well....dogs!!!
It's good to see ex-battery hens enjoying the sun on their backs....well rain at the moment, but you know what I mean!! I've enjoyed feeding a daily cous cous ration to these girls, and you'd think I was feeding them gourmet cuisine as they chase after me with excitement, with the stomping waddling gait only chickens can master!! Now, variety doesn't just stop at my customer's animals, as we have a variety of animals also, which I'm sure you'll all get to know in time!! Let's take Charlie for instance, a young shire, with a deep Santa like neigh, who still thinks he's a giraffe! (That's another story) So, Charlie.....routine dental work, and a fracture is found in two teeth....simple extraction required at the hospital in Liverpool, it will only take a couple of days I'm told. OK, so I toddle off and arrange it, feeling happy it's being dealt with......well, never ever let your vet say it's "SIMPLE"....shhhhh, don't say it!!!! Don't even think it!!! So, 2 days turned into 4 days, turned into 7 days....you get the picture!! Of course Charlie's teeth wouldn't come out easily!!! He's doing his best to hang onto them!! But then he's coming home.....yay!!!!! But I obviously choose the windiest day, as I consult my weather station....so I'm pacing, imagining some Wizard of Oz type scenario, with a flying shire! He arrives home...safely! PHEW....OK, stop thinking it's all been simple....don't think it....nooooo!!! So what happens; all OK?? Oh no, that would be too simple....oh gosh, I've said it!!! He then gets a complication called Lymphangitis, possibly caused by his lazy week in stables in his hotel...I mean hospital!!! Injections into the vein daily by the vet......obviously it goes....noooo, that would be.....don't say it!!!! So, the lymphan what's a thing comes back, and then more daily injections for a longer period. And here's the best bit, I need to carry on with the injections into his bum instead of powders in his food, to make sure it's in his system quicker. S I M P L E...I can't say it so I spell it!!! Well, I've done them before haven't I, so it must be!!! As Charlie has been poked, prodded and what not, like a pin cushion for a few weeks, this laid back Santa style chappy decides he's had enough....so tries to kick me when I reach up and inject him into his bum....now, this is no ordinary bum...it's a large round, extremely high up bum, requiring maximum stretch (OK, I'm short!!!) So, the bum injections turn into bribery with food, tied next to my gate, so I can climb up and lean over, avoiding those shire sized feet!! Simple wasn't it!!!! Charlie 1, Mummy 1 What a result........ Until next time :-)
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