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06-06-2017, 12:12 PM
Well, it's been a very long and busy week around here. Tigerlily hardly ate for a week (luckily she had enough "padding" to afford it), but two days ago she finally went out with the herd and started browsing. She's was on penicillin twice a day for eight days and no nasty discharge. Phew! And just as I thought she was home free, last night the right side of her udder was hot, swollen, and lumpy. GAH!! So I milked her out, treated her with an antibiotic teat infusion last night and this morning, and have done massage and hot compresses. Her milk was drying up while she wasn't eating, but I guess going out to graze stimulated production and then came mastitis. Poor thing. However, this morning her temperature was normal for the first time in a week and her udder was softer and no longer hot and inflamed. Hopefully she'll clear up, dry up, and be fine by the time we leave for the Rendezvous.
I didn't post many photos from my in-laws' visit. We had a great time with the baby goats while they were here. Phil's mother, Lois, bonded with Sox on the "rox".
When family and friends visit, there are plenty of babies to go around!
My dad got goated! "Get him, Tornado!"
My dad doesn't hold baby goats, so I made sure he at least got a few kisses.
My mom was in love with little Coral and kept singing "White coral bells upon a slender stalk..."
I didn't post many photos from my in-laws' visit. We had a great time with the baby goats while they were here. Phil's mother, Lois, bonded with Sox on the "rox".
When family and friends visit, there are plenty of babies to go around!
My dad got goated! "Get him, Tornado!"
My dad doesn't hold baby goats, so I made sure he at least got a few kisses.
My mom was in love with little Coral and kept singing "White coral bells upon a slender stalk..."