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09-30-2020, 12:13 PM
Well we decided to camp at the trailhead. Dipper was eating, drinking and peeing just fine. His grinding of his teeth quickly subsided and his groaning was getting more infrequent. By the morning he was ready to go. He was a little slow on the trail but by the next day he was doing great.
For the last few packgoat trips I noticed my boys seemed to have very little energy. I attributed it to the hot California weather, but after some thought perhaps it was the grass hay diet they are on. So I decided to give them some alfalfa to give them more energy. I'm guessing the alfalfa was a little too much at once. Next time I'll give him half as much.
The area we hiked through had a fair amount of azaleas that one of my boys took a liking to and he got a little sick. I noticed he was eating burnt wood afterwards. I'm assuming he was self medicating because he quickly snapped out of it and was back to his normal self. He must've learned his lesson because the next day he never touched the azalea.
For the last few packgoat trips I noticed my boys seemed to have very little energy. I attributed it to the hot California weather, but after some thought perhaps it was the grass hay diet they are on. So I decided to give them some alfalfa to give them more energy. I'm guessing the alfalfa was a little too much at once. Next time I'll give him half as much.
The area we hiked through had a fair amount of azaleas that one of my boys took a liking to and he got a little sick. I noticed he was eating burnt wood afterwards. I'm assuming he was self medicating because he quickly snapped out of it and was back to his normal self. He must've learned his lesson because the next day he never touched the azalea.