07-24-2015, 10:03 PM
Hello Everyone! Life has gotten me distracted and busy but I just wanted to say hi and I miss you guys and I'm still here, alive, got a cold right now but plowing through. My move to Nevada has been great and tiring all at once, but bottom line is I'm much happier. I hope to be back on this forum more soon if nothing else just to keep up with you all and your goats and adventures. I have yet to go goat packing in the last year!!!! I can't believe it!! I hope to do one small trip before it gets too cold. I was going to go a couple of weeks ago but we have had freak weather here with an unusual large amount of thunderstorms and lightning and rain rain rain!
I still have all three goats, Putnik the white one is the big boss and quite frankly needs a serious attitude adjustment that I haven't had time or energy to work with him on. Sometimes I think maybe I should lend hi to someone for a summer to work his ass. He even bullies the horse that was given to me!! She could KILL him if she wanted to. Django is fine and the middle goat, and Zoki (my sweetest boy), who is the bottom goat, has had serious weight loss issues over the last 6 months. I've had a bunch of bloodwork and fecal and clinical exams done, and basically they are about 95% sure he had lymphoma. I could spend a couple hundred dollars more to find out for sure, but I'm not going to since I wouldn't so chemo anyhow. (And could never afford that). But hey, he acts fine, checks out fine clinically by the vets (2 different ones), he's just skinny as hell (although he doesn't look like it when you see him because he's shaggy, but when you touch him it's obvious) - so since he seems to feel ok I'll just let him keep on going as long as he feels ok. Who knows, maybe a miracle will happen and it's not cancer (lymphoma is uncommon in goats) and he'll recover.
He are some photos, just for fun. Miss you guys, miss the forum, miss goat packing, I'll try to be here more!
I still have all three goats, Putnik the white one is the big boss and quite frankly needs a serious attitude adjustment that I haven't had time or energy to work with him on. Sometimes I think maybe I should lend hi to someone for a summer to work his ass. He even bullies the horse that was given to me!! She could KILL him if she wanted to. Django is fine and the middle goat, and Zoki (my sweetest boy), who is the bottom goat, has had serious weight loss issues over the last 6 months. I've had a bunch of bloodwork and fecal and clinical exams done, and basically they are about 95% sure he had lymphoma. I could spend a couple hundred dollars more to find out for sure, but I'm not going to since I wouldn't so chemo anyhow. (And could never afford that). But hey, he acts fine, checks out fine clinically by the vets (2 different ones), he's just skinny as hell (although he doesn't look like it when you see him because he's shaggy, but when you touch him it's obvious) - so since he seems to feel ok I'll just let him keep on going as long as he feels ok. Who knows, maybe a miracle will happen and it's not cancer (lymphoma is uncommon in goats) and he'll recover.
He are some photos, just for fun. Miss you guys, miss the forum, miss goat packing, I'll try to be here more!
*Saltlick* Rancho Topaz
near Topaz Lake, Nevada
near Topaz Lake, Nevada