Sickness And Health
Today will be a good day. Happy Mio Monday everyone.
14/6 2021
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Bad news from the playground. Mia is sick. Stomach problems. We don’t know for sure what happened, but she probably ate something that wasn’t good for her. The vet has seen her and she’s on medication. For the stoamch and for the pain. Apparently she was in a lot of pain yesterday. I am glad they got the vet out there on a Sunday to take care of her. I knew something was wrong this morning when she didn’t come running to the fence with the others. She was just standing in the goat house looking out at me. And when I got over to her she didn’t want any treats. Just stood still and stared out at nothing. She did come out of the house a bit with me. And she gave me smooches when I made kissy noises at her. So she’s not completely beside herself. But definitely not good. It reminds me a little of when Kamel was sick. Not when she passed, but the year before. She was down like that with tummy problems. She got back to health then. Hopefully Mia will too. It’s scary seeing her like that. Mostly I just sat with her.
When it was time for me to go home she did get up. And stood in the goat house and watched me give the others their goodbye treats as I walked off. Which made me feel suuuper guilty. I wish I could stay with her 24/7. I just don’t have the capacity for that, like I did in my younger days. But it’s good that she’s able to get up and aware of things. There’s not much to do now but let her rest and let the meds hopefully get her back to health. I’ll try to be with her as much as I can. Just want her to be okay and back to herself again.
14/6 2021
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Poor girl. Thank you all for your love and support. I will keep you all posted of course.
14/6 2021
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Back from seeing the goats again. Seeing some improvement in Mia’s condition. A little bit more herself, but still clearly not well. More up and about though. I brought a branch with leaves and she slowly ate some of that. And later on she was grazing out in the pen for a bit. She even went for my treat pocket a couple of times and for my backpack. Of course I couldn’t give her any treats, but I think it’s a good sign that her instinct is there. She gave me her hoof one time too, like she usually does for scratchies. On the downside she seemed to have a little harder time walking. But all in all I do feel like there’s progress and she’s more herself. This time when it was time for me to go she came with everyone else to the fence, and was looking up at me like “you always give me treats before you go”. Even pushed Sassy away while I was messing with the key to lock the gate. And when I walked along the fence she followed along, slower than the others, but with her tail up. We’re definitely not out of the woods yet, but i’m cautiously optimistic. Just gotta give her time to recuperate.
Thank you everyone.
15/6 2021
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Out getting some greens, must be a good sign.
15/6 2021
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The newbs had a huuge row today, while I was sitting with Mia. Especially Sassy and Nuller were going at it. Honestly, I can’t remember ever seeing our goats have such a long and hard headbutting battle. The goat house was literally shaking when they hit heads. It got so bad I actually started worrying they’d hurt each other andI got up to try and seperate them. I normally never do that since, well they have to work it out on their own. Settle the hierarchy. I wonder if it was because Mia’s been down for the count for a few days. Maybe that has given Nuller ideas of taking over leadership, he was challenging Sassy quite heavily. Meanwhile she was kicking up dust (figuratively since they wre inside the house) and ramming him right back. I’m not sure how long they kept going, I wasn’t really able to keep them apart and eventually the battle went outside the house while I stayed in with Mia. Well, at least they didn’t end up knocking themselves into ortbit. Goobers.
15/6 2021
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Checking out my backpack. Good that she has the instinct to look for food.
15/6 2021
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Relaxing after being out in the green. Milo and Sky taking good care of her.
15/6 2021
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I didn’t make it out today. I guess I was pretty exhausted. Ended up sleeping around 15 hours. But it’s ok. Give Mia a chance to rest without the clingy human. I’ll go see her in the morning. Bring a boatload of greens so she can have that if she’s feeling up to it. Feels weird not giving out treats. I’m so used to that just being part of what I do, like tying my shoelaces.
16/6 2021
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Good goat times today. Yes, pretty good. Mia seems to be on the mend. She felt a lot more like herself today. Not completely back to normal. Still a bit slower than usual. But her spirit seems a lot better. I brought some greens and she came over to the fence with the others. Pushed Lily away when she tried to get at the greens. And she was handing me her paw for scratchies a lot. Standing still and leting kids pet her at the fence. And chewing her cud, which is really good because that means her stomach is working.
Of course nothing is sure yet, but I feel pretty confident that she will be okay now. Just gotta give her a bit of space and time. Hopefully she will get back to normal.
A hot one today. Upwards of 29C/84F. That’s close to the maximum we get in Denmark. Bit of cloud and wind made it bearable, but yeah a day for not doing much in the goat pen. Which is just fine by me as long as everyone is doing okay.
Thank you everyone for the love and support. Sorry if I’m missing stuff on the facebox, obviously I’ve been a bit distracted this week.
17/6 2021
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Sorry Mia, no treats yet. But soon hopefully.
17/6 2021
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On a break.
17/6 2021
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Today will be a good day. Here’s Mads from 2007.
18/6 2021
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Brushing Mia yesterday.
And yes, I sent Milo flying out he door when I approached him with the brush too.
18/6 2021
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Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you.
19/6 2021
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Today will be a good day. Here’s Peanut from 2015.
19/6 2021
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All 6 goats in the frame. Always a treat when I manage that. Although I don’t know how well you can see them all with the lighting differene between shade and sun. We got Lily to the rightmost, then Nuller and Sassy. Mia in the shelter, Milo outside the shelter barrier and Sky to the right of him.
19/6 2021
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Today will be a good day. Happy Funday everyone.
20/6 2021
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goatlog
20/6 2021
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Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there, including mine. Thank you for all you do.
20/6 2021
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SleepySky
20/6 2021
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That’s all for now.