Mom not Feeding Baby Wrens Today
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Comments (21)Ahhhh home! With two fat bellies! Mrs. Harrell is an ANGEL! I learned more from her in the first 5 minutes of meeting her than two days of hem hawing with the breeders of my babies. I did find out that Pipp couldn't possibly be full pygmy as she has a half white body (Which is really totally fine, they are just pets. But that does show me that the breeders have no idea what they are talking about, period). Mrs. Harrell looked at my bottles and nipples and said they were all fine. She had me throw out my rolled oats and let me know that alfalfa hay was ok (But not ideal) for the girls but if I ever got a boy it had to go. She gave me a big bag full of what she feeds and the label off her bag and told me where to get it (The girls thought it was yummy by the way). Then she looked at me, rubbed Izzy's horn bud's and said.... "These have to go, that's a safety issue". So she told me we'd take care of that after the girls ate. She went inside and brought out two full mountain dew bottles, one with a pritchard teat and took Izzy from me. (She also inspected the girls and said they were lucky I was so persistent because they looked to be ok and not literally starving, lol).She sat down on her steps and sat Izzy beside her with her butt to the back of the step. Gently she wrapped an arm around Izzy, pulling her into her side and squeezed on each side of her mouth, pushing the lips forward to accept the nipple. It went right in but Izzy seemed to be having issues with the nipple. Mrs. Harrell stopped and said she thought she had just the trick. She disappeared inside and returned with a lambs teat (A red rubber one) and switched out the nipples. She put the nipple in Izzy's mouth and Izzy began to suck, still half chewing but better. Mrs. Harrell pulled the nipple forward slowly as if she might take it away and Izzy went NUTS! All of a sudden it was on like Donkey Kong! Izzy sucked down about 6 ounces in a wink of an eye and was fat as a little tick! Pipp followed the same procedure and then fell asleep, standing up, with the nipple in her mouth, lol. After that, and tears of joy from me, I followed Mrs. Harrell back to her little barn and she gave both the girls a shot. She said they had to get a tetanus before they could be disbudded and she didn't have it by itself so she just plain out vaccinated them for me! She stuck Pipp in the little box, shaved her head (She didn't cry or struggle, what a good little girl!), and I stepped out and BOOM, finished. She handed me Pipp with two round holes and a yellow head, lol. Izzy went next and now they have matching little heads (Ouch!). We put the girls back in their big crate and talked and talked. She gave me the mountain dew bottles with the lambs nipples FULL of goats milk from her goats. THEN as if she hadn't done enough already, she went inside and brought back out TWO FULL GALLONS of her goats milk! This woman had no intention of asking me for one red cent! All I had on me was 15 measly dollars and knowing I owed her a CRAPLOAD more than that, I humbly handed her 10 bucks (I needed the 5 for gas, remember she was an hour and a half away, lol, squeezed her neck, and told her that no words could express my gratitude. I will be returning to NC Promised Land with the girls for their next round of vaccines and wormings, etc... She gave me the number of a lady more local to me to purchase milk from if I didn't want to put them on cow's milk (Which she said would work just fine). I also offered to tag along to shows with her when I can so that I can help her however she needs it. I have shown dogs over half of my life and I know how horribly difficult it can be to venture to a show ALONE with even TWO dogs! When I return to see Mrs. Harrell I'll bring a sufficient amount of moolah with me for her trouble. This woman is unbelievable, her heart as pure as they come and a gorgeous little herd of Nigerians to boot. Thank you to everyone that so graciously helped out a newbie and stranger. My only concern is that of my girls, Izzy and Pipp. Elaine...See MoreWhat have you feed your compost pile today? October
Comments (64)I spread about 3/4 of a garbage bin of UCG from a local coffee shop on the lasagna bed. There were over 200 paper coffee filters which I picked up and put in my regular compost bin and a few in my new compost/mulch BOX. Didn't want those filters blowing away in the wind. Besides all those many paper filters my poor deprived compost BIN just gets the same old, same old (salad trimmings, coffee grounds and filter, egg shells, tea bags) every day altho it's getting more tea bags since the cold weather started cause we drink more hot tea. Wish I could scrounge goodies like so many of you but there is sometimes a limit what I'll do for my garden. And our groundhogs and squirrels are way too fast for me to catch. Our bears had left 4 piles on the lawn last week but I told DH to throw it out beyond the house yard fence so they hopefully get the idea to only do their business out there and stay out of MY yard. If he had put it in the compost they might get the idea that's theirs and tough but I have first dibs. I also spread all of my compost/mulch PILE on the garden today which was 4 ATV trailer loads plus a couple of wheelbarrow loads....See MoreMy Babies Just Left home today :o(
Comments (9)Tiffy .. there are so many kittens out there this year .. I just cant believe it. But if you really want to give someone a chance in life .. adopt an older cat. Many are put to sleep because kittens are so cute and the shelters run out of room for everyone. Or they become ill due to over crowding. Dont purchase one at a pet store!!! The shelters have so many. I personally have 7 cats of my own .. three of whom I have raised since they were only a few days old. But the rest have been rejects from the shelters .. older cats who no one wanted. They all get along no matter their age .. they just need time to introduce themselves to other pets. I tend to have a soft spot for the underdogs so many of my cats have had issues. One of them named Mouse was a wild cat that was found in the bush in Northern Ontario .. a hunter found and trapped him .. he is so beautiful. He actually is a purbred Ragdoll. Mouse is the cat in the back of the photo .. Meshoo is also a stray Ragdoll .. they have the best personalities .. so calm and regal. All they want to do is love you!! I have a crippled cat .. and actually I named the kitten after him .. Taz senior is now 17 years old and doing well. I hand raised him as a foster kitten. Then he developed issues with his balance. The shelter wanted to put him to sleep but I was having none of that .. so I took off with him :o) I never did foster for that shelter again :o) If they had put him to sleep I would never have found my best friend .. I just love him to death!!! He is mommys boy. Its odd how I have such a strong bond with him .. I have had many cats but none like this little man. He is my world .. odd .. but true. Fostering any animal is truely a labour of love and boarders on insanity :o) Since April I have been up every two hours feeding and stimulating kittens .. thank god I dont sleep well to begin with :o) A friend of mine adopted one of my kittens this year .. guess what .. he gets her up at 5 am to feed him :o) He got into a routine when he was little and because I have had so many little guys this year .. he use to get up with me at feeding time ... he would even wake me up if I missed the alarm by pushing his head into my face :o) Poor Debbie .. I hope he has out grown that bad habit :o) Well I am off to feed the new zoo crew .. they are so cute :o) Laura...See Moreworried about carolina wren hatchings
Comments (5)Wrens are pretty bold in the bird world. They frequently build nests really close to human activity, so they seem to know what they're getting in for when the babies come. Maybe they instinctively know their little ones will be safer from predators when they live so close to humans. I had a Carolina Wren INSIST on building her nest in my newly potted hanging baskets this year and even though I took out the nesting material every single day before it really got built, they kept at it. They KNEW I was there, that I knew they were there, and that I kept tearing the nest up on a regular basis. They still wouldn't stop. That says a lot. I took down that basket and put up an empty, with a bedding of loose dead geranium roots, then put their nesting material on top of that, hoping they'd accept it. They did. They finished it out the way they wanted and now their hanging basket is the closest to the steps and to the front door. They seem perfectly happy with it. After watching them from my yard as I worked, after a couple of weeks, it seemed they had abandoned it. I never saw them again. One evening, just at dusk, I tilted the basket to peek inside and scared the mother off the nest. Again... not a peep for days. I had to practically camp out at my living room window to catch one of them. I finally am seeing them again, regularly, as the little ones are keeping them extremely busy. They're flying in with lunch and out with fecal sacs all day long, but you never see them if you're out there. I wouldn't worry about your activity near their nest, like cleaning away spider webs. You wouldn't believe all the rowdy things I've done on that front porch since they moved in. They probably will have one or two more clutches, though, before winter, so you may want to set up an alternative nesting site and see if they'll accept it, if you want to use your front door again....See More- 13 years ago
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