Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

[frustratedearthmother]

Just took the Russian Blue into the vet this a.m. I suspect kidney disease so the $230 lab work up will tell me and then we'll go from there.

Sure hope everything turns out ok!

 

[Alaskan]

Neighbor and I went cruising the neighborhood for saw and firewood logs. I spotted an old grave site out in the open. My neighbor didn't know it was there, and he was born right here.

Grave stones pictured below say Elms died 1876 and 1874, we think by the barely legible markings that these two guys were twins, it looks like a carving of a head of cattle near the top of one of the grave atones. There were 3 more tall and narrow stones but no way to read them, they were too weathered.

see if you can make out what was carved into the stones.
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I enjoyed my day, I hope you enjoyed your day 👍

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

That is a lamb at the top

Both say, at the top:

"Son of
J. B. & S. E. Elms"


Names back then were NOT very original. So the father would probably be John Benjamin, and the mother Sarah Elisabeth.

The second photo, the older grave, has only the death date, March 19 1874 and no age at death, also no birth date. This, along with the lamb on top, makes me want to guess it was a baby that died at birth.

The bottom of the grave, I can't read the first line, but the second line says:
Bles?? ?? In peaceful slumber"

The first photo, more recent death, died Oct 3 1876, then it says
" Aged
3 M. 29 D." So, 3 months old, and 29 days, so he can't be the twin of the one that died in 1874.

Neither have names since neither were baptized. Back then, even with protestants, infants were often baptized as infants, so that they could have a name on their grave.

 

[baymule]

In Texas it is illegal to give rabies shots. Those must be done at the vet.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

In Texas it is illegal to give rabies shots. Those must be done at the vet.

Years ago you could give your own rabies shots - but without veterinarian certification it wouldn't stand up in a legal case. In some circumstances "do it yourself" is not always the best idea!

 

[CrealCritter]

My neighbor likes to do crazy things at night. I think he's happy some crazy guy moved in across the road that doesn't mind doing crazy things with him. That's my neighbor on his tractor with a beautiful 1000 board foot red oak butt log and some crazy guy behind him with his emergency flashers on. Looks like the sawmill will be seeing some work soon.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[farmerjan]

I could be wrong, but I believe it is against the law to give your own rabies shots now.... partially due to the lawsuit thing. Just like Bangs vaccinations with cattle... has to be done by a licensed vet and recorded with the state with which type vaccine was used.
If the cattlemen in this country and other countries had to rely only on vets to do all the shots, there would be 1/10th of the cattle in this world. I have put back in a rectal prolapse and put in a stitch or 2 to hold it in place. I have gone in and turned a calf coming wrong, as many on here have done the same in sheep and goats. Most of our large animal vets are so backed up that they welcome a farmer able to do their own routine work. Since DS works a full time job and is off on weekends, we could not begin to afford "emergency farm vet visits" to do routine work like preg checking. I would do more of it but I am just not that good at it until they are over 5 months... and I like the vet using the ultrasound as he is very accurate... and alot faster than I am. We do our own castrations, routine vaccinations, doctoring for sickness and foot trouble... as do most anyone who has farm animals. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a dog or cat person doing routine work... Once the last phase of this Veterinary law goes into effect in June, there will be a bigger problem with getting vets to do farm work because they will be overwhelmed... and the paperwork is going to be insane. You will have to have a good relationship with a vet because 90% of all antibiotics will be vet prescribed .... and that will cause delays in animals getting treated if you do not have a good relationship with a vet. Our vet is great about having us do stuff if we do a phone call and say hey, this is this and this is what I have on hand...

If you are comfortable with doing "work" on the animal. and have the knowledge to do so, then I think any way that you can save some money and have it for some real "emergency" is good. At least making sure an animal is vaccinated with the routine stuff is alot better than not doing them at all... and as both @frustratedearthmother and @Mini Horses has said.... timing for some things is such that you cannot have a vet out every other day. It is not fair to judge someone that does their own work if they are perfectly capable to do so.

 

[Country homesteader]

many ways to contribute to the care of our animals.

That's the thing they don't take care of their animals. They have a dog that SHOULD HAVE been to a vet a long time ago. She has something going on with her ear, it drains and stinks all the time!!!! All they do is treat her with ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar) but it doesn't help.
I give my dogs their pain medicine (Sophie-bruised hip), allergy medicine (Rudy-rash from being allergic to just about everything) and anxiety medicine (Remie- separation anxiety) but I've had a vet inform me what they can have and what a good dosage is. I would love to be able to do more basic care with my dogs but I currently don't have a license or vehicle and there isn't a vet close by. I don't even think there's a mobile vet in this area.

 

[Country homesteader]

Good Morning All! Coffee pot is just about empty so if you need a cup come get one

 

[tortoise]

I would love to be able to do more basic care with my dogs

Usually the limiting factor in owner animal care is handling. Knowing to give your dog 1T peroxide every 5 minutes (to induce vomiting) is a lot different than actually getting peroxide down a dog's throat! 😅 So teaching dogs to tolerate body handling is a great start. You can do it all home!

This book is very good: https://www.amazon.com/Cooperative-Care-Seven-Stress-Free-Husbandry/dp/0578423138

 

[baymule]

Coffee is about gone. Still dark outside. I got hog panels yesterday so think I’ll start setting up my sheep working equipment. Since the run will go across the place where the round bale is set, I’ll have to make that removable. Yeah, it will be a temporary rigged up sort of thing with my usual hay string extravaganza. But I haven’t had it set up in way too long. Poor Lucy’s hooves are so long, I should be ashamed, but I not. I moved twice and had knee replacement surgery, but they never missed a meal, they have had shelter, not great, but shelter, so now I play catch up. Sunny day today and I’m gonna be out in it.