The Poultry Keeper

Lisa · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject:

Another vote for puppy dogs smelling cute! Laughing

Bhindi · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

I love puppy breath too... but I dont recall the smell of kittens feet

drum stick · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 752 Location: Crondall

Bhindi · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject:

Not having smelt it for a very long time, my recollection is like sweet hay, but maybe the others would describe it better.

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Location: North Cornwall

I cant describe it either, but every really young puppy Ive come in contact with has had it. I can smell it now as I type this. It must be one of those smell that you love or hate or perhaps dont notice. I just love it.

Kitten feet smell sort of soft and dry and dusty and their little pads feel like velvet. Once they start going out their pads roughen up and their feet smell of whatever they've been scraping in.

jaydee67 · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

So - how's the goat?

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6965 Location: isle of lewis

well it turned out to be an abscess ,sorted it out on sunday
my other goat is doing strange things now Sad

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I HATE GOATS
nigel get a cow Wink

suz

Lisa · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:26 pm Post subject:

How "strange"?

debcat · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

hope she's OK Suz Confused

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6965 Location: isle of lewis

she is due on the 14 .7 and we have fresh blood coming out of her rear end .only small bit not even a teaspoon ,but worring none the less ,she's cuddly which she isn't normally ,hopefully it'll settle down ,toggs quite often carry 3 kids but can sometimes go to 4 so she could be loosing a kid
suz

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2070 Location: North Cornwall

OH, hope shes alright Sad

Lisa · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject:

Glad to hear the other goat is okay, and 'twas only an abcess.

Fingers crossed it will also be something fairly minor with this one too...

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6965 Location: isle of lewis

my goats always do this read the books did the reserch ,given every vcination and they get something wrong with them that's not in any of them ,think the goats ate the books instead of reading them Rolling Eyes

,she'll be fine just means that deb might not have such a big choice of kids Sad

,the abscess was horrible had to change clothes and bath wash hair ect Evil or Very Mad

,mind you don't cows get abscess as well Question

suz

sasha.p · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 472 Location: gwent

suz sorry to hear about your goats not doing too good that's the only thing with abscesses i was once told by the vet they can be prone to coming back in the same place even after a-bio-tics.hope the one who's in kid is OK too blimey i never realized they could carry up to four Shocked

do you have to call the vet out when they go into labour ?or do you deal with it yourselves?i remember when i was on usk college farm there was a cow who was having problems getting her calf out and they tied the calf ropes and it was well and truly stuck so the vet turned up and done a Cesarean there right in front of me it was brilliant to watch never thought i would ever see anything like that being done.anyway let us know how she does.take care Smile

Zooey · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 82 Location: East Sussex

If it's any consolation to anyone reading this, one of our pgymy goats was diagnosed with a tumour on his face over four and a half years ago. I didn't ask how long he had, but the outlook wasn't good. The growth had already broken the small bones in his face between his muzzle and his right eye. Over the first three years the lump got bigger and bigger and what is now visible is about the size of a small grapefruit. He carried on regardless though and we got used to it. Then about 2 years ago it started on his lower jaw. That wasn't particularly nice because we had to keep peeling the muck off his bottom lip and it often bled profusely, but Winston was still happy and playing "goat games". Then it got even worse and the vet pronounced that we wouldn't have him by his next visit in 6 months. I even got my husband to phone round for details of cremation. That was in the autumn. By Christmas Winston was still with us and I prayed that we might have a miracle and he would live to see the spring. He did. And the summer and in spite of the mass on his face and having no teeth, he was still able to pick long grass. That was a year ago and the vet has given up making pronouncements. There's a horrible mass in his mouth now, but it's not giving him any problems and the vet says if it does, they may be able to do something. I try not to think about it too much and just enjoy our happy little goat Very Happy