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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

White to wet to green

A few days ago, it looked like winter had set in. I spent a couple hours plowing snow and watched it pile up til we had 8 inches of the white stuff. Then we got a coastal rain system moving in, and within 48 hours, it looked like this:
Yep- Lake Beamer is back. (Yes, he does have high ground, this is the middle of the pen )

All that's left of the snow is the pile from plowing the yard- and it's still raining. One good thing- the frost has gone out of the ground, so all this rain should soak in, once it stops raining. Assuming it doesn't freeze hard immediately!
Some bad news, Rio's cut isn't looking good, it was slow to heal, and yesterday I managed to scrape off the dead skin and get it draining again, but it looks infected so he is on penicillin now. I'll spare you the graphic images. I've got him penned up again, and I'll be keeping a close eye on things. At least he is -so far- easy to give shots to, he'll be getting the penicillin every 12 hours, so I'd bet he gets fed up with needles after a day or two, poor boy.

9 comments:

fernvalley01 said...

Sorry to read about Rios wound , at least if it there was more snow you could walk him throught to clean and debride it (actually works brilliantly)
I have gone to oral antibiotics with my youngsters more and more a) because the little boogers can get needle sour so quickly and B) the stuff I get is a prety broad spectrum and seems to be very effective uniprim

Michele said...

that soupy mess of mush in the grass there is what the lawns here look like. i swear, it must just perpetually rain here non stop. lol.

luvmyhrs said...

oiy I hate giving pen to babies! Scarlet oil probably would have killed of the nasties without the pen.. Give it a try if you never have... mind you his wound looked pretty nasty to start with... and not with the mud it's just no good... Gesh I hate Creston winters!

Just Ramblin' said...

Crazy weather! I hope Rio heals quickly. : )

Linda said...

This makes me shiver...I hate wet and cold together with just the hope of winter around the corner.

Crystal said...

Yuck, all our snow melted away in the chinook with the wind and warm temps, but sure am glad we didnt get rain, that looks like a mess.

Hope Rio heals up quickly, no fun to give shots to babies.

Cheyenne said...

Sorry to hear about Rio, hope it sorts itself out!

aurora said...

What a mess, we aren't there yet - but it's only a matter of time. Poor Rio, sorry to hear he got injured.

Mary said...

I am playing catch up here a little bit. I wanted to make sure I had ample time to enjoy your blog. I just love reading about your adventures.

So sorry Rio's boo boo is slow to heal. It must be hard to have to stick him, I'm sure it's confusing for him. I hope it clears up soon.