A thread for the pets - The Bear and Badger

SpaceGazelle

It's bad enough when it's a cat. *Doffs cap*

Minkymu

Huge injectionof bute to the neck last night. Severe laminitis is suspected but an xray is required at 1pm today. If its at a 14% or more incline in the hoof shes not savable.

RamSteelwood

Fingers crossed Minky

Minkymu

Unfortunately the mad crazy horse that is Maddy has had to be put to sleep tonight.

To say I’m gutted is an understatement. My partner however is going to be absolutely destroyed by this, shes had her 14 years. Im not with her cos i have the boy. I can only imagine how much thats going to hurt her with all the self blame shes going to have.

Im not religious, but i actually prayed to god last night. He didn’t listen.

For actual fucks sake

On the only plus side, she is no longer in any pain.

LivDiv

Yeah for the best if she was suffering.
Still thats an absolute fucker.

Sorry.
Just let the grief happen naturally, it will be rough but yourself and the mrs will get past it.

I_R

Sorry Minky, awful stuff.

Minkymu

Thanks chaps. Now if anyone can tell me how tge fuck im supposed to help Amy get through it cos i have no idea

g.man

Oh that's such sad news. So sorry mate.

davyK

Ah bollocks. Awful.

Poor old horsey. Sorry to hear that.

There's a YT channel of a cow foot trimmer who goes around farms in Scotland sorting out cattle. I know the anatomy is very different but hooves seem to be a tricky thing. Some of the things he has to deal with look pretty horrific and painful looking.

Minkymu

Yeah hoof issues are agony for the horses. Turns out she had a laminitis in several, which was missed by 2 previous vets that thought it was a leg strain. It was missed by 2 farriers (hoof specialists) who were called out and paid plus a tip on 4 different occasions.

Typically the only good professional vet was unfortunately the one that had to kill her. If we had her out first the horse might still br alive. Makes my anger issue raise its ugly head and i could actually loose my temper badly with some of these previous “professionals”

That wont help the situation so obviously im biting my tongue in front of Amy.

Moot_Geeza

At least Mini Minky is too young to be properly upset. Sad news, sounds like she was well loved and looked after though.

Minkymu

Moot_Geeza wrote:

At least Mini Minky is too young to be properly upset. Sad news, sounds like she was well loved and looked after though.

Oh god yes. She was loved more than me lol

LivDiv

The Clayton lump ordeal is still ongoing.

When I took him in Monday they sent a sample off to see if he had a resistant infection. Got the results and that isnt the case.
I have been cleaning his wound twice a day and there hasn't been any cheese for 3 days now so looks like it just needed longer.

He is going on another 10 days of antibiotics then a checkup. Hopefully we can dodge surgery unless a new cyst forms later.

Then the fun begins claiming off the insurance.

g.man

Fingers crossed mate.

LivDiv

Yeha. Hopefully past the worst of it now.

@Minky How is the mrs today?

afgavinstan

Some better news.

Since sonny passed, there's been a real kinda empty feeling in the house. Tony's been extremely clingy and vocal, I think he's constantly looking for him, or maybe became much more territorial in his absence. I've been missing him terribly recently, the warm weather has me sitting out the back door a lot, always wishing he'd bound out from the kitchen looking for some play time.
But I'll be moving on soon. Me and shona need our own space, and I worry how my mum will be without us. You'll maybe remember a wee while back, I posted my mum's hairdressers bulldog, what a cracker. The lassie also has a yorkie and a frenchie, who've had a litter, and have been kind enough to give one to my mum!

No pics yet, they're still a wee pile of beans, but in September, my mum will have a wee companion to call her own. I'm worried slightly how Toby will react, he'll probably not come home for a couple days, but I'm sure he'll be fine once he asserts dominance, quite rightly.

So, yay!

g.man

LivDiv

Great stuff Gav.
Pets leave a massive hole when they are gone so glad your mum will have some company once you move on yourself.

Minkymu

The mrs is battling through xheers. Been uo the yard tonight and shes cried a lot but has cleared stable and sorted our other horse monty out

davyK

I presume horses fret over the death of another?

Minkymu

Oh fucking hell yes. The stress of loosing a companion horse can kill the other remaining horse

Minkymu

Thats why if a horse drops dead in the field with another companion (usually overnight) then it messes the surving horse up badly. Hence Maddy was put to sleep in the field and Monty remained stabled.

Horses that are turned out overnight shoukd always have other horses with them as they take turns sleeping, one stands guard the other lies down. This is to prevent badger attacks as they go straight for the gut.

davyK

Badgers being cunts. Who would have known.

Minkymu

davyK wrote:

Badgers being cunts. Who would have known.

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Moot_Geeza

@Minky I've gone on a deep dive of an old external HD as I promised some pics of Angel the American Bulldog (RIP). Maybe some action shots will cheer you up:

Brams couldn't even walk down stairs properly at this point, she could have flipped him into the air and swallowed him whole. Was an epic faux battle.

g.man

OMG BABY BRAMBLE!

Minkymu

Ah Moot lovely pictures. Baby Brams is adorable.

What a lovely dog Angel is. Fantastic breed of dogs American Bullies. I will always have one if Harley ever pops off, which i hope is not for many years yet.

Thank you they have cheered me up.

davyK

ShabbyMcCrabby

afgavinstan wrote:

Some better news.

Since sonny passed, there's been a real kinda empty feeling in the house. Tony's been extremely clingy and vocal, I think he's constantly looking for him, or maybe became much more territorial in his absence. I've been missing him terribly recently, the warm weather has me sitting out the back door a lot, always wishing he'd bound out from the kitchen looking for some play time.
But I'll be moving on soon. Me and shona need our own space, and I worry how my mum will be without us. You'll maybe remember a wee while back, I posted my mum's hairdressers bulldog, what a cracker. The lassie also has a yorkie and a frenchie, who've had a litter, and have been kind enough to give one to my mum!

No pics yet, they're still a wee pile of beans, but in September, my mum will have a wee companion to call her own. I'm worried slightly how Toby will react, he'll probably not come home for a couple days, but I'm sure he'll be fine once he asserts dominance, quite rightly.

So, yay!

I didn't see the news about Sonny gav. I'm so sorry to hear that, he was an absolute don and I am genuinely glad I got to meet him when I was over there.

afgavinstan

All good, man. Thanks

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