tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post335462158110485487..comments2023-08-26T08:53:31.388-04:00Comments on Smokey Mountain Breakdown: I keep my tail in a jar by my bed....Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-13036403739366920462007-02-15T19:38:00.000-05:002007-02-15T19:38:00.000-05:00Yeah...the dog thing sort of took my research righ...Yeah...the dog thing sort of took my research right off track as well. Magic is very much part of life here.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-41680438464110936592007-02-15T18:36:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:36:00.000-05:00wow. i was going to say something wrt the birthma...wow. <BR/><BR/>i was going to say something wrt the birthmark-superstitions, but i got distracted by the "pregnant by a dog" bit and now i forget what i was going to say. <BR/><BR/>well, it makes life more interesting, i expect, with such goings-on..going on.<BR/><BR/>it's true we don't get enough magic and wonderment, most of us. and frankly maybe we wouldn't be all as hung up on penny-ante celebrities if we told ourselves more of that kind of story.<BR/><BR/>otoh not at the expense of y'know people with birthmarks and such...<BR/><BR/>eh, i'm rambling.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-58218758969089644802007-02-14T20:30:00.000-05:002007-02-14T20:30:00.000-05:00Poor Jane. You were marked by a 'tater.I actually...Poor Jane. You were marked by a 'tater.<BR/><BR/>I actually have an albino spot in the middle of my back. Not sure what that means.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-25834258102119574092007-02-14T18:52:00.000-05:002007-02-14T18:52:00.000-05:00I actually read this the day you posted, but thoug...I actually read this the day you posted, but thought I couldn't SPELL hemangioma, even though I have a LOVELY one at the top of my left arm about the size of a baked potato. When I was born , it was a strange patch of skin that in the forty eight hours after became this thing that (STILL THE SIZE OF A POTATO, because they don't grow, the patient does)overtook my tiny arm.<BR/><BR/>In every photo of my childhood, I like to joke..."Who's the butcher's kid?"...becasue while it was the SIZE of a potato, it was the COLOR OF A CALF LIVER. Yep. Had to fight for my lunch money on the playground over that thing, yessiree. But now that I am fully grown , it is pale as skin color and resembles a botched skin graft or the last remnants of a burn. I can go weeks and forget I have it.<BR/><BR/>I blather on because I actually have a great aunt who believed that my grandmother (her sister)had twisted my mother's arm before I was born when she found out Mama HAD to marry my father. And that old BITCH would never let ANY of us forget it.EVER.seejanemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776688280055809412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-44230671522712068282007-02-14T13:03:00.000-05:002007-02-14T13:03:00.000-05:00Thanks Rosie and Goat Yoda... I'll pass that along...Thanks Rosie and Goat Yoda... I'll pass that along to my mom. She suspected toxemia, retained placenta and parasites respectively. She feeds them grain, but IIRC only a small amount twice a day when they're pregnant and milking.<BR/><BR/>They have some Tannenburg (the grand matriach of the herd is supposedly 50/50) in them but each generation has been more nubian and less hardy.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246524087976805125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-11782410306019827832007-02-14T10:47:00.000-05:002007-02-14T10:47:00.000-05:00Parasites and metabolic problems are the biggest k...Parasites and metabolic problems are the biggest killers of goats.<BR/><BR/>Since it is really warm and wet here most of the year, I worm mine more than a lot of folks do- and I use 2 to 3 different wormers at the same time, as per UT in Knoxville. A -zadole (white wormer), an avrtmectin (Ivomec) and generally pyrantel (Strongid for horses). Does with lots of kids in them or are not getting the nutrition to sustain a pregnancy- calcium, etc.- can get toxemia and ketosis just like humans do. They need more food in the last stages of pregnancy and it (forage/hay/minerals) 'must' be kept in front of them 24/7. Worm right after kidding, check their eyes for pale membranes and worm if they are not pink. Do fecal testing. <BR/><BR/>Feed more hay/forage than grain- that is a mistake that lot's of folks make. <BR/><BR/>Goat YodaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-30642959822781095232007-02-13T20:33:00.000-05:002007-02-13T20:33:00.000-05:00Hey BBM,I'm working mine up from grades for hardin...Hey BBM,<BR/><BR/>I'm working mine up from grades for hardiness. I've also got one farm doe of undetermined ancestry I'm using who can live on air. Her fore udder attachement is good but her rear is not and well...she has a Gary Larson udder with too many teats. And she's polled. But she's thowing kids with proper teats. <BR/><BR/>Purebred Nubians have the highest rate of digestive problems of any of the dairy breeds. But when you cross them, they get much hardier. It takes a few generations to get them from Saanen/Nubian crosses back to American Nubian. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like your mom is having problems with toxemia, ketosis and /or hypocalcemia. These are usually dietary, but I think some does are just more prone to such problems.<BR/><BR/>My goat Yoda, Betsy, reads the blog, so maybe she'll have more wisdom on this.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-82169841280981929792007-02-13T20:13:00.000-05:002007-02-13T20:13:00.000-05:00I think the baby was "livergrowed."Treatment was t...I think the baby was "livergrowed."<BR/>Treatment was to touch the baby's head to its heel. The baby's neck broke and it died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-15864152341604167272007-02-13T19:49:00.000-05:002007-02-13T19:49:00.000-05:00That's very interesting to me! I'll watch for mor...That's very interesting to me! I'll watch for more posts on that. A friend of mine has a baby (now toddler) with a mark on her head... it turns out she is missing her corpus callosum.<BR/><BR/>Your goat herd sounds interesting! Do you have any good resources on breeding them to be hardier? My mom has lost three does, one during pg, another one day postpartum and one a few months later. The vets around here treat goats as 2nd class animals so she has quite a time getting good care for them in a crisis.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246524087976805125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-3773547638227877022007-02-13T19:27:00.000-05:002007-02-13T19:27:00.000-05:00Hey Maridmitch,I read Christy not too long ago. T...Hey Maridmitch,<BR/><BR/>I read Christy not too long ago. There was some mention of something called "liver ill" or something like that. A baby dies in the book from what is essentially a diagnostic test for this imaginary defect. I've been collecting a few stories about marking here but this was my first post trying to describe some of them. I think I've barely touched the surface on this topic. Needs more research.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-28972678077634762472007-02-13T10:39:00.000-05:002007-02-13T10:39:00.000-05:00Wow, great stories, Rosie. Are you reading Christy...Wow, great stories, Rosie. Are you reading Christy right now, hence the curiousity on marking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com