The Past Week October 20, 2009

Oct. 20, 2009–The Past Week
     It has been busy around here to be sure, but productive as well.  Last Thursday the boys came out to care for their chickens.  I had planned on letting them help trim a few of the hens’ nails, and then I would finish the job at another time.  It is [...]

Steamer’s Summer Home August 8, 2009

Aug. 8, 2009–Steamer’s Summer Home
     It has been a productive summer.  One of the people who adopted our Boer goats is a handy-man and has been fixing some of the problems in the barn which have been bothering me for ages.  In addition to smaller tasks, Jim has been able to finally make a pig [...]

Pot-Bellied Pandemonium June 14, 2009

June 13, 2009– Pot Bellied Padnemonium
     It was with great reluctance that we trimmed the pot bellied pigs’ hooves today.  Their previous homes had failed to provide such critical care and they could barely walk, their hooves were so over-grown.  We have given them time to settle in, hoping to tame them somewhat before we [...]

P.P. June 9, 2009

June 9, 2009– P.P.
     After all this time, it was finally P.P.’s turn to be neutered.  Our wonderful local country vet is giving me a good deal, as they tend to so often do, knowing full well all of our animals are rescues and a profit is never, ever made. 
     P.P., the ginger cat is [...]

Jingle Cats April 26, 2009

Apr. 25, 2009–Jingle Cats
     The worst part of animal rescue really has nothing to do with animals at all–not the bruises caused by large, unruly goats, not the vampire-like bites from stray cats, not even the worked involved with cleaning stalls.  No, it is discovering time and again, the heartlessness and cruelty of the so-called “civilized [...]

The Safe Return of Steamer April 14, 2009

Apr. 14, 2009–The Safe Return of Steamer
     The cat came back!  Thank heavens Steamer has returned and I am positively rejoicing!  Five long days she was gone,  when she had never gone missing for even an hour in all these years. 
     I had been working in the barn for nearly and hour, and had just finished mucking [...]

Missing Steamer April 13, 2009

Apr. 13, 2009– Missing Steamer
     I am quite beside myself these days.  Steamer the barn cat is missing.  When ole Bruiser went AWOL it was to be expected, despite his neutering;  he was always a wanderer.  Steamer is different.  Being about four years old she is still the size of a very young cat.  She’s [...]

And The Oscar Goes To… February 20, 2009

Feb. 20, 2009– And the Oscar Goes To…
     It would appear the animals are banding together to rid my chest of its burden of sorrow.  I can’t help but wonder if they script their activities in the barn when I’m not around.  Days can pass with nothing surprising happening, and then at once that gang [...]

Kitten Adoptions November 24, 2008

Nov. 23, 2008– Kitten Adoptions.
     It has been an awfully long, yet productive week.  Winter has come storming in– two feet of snow fell this weekend.  What a tiring time in the barn, shovelling a path to the manure pile, toiling away in the cold and snow.  We had hay delivered today, which is always [...]

Another Cat-astrophe November 19, 2008

Nov. 19, 2008–Another Cat-astrophe
     After a brief respite from cat rescue, I will be back at it.  Someone contacted me about a relative who was over-run with cats.  As is so often the case, personal issues are the main reason things had gotten out of hand.  It is very easy to judge someone with a [...]