The sun shine was blinding coming through the windows...... the birds were singing at the top of their little lungs, and Tom woke up giggling as he playfully greeted the girls.
It's been cold and wet for an eternity and today marked the beginning of warm and dry......
Too wet to mow or paint so the first thing on the agenda was boxes (for trapping)..... Tom would cut his boards and than call me to get him straightened out on how the boards went together and than he would finish them up..........
*Note: (He has accepted this particular problem and doesn't hesitate to ask for help now )
I was making coffee to bring outside when Tom came running in the house hollering frantically...... M O M !.....Sarah ate rat poison......
The door to the outhouse (storage shed) was left open ☞(me) forgetting we hadn't cleaned that up yet and she found it and ate it. He seen her in there and called her out. When she came to him he seen the green on her mouth and knew what it was.
I called the vet and was instructed to take a turkey baster and administer peroxide. It will make her vomit. Do it till the contents of her stomach is clean.
Sarah was a trooper and is fine.......
Tom?........ he eventually calmed down.........but it took most of the day......... and a lot of reassurance that she was gong to be okay.
It's been cold and wet for an eternity and today marked the beginning of warm and dry......
Too wet to mow or paint so the first thing on the agenda was boxes (for trapping)..... Tom would cut his boards and than call me to get him straightened out on how the boards went together and than he would finish them up..........
*Note: (He has accepted this particular problem and doesn't hesitate to ask for help now )
I was making coffee to bring outside when Tom came running in the house hollering frantically...... M O M !.....Sarah ate rat poison......
The door to the outhouse (storage shed) was left open ☞(me) forgetting we hadn't cleaned that up yet and she found it and ate it. He seen her in there and called her out. When she came to him he seen the green on her mouth and knew what it was.
I called the vet and was instructed to take a turkey baster and administer peroxide. It will make her vomit. Do it till the contents of her stomach is clean.
Sarah was a trooper and is fine.......
Tom?........ he eventually calmed down.........but it took most of the day......... and a lot of reassurance that she was gong to be okay.
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The day Sarah ate the rat poison (May 16 th blog) was a good day gone bad........ Even though Sarah was just fine after the fact....Tom couldn't come out of the spin it put him in.
He was terrified beyond words...... He loves his girls more than his own life. The words...."she will be fine"...... gave him only a moments peace but not lasting....
He was up and down like a yo-yo... (emotionally). His energy was going to be fixated on something but I wasn't sure what...... I kept a vigilant eye on him not knowing what he would do.
He ended up going off on how he hates the brush piles out by the county road..... He was going to burn them all.........
I handled "him" the way "I know" will calm him the fastest...... and I was able to keep him to two "small" piles and I was able to get the word out to a forester as to what was taking place.....(just in case)...... who knew Tom.... the area and the brush piles.
He finally calmed.... sitting on a five gallon bucket......watching the "camp fire" burn.
"Let's go home Mom!........ I'm tired."
These brush piles are on the very edge of the woods and some are in the woods.....
If it took off there would be no stopping it.......
There was a burning ban before the rain we just got. I don't know if it is lifted and it still requires a burning permit and than you usually can't start burning till seven at night.....
So it was a little stressful to say the least........ But all was well .... in our woods.... as the sun went down that evening.......
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