Yesterday I lost one of Poppy’s piglets. She looked a bit off on Friday evening, stopped eating on Saturday, did not respond to the usual treatments and died yesterday morning.
I don’t know. I take these things hard. She had no symptoms at all. No scours. No vomiting. No cough. But something was happening inside her.
There was a bad smell in the barn for the whole two days she was ailing and after she died the smell went with her. All the others are fine so far, arguing and eating and pushing each other around as usual. Nothing unusual but I will be on high alert for a few days yet.
Lets hope it is not something that will spread. They have a big inside space and a big outside space and everything is kept clean but little pigs die fast.
Ah well. These things always happen on the weekend don’t they. I will talk to the vet about it tomorrow but I have nothing to tell him. She did not even have a temperature.
God said No. One of our low days. But you get that when farming. Today will be better I hope.
We did not get a lot of snow yesterday, though they forecast piles of the stuff, we got off lightly. Last night the temperature rose and everything started dripping. This sounds nice until we look at the forecast and see that everything will freeze again tomorrow. I think I might need my Swedish sprig boots this year – I need to find them and dust them off.
I am very much looking forward to going to Canada for Christmas (if all goes well) and a proper break. I might just sleep the first few days! My arms ache – I think the hay bales are getting heavier this winter!
I am going to go hang out with Sheila.
I hope you have a lovely day.
love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
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That’s a shame Celi, poor little thing. Let’s hope it’s just the one. Hug Sheila.
Yes, hope so.. c
So sorry, Celi, truly. We are just coming off of a three-day ice storm. It was supposed to only last one, but it kept refreezing. Lots of tree limbs down all over town. It was when it started warming that they all fell. Hugs and love to you.
Ice is worse than all the others i think – so destructive!.. c
Oh, I am so sorry to hear this news, and what a surprise too! Poppy’s piglets aren’t the tiny ones and I would have thought they were beyond unexplained demises at this point. I suspect that is a real worry then, especially with no build-up to the end. I do hope your vet can shed some light on the mystery.
Well, we got the snow you didn’t get yesterday… somewhere close to six inches. It snowed all day too and long into the night. It was one of those rarely pretty snowfalls, one so quiet and with no wind, just softly falling… endlessly… building up…six inches is a LOT of snow all at one time. But it is quite mild out, hovering around the freezing point yesterday and just above that today, with more snow in the forecast over the next four days, although I don’t know how much. This is early in the season for us to get a big downfall and I am wondering if it’s going to be a record year — you just never know. You may end up travelling to Canada on a snowmobile… heh heh Hope your day brightens up, Ms C! ~ Mame 🙂
Fingers crossed.. c
So sorry. A break will be so nice for you.
I am very much looking forward to it! c
I like how you look at life. God said no. Pragmatic but sad. I hope it’s just the one piglet. I understand about the hay bales being heavier this year. Things get heavier each year for me. I think loss and life can wear on us and them feel a bit heavier. I’ll keep good thoughts for a perfect Christmas journey for you. Traveling during the holidays or any winter day, for that matter, is chancy.
Yes and ALL my favourite travel is in the winter. c
Sorry to hear about the pig, hope you discover what it was.
We might not – but the others are all a box of birds today – so lets hope that is where it ends. c
Very sorry about the loss of the piglet. And yes, these things always happen on weekends. If our cats have to go to the vet, it always happens on a Friday or Saturday. Here’s hoping it was something ingested or that she got into rather than something that can be passed on. Know you are looking forward to your Christmas trip!
I have my little suitcase out but it is fast filling with presents! only a few items of clothing allowed.. c
Winter is always the hardest time for things to happen.
Linda
Yes, especially with the ground frozen solid
I am so so sorry. I thought I’d commented earlier, but I guess it was just an imaginary comment. I carry your post around in my head with me and that’s what happens. Strength, friend.
I do that too – think about what i am saying then wonder where the message went to! c
Sorry about the piglet. An autopsy would be expensive and probably a waste. It could be anything. My dog eats everything and im concerned she’ll puncture her gut. I hope all is calm for your trip.
You dog must be tough! c
awwwso sorry to hear about the little piglet.
Yes – not good
Sad news about piglet, and the not-knowing is hard. One of my chickens died last week…I have only a few, so they’re pets…..she literally fell off her perch in the night! She’d been fine the day before, being her bossy, beautiful bullying obnoxious self, no sign of illness, her comb was bright and upright, was good when I put them to bed, and was gone when I let them out in the morning. No marks or slime on her……sometimes snakes try to eat chickens but can’t swallow them down when they’re big, but they’re suffocated. But there was no sign of anything. A sad mystery…God said no to Brenna too. 😦
Maybe we should change the saying to God said Yes – kind of more positive when discussing one of our animals/birds moving on. I think we will – what do you think?
Yes, we will! Nice idea, because really, God is saying ‘Yes’ I’ll have that nice little one thanks’. 🙂
Sorry for your loss, Celi. My cousin in Wyoming said they were predicted to get 24 inches of snow but ‘only’ got 10, so they are happy, except that snowfall is their water supply. When they don’t get much snow, the forest and land around them is very dry, and dry means fires. I hope Sheila was able to say something to help you feel better. xx
wow – 24 inches is a powerful lot of snow – hope they get more next time.. c
Bugger. They’re a worry. But doing your, our best is enough. Not all is within our control. Very sad, even though the piglet lived well and died where she lived well ♡
Yes you are right – we cannot control everything.. c
10″ for us. That the storm skirted you is good. The loss of one of the piglets is very sad. I hope there will be some answers somehow.
ten inches can make a mess – hope you have dug yourself out ok.. c