At the vet we learned that Juniper did indeed have coccidiosis, so both her and Tulip were put on Albon medicine for ten days. This all just before we were to leave for our annual vacation to Woman Lake in Longville, MN. Thankfully, we have friends who were already prepared to care for all four of our goats - and didn't bat an eye at having to also give an oral dose of medicine to two goats every day that we were gone! Thanks Max and Vickie! We were happy to learn via e-mail messages that Juniper's diarrhea cleared up and all goats are back to normal and healthy. But, we learned that on several days, Vickie would arrive at our home and find Clover in our back yard, grazing. She couldn't figure out how Clover was escaping. After a few ideas from us, we came to the conclusion that Clover was pushing her way through a poorly secured chain-link fence at the back of their yard. A quick fix of careful placement of two cinder blocks took care of that problem until we can permanently goat-proof that gate. We knew that it would be a matter of time before they figured that one out.
I have returned home from our Minnesota trip finally free of all poison ivy rash for the first time in months! I am determined to keep every inch of my body covered any time I am going to have contact with the little girls. I am certain that I am getting it from their body fur and faces. Their field has areas that are completely carpeted with the poison ivy plant, so they walk through it, lay on it, eat it, and then seek me out so they can rub it onto my skin! I must be smarter than them and protect myself at all times.
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