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Somebody sent me an email and suggested I go look at Facebook comments EPW so I figured you know maybe the time had come so I clicked on Facebook and put in EPW and then I was told that I was not allowed to see anything there so you know I backed out I just don't understand what the fascination is so once again I gave up on Facebook .
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there was some discussion about mega safaga's which is what one of the puppies one of May's puppies does have---- this apparently it still could be something else but it probably makgesophagus which is basically a deformed swallowing Department which means that all of the food does not wash down into the stomach ---causing her not to vomit but to expel whatever gets left in that pouch----- that in itself is no problem -As long as she gets the nourishment ---the problem is if it should become aspirated and she gets pneumonia with it---that would be a bad problem i---n the meantime we are feeding her in a raised position …. At the moment she is lapping up 60CC of the gruel that her brothers and sisters are eating out of a dish we then wash it down without 10 cc of chicken broth --so far so good ---g and it's not just raising the dish it's raising the whole front end of the dog…. we had a dog with this before actually two of them and the way we resolved it was to feed the dog on the stairs where you get the front end the dog raised and the food raised those tables we've used in the barn are the kind of thing that is needed with a mega safaga's dog in the meantime just to keep the puppy's head up in a nursing position we are feeding her the Grohl and baby food out of a 6 0 CC syringe and she seems to be lapping it up very nicely in the four meals we've given her like that she has spit up what someone described as half a dime and somebody else later on said a nickel which I suppose is half a dime …
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we have someone who's willing to cope with her thank heavens for CL V because they're working at home and can deal with this feeding with her head up in an extended position hopefully we can let her take hurt today this is this is a trial deal there are a lot of people that have not been successful dealing with megaesophagus dogs we have had some success Anne I'm just not gonna quit till we've tried the problem will be if she aspirates it gets pneumonia so far she's very healthy Myrtle your name is wanna maze pubs
what I really don't need to have happened is for everybody to look up mega safaga's on line or in books and then start telling me how to do it or more critically if anything goes wrong be right there to say well if you'd only done it the other way ….I don't need that . there are an awful lot of people who have failed at trying to raise up megadog we have had some success which should entitle us to least try creative solutions but they are just that …what's the veterinary profession would probably advise at this point is to put it to sleep well we're not gonna do that till it's necessary and hopefully that will be years down the road ------you give them a happy life and when it's over you let them sleep …..has to be our philosophy .
with difficulty And Dennis is help we did get a new cover on the donkey cafe it wasn't easy it was also in the pouring rain which had the added attraction of trying to organize a canvas tarp over my head and every time I tugged it I made a depression which caused all the rain possible to run down my arm down my body and into my shoe . getting this done required me changing clothes once but because of my laundry managing techniques I have only three changes of clothes as it cycles into the washer into the dryer and back on me. so after the 2nd change I figured it's up far enough and I quit and went to bed with the heating pad .. with no rain today we can finish straightening it out
just playing fluid management around here is a constant concern ---yesterday's storm was enough to cause minor flooding around the dumpster but the major part off the arena did go down into the swamp very nicely
and it's not just rain for fluid management --- try watering all these animals and to some degree coping with their used water ‘’’ used to be we spread Lyme powdered lime in all the stalls to kill the ammonia …. now tractor supply had a new product PVZ or something like that which really does a pretty good job .. and we have used it in the arena which to some degree is 1 great big Kitty litter box well doggy litter box … we could prove pick the solids with our wonderful pool pickers but the fluid seeps down in and stays hidden except for the smell but that PVZ does seem to work .
once again it is time for Sundays stew --- yes it really is a shame that we no longer have the fire and the hanging iron pot of chicken and vegetables which just everybody ate. maybe eventually we can try it again … maybe at this virtual dog fest which we are having next month September . we better get organized
the shirts are in you can order them linda's all set to Mail him
I am sending out boxes of the little plastic tubs 32 a box along with a few toy Surprises like monkey fist
the postage on these boxes seems to be between 15 and $20 California is always expensive .
please do keep at the chicken bricks… it is our payroll !!
