Saturday 21 May 2016

The longest week!!!!!

So it's been a while since I posted and sorry about that but Trojan was really ill. First we thought it was just his colitis playing up but two trips to the vets later and he was still no better. It did get to the stage where he was so totally drained that we had to help him stand, walk and get in and out of the house. It resulted in hospitalisation and some very worried family and friends. Thankfully iv meds and fluids did the trick and he is now 100% himself again and we are one very relieved family who are very grateful to all the veterinary staff that took great care of him.

Of course whilst all that was going on we still had lives to get on with but wherever possible hubby and I worked in shifts leaving the house and we got dog sitters in too....nothing but the best for our Tro.

I did some queen marking for some fellow bee keepers, carried out some swarm control, moved the greenhouse and also got some planting done.

Of course all these activities could have been photographed to make this long awaited post exciting and visual...let me just check the camera to see what I have got......okay, I have nothing to back up what I just told you but have a little randomness,

Bantam eating some Drone brood.
Yes it's a chicken pecking at live bee larvae....and why not!! This was actually sent to me by a fellow beekeeper. If you'd like to know why you could check it out here. If you aren't that interested then I haven't wasted time explaining myself!!

The weathers is pretty awful today but I was on the allotment shop anyway and I had decided to have a pretty laid back weekend....can you believe that another week and we have a bank holiday weekend?? I also get a week off as it's whitsun so maybe it will give me time to sort out the new greenhouse.

Talking of the new greenhouse....anyone know the best place to get replacement glass??

I will be back with a more scintillating post and some pictures before the end of the weekend...promise!

8 comments:

  1. I'm glad Trojan is okay now and the problem was solvable. I sometimes worry about dogs more than even humans.

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    1. It's always horrible when one of my pets are ill Ratty, the are family without a voice so can't tell me where or how badly it hurts.

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  2. I'm glad Trojan has recovered - it is such a worry when a pet is ill. Did the vet diagnose the problem?

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    1. They suspect it was a really bad Gastro intestinal bug...they aren't sure how he came across it though....maybe picked something up in the fields. I guess we will never really know.

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  3. I'm sorry to hear that Trojan has been ill, it must have been really worrying for you. My friend's dog has colitis and he's been ill too. She thought it was the colitis but it turned out to be pancreatitis and it's taken some time to get it under control but he's much better now, thank goodness. They do give us worries sometimes, don't they?

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    1. I'm so glad your friends dog is better now too...I often think they worry more than the children as they don't have a voice to use.

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  4. Glad to hear that Trojan is a lot better as it must have been a worrying time for you. Beekeeping must be taking up a lot of your time. (I've just looked at your link webpage). Beekeeping looks technical and challenging for someone like me who doesn't know much about it. The chicken is having a feast!

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    1. Hi Linda, believe it or not the beekeeping only takes about to hours a week out of my time. Beekeeping is quite technical I suppose...it's easier to do it and learn than try to learn it all first. Have you ever thought about beekeeping??
      The chickens do love it when I clear out some drone comb!!

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