My mom gave the farmer a scare last night. Everything was going normally
for doing chores. The farmer put Gloria (my mom) on the milk stand and
put the milk machine on. She was acting
normal and eating her grain. Halfway through milking, Gloria peed on
the milk stand. The farmer went to scold her for making a mess and saw
that she has large gobs of slimy goo coming out of her mouth and nose.
Frothy bloat! The farmer whipped Gloria off of
the milk stand and started walking her to help move some of the frothy
gas out of her stomach. She walked and walked up and down the farm to
keep Gloria moving. Gloria spit out gobs of goo and snot. The farmer had
to stop every so often to wipe the slime from
Gloria's nose so she could breath. The farmer got her hubby to walk the
goat while she went to the house and got 1 cup of peanut oil and some
baking soda. She gave this to Gloria to try to break the surface tension
of the froth so it would stop building up
in the rumen. Gloria kept burping and spitting up slime for a while.
She started to puff up and get very large. The farmer was worried that
she wouldn't be able to stop the gas from expanding and it would hurt
Gloria. After a lot of walking and massaging Gloria
stopped spitting up goo and her stomach went back to normal size. She
is fine today and is eating normally. Hooray for the farmer who saved
the day!
Friday, July 27, 2012
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That was scary! Glad Gloria is OK now!
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