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:) :)

It is becoming more common , with export demand for this tender 'marbled' beef .. There are still cattle sold who are not feedlotted ... Sorry, I have no idea of statistics . Just avoid 'grain fed' , for a start , perhaps ?

often beef cattle/sheep are 'finished' in a feedlot ..for 6 weeks or so , after spending their growing on pasture/rangelands. Other times, they can be weaned into a feedlot ..... 'grain fed' usually means feedlotted . Feedlot cattle are fed an unnatural , grain rich diet ..with little roughage , so their digestive system does not work as it should , and to avoid problems they are fed additional chemicals to 'assist' digestion of all this grain based food (which makes for rapid growth and more fat in meat) Most feedlot cattle are in large pens with no shade ..and they walk/sleep on accumulated dung . Breathing this dust is not so healthy ...cattle can get lung problems. It's not a wonderful life . I was watching a program today where one property feedlots 5,000 cattle !!!

:) Good thinkin', 99

And kangaroo. No feedlots or factory farming there. Feral Goat .. Depending on where you are situated, you may also be able to source wild rabbits ..?

Huckleberry is a lucky boy :)

Freeze 2 or 3 litre plastic juice bottles filled with water . wrap them in a few layers of pillowcase ..and place them around her bed/crate :)

Very Well Put. I agree.

.. poor PS OUCH :( (a can of nice fluoro green spraypaint will do the trick for the cast .!! ) :)

Dear Old Thing.. sorry you only now have memories...

:) I doubt it - but it makes us feel better to say stuff like that, doesn't it?

LOL You know him well!! :)

LOL :) They are wasting effort with me as well :D

sometimes my desk has bare spaces! Tonight isn't one of those times .

Poor old girl.

Very sad news. I am , though, Hoping Larry is just hiding somewhere .....

My vet used to call this 'pulse' therapy ..and it's basically what my very allergic boy was on for all his life (12 years)

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poor bluetongue. Your dog should be fine. Lizards are not poisonous/venomous.

..that's all I can think of ... he is just not into the HOT DAY routine yet :) Today he is absolutely fine ..it was just such a surprise .he NEVER refuses food Thanks, Ams.

Glad she got the all-clear :D ..oh, and it's not 'un doglike behaviour ;)

Only tiny puppies, so I get a good hit of puppy breath, and they get a good whiff/taste of human for their first experiences :D we have a no - lick policy here .

? maybe the fall behind the couch re aligned something ????

I came home from a day in town , and Hamlet wouldn't eat or drink!! I thought he was about to die ....Hamlet not pouncing on anything falling to the floor is a sign of disaster ! I tried him with different things ...and ended up using some of the steak I bought for tea That was acceptable ... Eventually I got him to drink some steak 'tea'..and eat some more ..then after an hour or so , he was back to being a pain. No V or D ..and today he is his normal court jester, noisy self. The dogs have heaps of shade.. there are about 7 watering points in the yard ..just seemed odd.

Is his owner capable of close observation and correct dosing of the AB's?