We spent hours today digging the animals out of their snow entrapment. Sheep and donkeys need some space, too much proximity freaks them out, stresses them, and even causes some butting and kicking.
They hate it when they can’t graze and have no space between one another. While I was out shoveling around the house, she was digging new paths and expanding the early ones.
She dug circles around the feeders, both of which were buried under a mountain of snow. Animals are adaptable, they can get used to anything as long as they have food and water, and shelter of some kind.
At the end of the day, the donkeys were eating at their feeder, the donkeys at theirs. The Peaceable Kingdom was calming down. We are wrecked.
Tomorrow, digging, digging, digging. My surgery is scheduled for 9:30 in the morning, a nurse called to give me my final instructions about medication, water, insulin, etc.
Maria has to wait outside in the parking lots, she can’t come into the building. I hope to be home and resting by early afternoon – you never known, it’s possible I’ll have to stay overnight.
Please hire an extra hand , even if it’s part time and or temporarily to help you and Maria. Especially in this kind of situation Please!!!
We don’t need an extra hand, Rosanna, I don’t know what you mean. We’re dug out and functioning very well and safely and efficiently. This is upstate New York, not a suburb of Boston. We don’t need help to clear up a snowstorm, even a big one.
Suggesting a snow blower!!!
Richard, snowblowers can’t handle this kind of snow. We’ll get one of we need one, a batter one for ordinary storms.