My Husband Brought Home What?

I love living on a farm with all kinds of animals. They give me inspiration and much laughter. A few months ago, my husband came home with a surprise. I know most of you are thinking something wonderful for me, his precious wife...NOT!

Yes, this is what my hubby brought home to our son, Aaron...a baby garter snake. I know a lot of you are screaming "EEK!", but it really is harmless. The little thing is nothing more than a glorified earthworm. My husband found it caught in a spider web at his fire station, if that tells you just how small this snake is. We have had a hard time finding things to feed it because its mouth is so small. Aaron has to dig up really small earthworms for this teenie little snake. He also named him Sneaky. I find that name rather appropriate and very cute.

At my husbands fire station, there has been a stray, feral cat that has been hanging around for a few months. He's been putting food out for her but can't get his hands on her. She recently showed up with a few kittens. Now, hubby has caught and taken on the task of taming these little wild cats. The calmer of the three, he brought home on Halloween to be part of our family.

I hear you saying "aaahh" now. I named her Boo because he brought her home on Halloween. She is proving to be quite the handful, although she is impoving daily. Compared to our other cats, I consider her a "needy" cat. She has to have someone in her vision all the time. She doesn't mind vocalizing her disapproval either.

Like all little kittens, she is adorable and very playful. Junior has a good playmate to keep him busy. I do think she's even learning how to manipulate him.

With all these animals on our farm, I'm praying that no one brings anything else home.

My Precious Pet Series: Junior Update

For this weeks post I wanted to give an update on Junior. He was rescued by my son from the mouth of dogs. He was anemic from flea infestation, wormy, and starving.

     He knows it's time for his food.

     He gets very impatient.

It has been almost a month since Junior came into our lives and he has come a long way. Junior was rescued by my son, Zach, from the mouth of a dog. I have never seen so many fleas on one animal. Junior's gums were white from all the blood being drained from his little body. His belly bulged from worms, yet the rest of his body have very little if any fat. He also had a cold with mucous coming out his nose and eyes.

     Sneaking around the Pampas Grass.

      He followed me down to the garden to pick tomatoes.

      Hiding in the cherry tomato bush waiting for my

       hand to come in to so he can attack.

The first thing I knew we had to do was get his blood built back up. Without strong blood, he wouldn't be able to fight for his life. To do this, I had to get rid of the fleas. His first flee bath produce red water with all the dead fleas. He has had two other flea baths ridding the little guy of those horrible fleas. Red Cell is a wonderful blood builder that can be purchased at just about any livestock store. To treat his cold, I gave him tetracycline through a syringe. He started to improve within 2 days and his appetite increased also. With improvement of his cold, I gave him his first vaccine. I read this is one of the best treatments for a cold. After the vaccine, all signs of his cold were gone. He has received his second vaccine this morning. Although I don't like to feed my animals canned food, I have made an exception for Junior because he needed some weight on his tiny little bones. This precious little kitty has gone from very lethargic, just lying around, to playing with bugs and harassing our other cat, Jazzy, and the dogs. He is full of mischief, hiding under the Pampas Grass waiting for his next victim to go by. He has definitely made himself at home here on King Farm.

      Greeting Jazzy.

     Following his big buddy, Jazzy.