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<\/a>Freckles has a drink of water<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Dandelion joins Freckles at the water<\/p><\/div>\n
It was good to see the two girls who need it the most have a drink.<\/p>\n
I have spent time with them today keeping a close eye on them. Unfortunately I can hear a faint whisper in Apricot’s breathing now and the same again with Dandelion once more. I have seen all the girls have a drink of the water today.<\/p>\n
I am only giving them dry treats of the morning sunflower hearts and bedtime corn, no spinach or fruit. I hope this encourages them to drink more water. I don’t want them to get moisture from anything but their water.<\/p>\n
I also mixed small amounts of mash with the tylan water in two small dishes (the little dishes that I measured the powder in). I mixed a little at a time each time I returned to check on them and the mash dish had been emptied. I felt this would get them to take a bit more of the water. Freckles likes this the most followed by Cinnamon but all the girls had some at different times throughout the day.<\/p>\n
The girls were all in by four o’clock tonight which is usual at the moment. They were all snuggled up together.<\/p>\n
I will keep up this regime for ten days and hope that this will improve them. Again Freckles looked a little brighter today but is still sneezing the most. I have a feeling this is going to be a long slog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I let the girls out this morning about fifteen minutes before the automatic door opened. As they hear my footsteps and then hear the gate open I hear them all start to chatter. When I open the big door they … Continue reading