Aw Nuts!

Marissa helps Dr. Hagerman & friend
with Cody's castration

Changing the world, one jack at a time...

Cody was castrated today - a little lesser of a man?  I think not!  My friend Nicole came and helped me load him into the trailer this morning since I am still in a cast and I wasn't sure how he would be.  He was a perfect gentleman!  The castration was pretty routine for a donkey, though he didn't take kindly to the procedure and was a little resistant.  Poor guy was so mad when he woke up that when I went in to his stall he pinned his large ears back and kind of groaned.  He then proceeded to stand in the corner for a while recuperating and, I am sure, trying to figure out what the heck happened to him!  The next week or so will be uncomfortable for him as he recovers but hopefully this is only a brief blip in his new life and he will lose some of his stallion (or jack, in his case)-like tendencies.  Time will only tell...

Frida and Vida continue to win my heart!  They come up to the gate whenever I arrive to see them and follow me around when I am in their paddock.  They enjoy sleeping in their hay and are still not so sure about the vitamin/mineral supplement I got for them.  I think they were getting a horse grain at the farm where they were so the supplement probably seems pretty bland to them.  I got some low sugar, hopefully healthy treats to give them and they are total chow-hounds!  Frida kept bugging me for more but I have to remain strong in the face of their cuteness and not give them everything they want.