No baby...boo hoo hoo!

Genny didn't have a baby!! Apparently, we just feed her tooooooo well! We waited and waited and waited.  We were just positive the donkey was having a baby. 

WreckingBall... I mean Snowball

We have discovered that Snowball uses Genny (Genevieve) has her seeing eye donkey.  Although it sounds strange, Genny walks in front of Snowball to stop her from walking into fences or other obstacles.  It's really cool! Snowball does not like for Genny to be out of her reach or at least range.  When this happens, Snowball will call for Genny and if there is an obstacle in between them, Snowball will try to go through the obstacle....whether it's fence, posts, brush, or whatever. This wasn't good when we were leaving gates open to connect more than 1 pasture together.

For this reason, we have moved Genny and Snowball into a pasture without obstacles or open gates to other pastures.  Genny can't get on the other side of fence or buildings to freak Snowball out.  This seems to be working well and keeps Steve from having to replace fence or posts. 

I'm just glad we figured out why Snowball was taking things out before she ended up hurt!

The birthday fairy has arrived....

Somehow, Steve and I managed to have 3 out of 6 children with December birthdays.  Steve's birthday is also in December.  That doesn't include our nephew, my mom, and Steve's grandma that also celebrate their birthdays this month.  It's party time! Thank you birthday fairy for blessing us with so many beautiful December babies. 

Vet is Back

The vet said that Snowball is partially blind.  She said that Snowball had scratches on her eyes that were likely caused by years of eye irritation that was left untreated.  She also has a condition common to appaloosas called UVitis that had been left untreated for many years.  It's such a shame we didn't know these things a few months ago when we bought her.  The vet's recommendation was to also leave a UV fly mask on her to block further damage from the sun.  She said it would also protect her eyes from irritants and things she could run into due to her partial blindness.

Also, she said Genny probably won't have her baby until February if at all???? She would prefer to not do an ultrasound of Genny since she is a miniature and the equipment may be too large for her and hurt her.  So we said it was ok and we'd wait and see what happens.

Snowball sees the Vet

Snowball is a bit skittish of shadows and sometimes walks into the fence.  It seemed a bit odd.  So, we called in the vet.  The vet gave her some eye drops because her eyes seemed irritated and said she'd be back in a few days with better equipment to check her out better.

Happy Birthday Noel!

Noel celebrated his birthday today!  He has been rocking out on his new paperjamz guitar and drums. 

Genevieve is STILL pregnant!

The vet came by and told us that we will be waiting until December probably for a baby.  She is going to bring a dopler with her in 2 weeks and see if she can hear the heartbeat and verify for sure the donkey is pregnant.  Can you believe we are still waiting for the baby??? AGH!  I'm like the impatient grandma!