Summer come in the Ozarks much overnight . It ’s hot — really red-hot — and Ursula ’s going to have her lamb next week . She ’s fatness and grouchy and intend she should have a rooter right now . That ’s one of the way we stay cool .
I ’ve already blogged about keepinganimalsandhumanscool . Last year , when Sam the Lamb ’s mom pall , I compose aboutpreventing heat stroke . I hope you will register those entries again because they ’re significant : Heat can vote out . We animals calculate on you to keep us dependable , and we desire you to stay safe , too !
One of the in effect way to help us cool off off in the passion is to make certain we have plenty of coolheaded pee to drink . If urine is yucky , with dead bugs and algae or droppings in it , we wassail only enough to pull round . That is n’t sufficient when it ’s sizzle hot , so please keep our pee clean .
In the summer , it helps to apply a lot of smaller tubs rather than one braggy one , that way they ’re easier to dump and call off . Mom expend the empty plastic tubs our mineral licks fare in as pee tubs — they’re the perfect sizing forsheepandgoats . bragging mineral bath work forhorsesandcows . If you do n’t have any , join your localFreecyclelist and ask for unwanted tubs . granger are glad to give them to people who can apply them .
Then put water vat in shaded space close to where we hang out , so we ’re likely to drink more water . Add electrolytesto some but not all of the tubs . Most of us like the gustatory perception of electrolytes , but if we do n’t , there should be homely water available , too .
If you have alivestock guardian dog , like our friend Feyza , or allamathat guards your stock , give it a moldable wading pool to cool down off in . Otherwise , the guardian hotdog or llama may essay to lie down in our piddle tubs , soil the water so we wo n’t drink it .
Also , sample not to overtax us in hot , sultry weather . Don’t turn on your horseduring the heating plant of the Clarence Day or catchchickensor passementerie sheep ’s feet . If something is exalt or nerve-racking , do it too soon in the morning or at sundown when it‘s not so hot .
And , Ursula says , do n’t breed a ewe so her lamb date is June 10 , even if you give her a fan ! She and Mom are note off the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Because Ursula is normally punctual about lambing , maybe next hebdomad I can show you her lambs !
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