wildwoosi ([info]wildwoosi) wrote,
@ 2009-04-17 21:36:00
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Current mood: okay

Unhappy llama news
I had to put one of my llamas down today. We're not sure how, but she'd broken her femur. Fixing it meant major surgery, which would have cost in the thousands, and at her age (16) she may not have recovered. I know it was the right decision, but it's still hard. 

So all hail to Heliconninae. May she join the llama nessies swimming in Woods Lake.


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[info]siouxiequeue
2009-04-18 04:55 am UTC (link)
oh love! I'm sorry about your girl! how did she break a femur? step in a hole?

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[info]wildwoosi
2009-04-18 05:01 am UTC (link)
Yes, much sadness. We're really not sure how it could have happened. The haybox was askew in the tent, so there's a possibility that was part of it, but we really don't know.

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[info]suddenlynaked
2009-04-18 05:30 am UTC (link)
Hugs!

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[info]blot
2009-04-18 05:55 am UTC (link)
oh. sorry bout your loss. She was 16?! I had no idea llamas could live so long

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[info]wildwoosi
2009-04-18 03:59 pm UTC (link)
They can live to mid-20s actually.

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[info]blot
2009-04-18 08:01 pm UTC (link)
you still shearing this weekend? looks beautiful and sunny. we're kinda thinking bout helping you shear

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[info]wildwoosi
2009-04-19 12:05 am UTC (link)
We sheared today. If you come up tomorrow, we might be shearing or we might be gardening...

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[info]stardragan
2009-04-18 07:07 am UTC (link)
*hugs* I'm sorry to her about your loss

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[info]princekermit
2009-04-18 07:39 am UTC (link)
Sad news, tempered by the knowledge that she had 16 good years with people who loved her.

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[info]delerium3
2009-04-18 08:24 am UTC (link)
HUGS

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[info]mlerules
2009-04-18 08:48 am UTC (link)
*love & sorrow*

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[info]catawhorl
2009-04-18 03:30 pm UTC (link)
Love and Hugs from both GB and I

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[info]lunasmiles
2009-04-18 04:38 pm UTC (link)
Oh, so sorry! I was thinking of you yesterday when I spotted llamas in a field on our way back from Spokane. Those kinds of decisions are SO hard! Hug..

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[info]clayshaper
2009-04-18 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Oh no. :(

*BIG HUGS*

Now I am wishing I had come llama shearing with you all today. :( Be sure to let me know when the next llama-workin-party is, and I will make sure I get to come up. *big hugs again*



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[info]vismaya_viewer
2009-04-20 08:12 pm UTC (link)
Sorry to hear of your loss and making tough choices. *hugs*

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