Post by Lannie on Oct 14, 2009 20:41:55 GMT -5
Oh, ugh. OK, many of you know of my aversion to mucus. (By the way, I finally looked that word up and it's "mucus" if you're talking about the actual slimy stuff itself, and "mucous" if you're talking about something that's covered in or full of the slimy stuff, as in "mucous membranes." Mucous being the adjective. That's been driving me crazy...)
So now that we're clear, I GOT SLIMED! Bandit was COVERED in mucus tonight when I milked her. It went from halfway down her tail, all the way to the end of her switch, which was actually ENCASED in a glob and stuck to her left hock. Her right hock was also covered, as were both sides of her butt where she's been flapping that thing around. Honestly, her switch looked like it was soaked in hair setting gel. OH, UGH.
I had an old bath towel out in the hay room for emergency use, and this was an emergency, so I tried to wipe off the worst of it with the towel, but it wouldn't come off! DOUBLE UGH!!!!!! It just sliiiiiimed around. Then of course, I got some on myself. You should have seen me jumping around. I had finally used up all the clean spaces on the towel and decided to risk sitting down to milk. I figured I might be OK since there are no flies for her to swat at, but I FORGOT that every time I stop milking and sit back (to dump the pail or go get Seven), she swats me one for good measure. Normally, I don't even notice because it's not a hard swat, but tonight it went "THWWWWLLLAAAAPPPPPPPP!!" Oh, a GOOGLEPLEX of UGH!!!!!! ALL OVER MY ARM!!!! (Thank GOD it wasn't across my face or I would have fainted dead away.)
I have never EVER seen her make so much mucus, not even the day she calved (either time). I know she's in heat, but this is RIDICULOUS!
We really need a little green-faced sick smiley. I would be using it right now!
I don't know what I'm going to do in the morning. Take out TWO bath towels, I guess. And maybe a hose!
~Lannie
So now that we're clear, I GOT SLIMED! Bandit was COVERED in mucus tonight when I milked her. It went from halfway down her tail, all the way to the end of her switch, which was actually ENCASED in a glob and stuck to her left hock. Her right hock was also covered, as were both sides of her butt where she's been flapping that thing around. Honestly, her switch looked like it was soaked in hair setting gel. OH, UGH.
I had an old bath towel out in the hay room for emergency use, and this was an emergency, so I tried to wipe off the worst of it with the towel, but it wouldn't come off! DOUBLE UGH!!!!!! It just sliiiiiimed around. Then of course, I got some on myself. You should have seen me jumping around. I had finally used up all the clean spaces on the towel and decided to risk sitting down to milk. I figured I might be OK since there are no flies for her to swat at, but I FORGOT that every time I stop milking and sit back (to dump the pail or go get Seven), she swats me one for good measure. Normally, I don't even notice because it's not a hard swat, but tonight it went "THWWWWLLLAAAAPPPPPPPP!!" Oh, a GOOGLEPLEX of UGH!!!!!! ALL OVER MY ARM!!!! (Thank GOD it wasn't across my face or I would have fainted dead away.)
I have never EVER seen her make so much mucus, not even the day she calved (either time). I know she's in heat, but this is RIDICULOUS!
We really need a little green-faced sick smiley. I would be using it right now!
I don't know what I'm going to do in the morning. Take out TWO bath towels, I guess. And maybe a hose!
~Lannie