My friend's goat called Jack

Hello Jack :o)

Hi Jack, you're beautiful :)

Hi Jack. Nice goatee :)

Hello Jack..

Cute, that explains the snow then..England:-)

Hello all.

He has a friend whose name escapes me but he kept running off to the back of the garden - Jack was much more of a poser ...

We had loads of snow Bornagain for the whole of that week - I took loads of photos of the blizzards to show the folks back home !!

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Sam and Jack had to be put down yesterday because of some kind of poisoning - my friend is devasted.

How awful, I wonder what it could be?

She's not sure but her vet went to cut their hooves 10 days ago and Sam was not well at all, he kept being sick. The vet thinks they could have been poisoned, as he did pinch some of the Rhodedenron bush as he went back into his field on Sunday night. Apparently this could be poisonous but like she says they they eat so much rubbish. They 'tubed' him to see if he had an obstruction but found nothing. He suggested an operation but he was just not fit enough - so he went. The vet wanted to do an autopsy but she couldn't put him through it - -

Yesterday Jack was showing the same signs as Sam so they called the vet out again and he also had to be put down

It's so sad, I have seen that even prunus leaves can be fatal in certain circumstances, something to do with frost, or cutting, altering the chemical makeup of the leaf making them sweet, but toxic:-(

I suppose it's impossible to know all the chemical properties and changes in plants - but it must be pretty frightening when you know your pets could be at risk ...