The ferrets have diarhhoea and the chickens have red mite. Different and Lucy each had a shot of antibiotics at the vet yesterday. Same didn’t as I didn’t know till today that he is doing runny poos too and anyway, he’s looking a lot better than the other two so it’s possible that he caught the bug later on. In fact the vet told us to reduce the dosage of the steroids he’s on for cancer again because he’s doing so well.

On discovery of the red mite, the chickens’ housing was dismantled, washed using the hose, dried and dusted with powder that kills the mites. The chickens’ bottoms and underwings are being dusted with the powder too. Some of them take more kindly to this routine than others.

You have to wonder what your life is coming to when so much of your time seems to be taken up by cleaning up poo.