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Ducati899 · Apr 15, 2016

Had a friend message this afternoon asking if he could come see me for a chat,usually he's real chatty and nothing gets him down so knew something was up,was pretty busy but I said pop round,he has a suckler herd and has just had his first TB reactor in 30 years and doesn't know how to cope with it,seeing a grown man close to tears was hard for me to take but we had a talk and he went on back to work,just had a text from him now saying he feels 100 times better after our chat and there's worse things in the world that happen...just goes to show however big and brave we all think we are a good old chat and the odd tear is nothing to be ashamed of

Boysground · Apr 15, 2016

I feel that TB is one of the worst problems of all. Once you have it you never know when your going to be clear if at all, and you know that in reality the government are doing nothing to help.

Good on you for making time to talk to your friend, Im sure its appreciated.

BG

milkloss · Apr 15, 2016

Ducati899 said:
Had a friend message this afternoon asking if he could come see me for a chat,usually he's real chatty and nothing gets him down so knew something was up,was pretty busy but I said pop round,he has a sucker herd and has just had his first TB reactor in 30 years and doesn't know how to cope with it,seeing a grown man close to tears was hard for me to take but we had a talk and he went on back to work,just had a text from him now saying he feels 100 times better after our chat and there's worse things in the world that happen...just goes to show however big and brave we all think we are a good old chat and the odd tear is nothing to be ashamed of

Well done, always good to make time for others when something may be up.

Ducati899 · Apr 15, 2016

Thing that hit him most is she was due to calve in 10 days time [emoji53] I'm just glad he was brave enough to actually talk to someone

Socksitis · Apr 15, 2016

Thank goodness you were there and he could call on you - what about those that don't have a good neighbour in times of need? TB and BPS and the weather! Maybe many more folks need a shoulder

gone up the hill · Apr 15, 2016

Ducati899 said:
Thing that hit him most is she was due to calve in 10 days time [emoji53] I'm just glad he was brave enough to actually talk to someone

He can keep her until she calves if she is 10 days off due date! ( and more than likely it will take AH 3 weeks to get in touch anyway about removing her! )

Ducati899 · Apr 15, 2016

Nope they shot her on farm yesterday,think he's bottled it up for a few days before speaking to me..so may have been 10 days from today that she was due but obviously more when he last spoke to them

Boysground · Apr 15, 2016

That is a shame and obviously a huge loss to your friend,

BG

Ysgythan · Apr 15, 2016

Ducati899 said:
Had a friend message this afternoon asking if he could come see me for a chat,usually he's real chatty and nothing gets him down so knew something was up,was pretty busy but I said pop round,he has a suckler herd and has just had his first TB reactor in 30 years and doesn't know how to cope with it,seeing a grown man close to tears was hard for me to take but we had a talk and he went on back to work,just had a text from him now saying he feels 100 times better after our chat and there's worse things in the world that happen...just goes to show however big and brave we all think we are a good old chat and the odd tear is nothing to be ashamed of

Well done

tanker · Apr 15, 2016

Very often it's a cumulative thing,I'm sure we've all been there, where something happens which on it's own wouldn't really upset us becomes a serious downer because it comes on top of lots of other stuff.Talking to someone who can listen and give some good advice if it's asked for is very important and beneficial.Good that he sought a chat and good that you could help him..

applejack · Apr 15, 2016

Personally I think it's disgusting that they would shoot an animal that close to calving, and then you hear of abattoirs sending letters out to farmers warning them about culling cows fairly heavy in calf.

multi power · Apr 15, 2016

applejack said:
Personally I think it's disgusting that they would shoot an animal that close to calving, and then you hear of abattoirs sending letters out to farmers warning them about culling cows fairly heavy in calf.

What else are you going to do with a diseased animal ? No point keeping her a couple of weeks to spread to another few

applejack · Apr 15, 2016

Surely she would be isolated from other stock??

multi power · Apr 15, 2016

applejack said:
Surely she would be isolated from other stock??

Yes but what's the point in prolonging the inevitable

applejack · Apr 15, 2016

A live calf from a good cow maybe!

multi power · Apr 15, 2016

applejack said:
A live calf from a good cow maybe!

But what use is a calf with no mother. Anyway that's not the point of the thread.

multi power · Apr 15, 2016

@Ducati899 good on you for taking the time to chat

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