Sunbird73

Now that is very cool!

well that's a load of rubbish, of course dogs kill for fun! My dog would have killed any ducks he could catch (he only caught two, we ate one ) and there were those two staffies that chased a cat in through the cat door and mauled it to death in its own house. Dogs are well known killers of kiwi....

Hi , my brothers band Prowler is a finalist in a competition to open at Big Day Out. They are really stoked to be finalists and it would be so cool if they won!! They are a hardcore punk band, so the music might not be to everyone's taste (um... I can't make it past the "singing" myself, bad sister :oops: ), but please help me out and vote for them!! My brother plays the guitar if anyone is interested in listening to the song, he comes in when the drums start playing... link to vote below: https://radionetwork.wufoo.com/forms/qxd0ra30n5ii0m/ Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!!

Jaxx, sheep may look easy but are actually quite high maintenance. As Smidey said they will need checking daily, minimum. In the summer they need checking (in addition to other things) for flystrike as well, and feet checking for footrot. My sister has a few acres and thought she would give a few sheep a go last year. She lost them all to facial eczema. She had no idea about facial eczema or spore counts before then, but won't keep sheep again. I suggest that if you aren't in a position to go out there daily to check animals you either lease it out to someone else to run theirs on (there might be room in the arrangement for the leasee to look after an animal for you?); OR grow some plants or trees of some sort. Christmas tree farm?

I love Allots, and their close cousins, Alots :love: Join the NZDF and get one free! http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.nz ... thing.html

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You can drive a bit further on and do the Cathedral Cove walk?

That's great, very amusing. "now, cut the wires...." LOL

+1 But the Eheim professional series are a million times better.

I go into the archery range paddock, turn left (away from the targets) and head down to a concrete rectangular tank. Usually heaps there. Have been to several other water troughs and found a couple of dead birds and lots of cow poo - so this is the only one I go to now. Might be the same trough Sophia is referring to.

I had I think 4 in a 75cm tank, which I then moved into a 60/30/30. I made sure that there were several areas in the tank, lots of shells, and lines of sight between territories were broken. There were niggles and shell stealing/swapping etc but no injuries at all or casualties. I would try it, but keep a close eye and have a breeding trap ready for emergencies.

oooh pretty! well done!

Found one of these a few years ago, up near Dargaville, Glinks gully. Beautiful fat sand coloured skink, tho this one was without its tail. id'ed as Oligosoma smithi same as yours.

Congrats! Awesome work

Subclinical infection/ carrier state - fish is healthy but carrying the parasite - the healthy immune system keeps the parasite in check so animal doesn't get sick. When stressed (from poor water conditions) the immune system weakens and the parasite is able to multiply and cause visible disease.