Kaikoura Week 3

Come the start of the week it came to our attention that some of the animals on the farm had lice which isn't a good thing. Bambi the deer had pulled loads of fur out and the Pony and Donkey kept scratching on the fence, as well as the small goat. We therefore had to assume every animal had lice. This meant we had to remove all the straw and thoroughly clean out all the paddocks which was easy enough, but the difficult thing was giving the animals this liquid stuff we had to rub on their skin, with Bambi and Goaty a nightmare to catch. Goaty always climbs on things and throughout the week broke the roof of the rabbit and guinea pigs cage, and got stuck on the roof of the feed room because we cleared all the leaves off the netting he uses to get up there meaning he wouldn't jump down.

It nice by Wednesday to have an afternoon off after the start to the week and I just went and relaxed down the beach as it was nice day. By Thursday the farm was starting to drastically dry out. The thing with Kaikoura is the ground is predominantly stones beneath the surface which means water drains away quickly. We did however have to rake up leaves which seems to be a job we constantly have to do but the trees are almost bare now which is good.

Friday was another afternoon off although in the morning we had to cut Pony, Donkey, and Bambis feet which was challenging. In the end we had to call a professional out because it just wasn't happening. They are funny in the afternoons though when we let them out into the paddock because they're best friends and Bambi just chases Pony round the field and Donkey just runs round in circles because he doesn't know what's going on. I had another relaxing day in the afternoon though because I have pretty much run out of things to do in Kaikoura in terms of walks and the bikes at the farm aren't really good enough to get me further a field.

Saturday it was a really nice day and that meant quite a few customers visited. By busy I mean about 10 people throughout the day although it's nice when there's customers because you can get out of working and talk to them instead. We did have to clean the guinea pigs and rabbits out though. It was nice in the evening though to have a few beers and watch the rugby which is obviously big in NZ, and with the Lions winning it shut a few of the kiwis up after the Highlanders had beaten the Lions midweek. It should be interesting when it's the first proper test match next week. Come Sunday I had another relaxing afternoon down the beach.