Goodbye Hamburger =(

Yes, we had a bull calf. Yes, we named it Hamburger. Yes, he is no longer with us. Saturday, January 30 he was acting funny when Narthea and I went out to do the barn chores. He wouldn't take his treat, which he normally comes running for. Narthea had to put it in his mouth; he acted as if he couldn't do it himself. Then, we finished the chores and when we came back inside Narthea told mom how funny Hamburger was acting. Mom was worried, because for the longest time he has had a bloated tummy, and we never knew why. Me-ma (my dad's mom) always said it was either because of gas or because he was weened from the bottle at 1 month old (no, we did not do that, someone else raised him and when we got him he and Meatloaf were sick, and unfortunately Meatloaf didn't make it). Anyway, mom went out there to check on him and saw that he had patches of missing hair on the rear end of his back and they were bloody. She called her dad who has raised cows all his life and he couldn't think of what it might be, so then mom called Mr. C2 (an elder from our church) and he said he'd come check him out. So, we left and went to Wal Mart, then came home and left to go to the Hospital to see dad. It was... 5:30pm. Well, Sunday morning (yesterday) Narthea and I went out to check on him and do the barn chores. When we came to the barn we saw little hamburger lying in the corner... completely still. He didn't make it. Mom didn't want the other animals to get near him, because we didn't know what he had, so we blocked them off. Blocking the chickens off with a piece of plywood, three metal cans, a wheel barrel, feed sack, and a plastic bucket might not sound possible, but we did it. :) That afternoon, after our Church service was over (we didn't go, though) two men (Mr. C2 and another man) came to bury Hamburger. I was a little upset, but not really, really upset. Caldirwen was upset, though. No one cried, but we all did miss his cute fuzzy hair, and the way he used to suck on your thumb (yes, we let him do that). But he's in a better place now. Here's some pictures we took of Hamburger (you can see his bloated tummy in some of them, too):

This is Caldirwen and Hamburger:

~Eldarwen Failariel~