What You Need to Know BEFORE Calling the Vet

Everyday Homesteading

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Even with healthy, well-selected animals, there comes a day when you have to call the vet. And when that moment comes, most of us aren’t nearly as prepared as we could be. In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and veterinarian, Dr. Patrick Jones of The Homegrown Herbalist, to talk through what every homesteader should know before picking up the phone. We discuss: The importance of signalment (age, breed, sex, pregnancy status)Why taking a temperature can immediately narrow down ...

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0:59.3	if you have an animal that is like sickly and having problems, just don't breed it. Just don't
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1:10.8	Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency without burning out.
1:17.1	I'm Josh.
1:17.9	And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family.
1:20.2	And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine and
1:29.5	anything homesteading in between. Let's jump in.
1:33.5	Josh and I always make an emphasis of having really healthy animals on the homestead.
1:40.5	We always make sure that when we're purchasing animals, that we're getting the kind of
1:44.7	animals that have robust health and that are going to really fit into our homesteading and busy family
1:51.2	lifestyle without needing a lot of fussy care or, you know, anything that is kind of outside of
1:58.6	just making sure to provide a really great quality care.
2:03.3	But occasionally, even with that, an animal sometimes gets sick, has an injury, or sometimes has
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