The Feral Den

02/03/2025

Sarabi is ready for her new farm finally. She has been the one little girl I’ve held back deliberately until I felt she would be successful and she has finally met that mark.

02/02/2025

Koko has decided it’s time to get the kids outside now. 🥰Yesterday’s weather was just too nice to not enjoy.

(Don’t worry, I found the missing piglet- see comments for that video)

01/27/2025

Good morning my animal loving friends! Here's our next pup ready for adoption!

✨️So this boy is our last fluffball. He is very sweet boy and obviously beautiful! Now this guy takes a minute to trust you, but not very long. Once he does he loves getting his pets and will follow you until he gets more. Definitely great dog to add to the family!

All adopted dogs have a microchip, UTD on vaccines, and spayed or neutered.

01/20/2025

Wouldn’t you know it that Miss Koko has to go and have a surprise litter right when it’s horribly cold! Fred must have been mighty quick when the goat broke the fence one day and they were together for about an hour! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Three girls, six boys.

01/18/2025

Bundle those babies up! This is going to be very chilly!! 🥶

01/18/2025

Do not wait to get straw, shavings, and properly prepare for this next week. Prep your animal’s bedding deep and create draft free spaces.

Fill extra water troughs so if your pipes are frozen, you have backup water for animals that is easy to access.

01/15/2025

Calling Central Farms and friends!

Wreaths Acress America is an organization that we have worked with for a few years now by picking up the wreaths from the cemeteries in Central. The goats love them, and it is a great cause. This year we are in a bind with my broken ankle still healing and all three 🤦🏼‍♀️ of our trucks broken down.

They need wreaths picked up at the following cemeteries:

•Mt Zion (takes about an hour)
•Abel Baptist (smaller)
•The Mount (smaller)
•New Olive Grove (smaller)

If you can help our local group, please let uAnn Warmuthrmuth know!

01/15/2025

Be very careful for the next couple months. It is coyote mating season through March and they will get much closer than normal during this time of year. In the early hours this morning one decided to try to encroach upon the barnyard and our old boy, Clyde jumped the fence, ran it down the driveway, chased it up to the neighbors house, then chased it away from the neighbors and back into the woods.

01/10/2025

Our snow babies are loving it today!

01/10/2025

And it begins. 💜

01/09/2025

We are ready to find new homes for our amazing two bunnies. George (tri color) and Naomi (black and white) have been with us for three years and are so amazing, but they need to find a home that will give them the attention they are used to. Now that we don’t do events anymore, I worry they’re lonely.

They are available individually or together and they have their hutches, feeders and water bottles that can be sold too. Message us to discuss further.

01/08/2025

01/05/2025

Energy Information:

I have been seeing a lot of people unhappy with Blue Ridge Electric and their bills for December. (Do not use this post to discuss your thoughts on this) What I would like to do is encourage everyone to take control of their energy consumption and be a part of the solution for themselves, as well as BREC.

Here are some great resources:

If you are low-income -
Weatherization Assistance Program information is here:
https://oeo.sc.gov/managedsites/prd/oeo/weatherization.html
Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens
Contact: Damian Proctor at 864.229.8870

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) information is here:
https://oeo.sc.gov/managedsites/prd/oeo/liheap.html

If you're NOT low-income or you don't want to apply for an assistance program, here is a great resource to do an audit of your energy waste in your own home:
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/do-it-yourself-home-energy-assessments #:~:text=Conduct%20a%20home%20energy%20audit,in%20any%20type%20of%20house

Take accountability for your energy consumption, not only for your pocketbook but also for the environmental impact. $6 worth of weatherstripping on your front door can save you much more than that in just a month on your electricity bill.

12/29/2024

Check out Lightning Rock Land & Cattle’s website for their local hides and skulls. They do regenerative farming and ranching in the low country and are great friends of ours. They are veterans and work so hard to help educate others in the industry.

Help support them too! 💜

12/27/2024

Today, I was at Tractor Supply Co. in Pickens picking up dog food and overheard an employee giving advice to a first-time dog owner about dog food. The longer I listened, the more I was mortified that this employee had the confidence to offer this horrible advice, let alone speak on behalf of the company and give potentially harmful medical advice (this could be a liability!). This employee was horribly misinformed about what to feed dogs, that all dogs do not follow the same rules, and that not all food is made for all dogs. Thankfully, they were parked next to me and we went to the parking lot at the same time. I told them simply to consult with a veterinarian and informed them a lot of what that employee told them was not good advice, in my opinion. But it reminded me that a lot of people don't know the four naming rules of dog food, so I thought I would share this tidbit of information.

• 95% Rule - Firm statement
• 25% Rule - Dinner, Entree, Platter
• 3% Rule - With
• Flavor Rule

• The 95% Rule
At least 95% of the product must be the named ingredient, for example, “Chicken for Dogs,” or “Salmon Dog Food,” must include at least 95% of chicken or salmon, respectively. In addition, this main product must be at least 70% of the total product when counting the added water. According to AAFCO regulations, the remaining 5% of ingredients will be those required for nutritional reasons, such as vitamins and minerals, and small amounts of any other ingredients.

• The 25% Rule
When you see products named “Beef Dinner for Dogs,” “Chicken and Sweet Potato Entrée,” or “Lamb Platter,” for example, this is the 25% rule in action. If the named ingredients comprise at least 25% of the product (not counting the water for processing), but less than 95%, the product name must include a qualifying term, such as dinner, entrée, or platter. Counting the added water, the named ingredients still must comprise 10% of the product. If more than one ingredient is included in a “dinner,” the combination of the named ingredients must total 25% of the product. They also should be listed in the same order as found on the ingredient list.

• The “With” Rule
When you see a dog food label, such as “Doggie Dinner with Beef,” the “with…” ingredient need only be at least 3% of the product. Just the addition of that one word — “with” — dramatically changes the percentage requirement of the ingredient in the food and is a good reason to pay attention to the product name.

• The Flavor Rule
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), if the label says, “Beef Flavor Dog Food,” then “a specific percentage (of the beef) is not required, but a product must contain an amount sufficient to be able to be detected.” For example, the word “flavor” must appear on the label in the same size, style, and color as the word “beef.”

12/27/2024

✨2025 update✨
-We are already booking up spring dates for our petting zoo venue, mobile petting zoo and field trip visits! Make sure you contact us ahead of time to get on the calendar for your party/event!

-We will have more Miniature Dachshund & Miniature Australian Shepherd puppies in the spring!

- Summer Farm Camp dates and info coming soon.

-We are planning more children photo session with animals this year.

-We will be opening up some days for private tours for people that want to visit the farm but not have a party.

-We also hope to have baby goats, lambs, mini donkeys, and zebu calves in 2025. Keep a watch out if you’re looking to add to your farm this year!

Please visit our website for more info on our breeding program and petting zoo venue!
https://triplelakefarm.net

Contact Hannah,
(864)908-8640

12/24/2024

New fear unlocked….. goats catching fire from the heat lamp. 🤦🏼‍♀️

One would think she would move when it got too warm. But no, she obviously did it multiple times.