Tony, our yearling mini donkey, was getting a little time in the yard, running and playing. We were loosely watching him. For some weird reason only known to a young donkey’s mind, he trotted right over to a little bush on the edge of the garden and stuck his nose in it. Unfortunately, there’s an active wasp nest in there that we just discovered yesterday. Of all the places to go…maybe it was the noise that made him curious. We spotted him and tried to call him away, but he ignored us. Anyway, he got nailed several times on his nose by paper wasps. He ran off, dropped to his knees and rubbed his nose on the ground. Poor little donkey! I called him to follow me back to the barn where I gave him a cool bran mash with some Bute to help his swelling. Meanwhile, my dearly beloved avenged him. He grabbed lube oil and a lighter and created a mini flame torch to flambe the wasps. By the time I came back from the barn, he had torched the nest entirely and was hosing it off. He looked at me and said, “nobody messes with my ass.” 
Anyway, we’ll check on the wee one shortly to see if the Bute kicked in.
