Rob3016

I am looking for a solution to having roaches in my home in Nong Hoi in Chiang Mai.  Interestingly, my next door neighbor reports no problems, but I regularly see roaches in my home. I just placed roach traps, but it's too early to tell whether these will help. I have read to sprinkle in the home diatomaceous earth, yet I have no idea where to find this in Chiang Mai.  I have also read that spreading borax or boric acid with sugar are good remedies, yet again where do I find borax or Boric acid in Chiang Mai or online? I am interested in peoples suggestions for effective methods to get rid of cockroaches. Thank you.

Hello,

Can someone help me to locate where to purchase grain to feed cows in Ubon Ratchathani. My girlfriend's family have 14 cows and they seem unable to cut enough grass to feed the cows. I read grain is a food source for cows.  Where does one purchase grain to feed cows in Ubon Ratchathani?

Thanks,

Robert

My girlfriend's father is ill and needs help to care for the family's cows and the rice fields. We believe we need help for about 30 to 45 days until he regains his health. Whenever I speak with my girlfriend she seems to imply its impossible to find an abled-body man to perform this work. I believe she simply has no idea how to search and find someone to hire. When I suggest to her to speak to the local groceries stores to network and put the word out, or to contact the headman in the village, or to contact some local government offices  I am met with every man in the village is working and no one is available. I would appreciate any help how people find local labor in the villages outside Ubon Ratchathani. Village Na Di is about 40 km from Ubon Ratchathani.

The job entails cutting grass everyday to feed 14 cows, feed the cows, take the cows to graze, clean the cow poo from the barn, and tend to the rice fields. I the local rate for this type of work 350 baht/day?

Thank you for your assistance.

yes, there was a flaw in my application for the 90 day non-o immigrant visa from my home country because I did need to provide proof of insurance which was a major irritant. My goal was to get the 1 year extension asap as I wanted to travel outside of Thailand and meet some friends in other countries. If I was in no particular hurry, I would just get a tourist visa, change it to a 90 day visa extension and then change it to a 1 year visa extension. Also, I already have the 800K in the bank for a significant amount of time.

Unless you are in a rush to go to Thailand, I would suggest you do as I am and apply for 90 day non-o immigrant retirement visa in your home country, and then change this to a 1 year retirement visa extension in thailand.

Otherwise, you will need to change the tourist visa to a 90 day non-0 immigrant visa in thailand and then change the 90 day visa to a 1 year extension.

With much sadness my girlfriend's daughter wants to get her nose changed to look more caucasian. While we disagree with her decision, ultimately it is her body and we cannot do much to change her mind. That said, we would like to find a quality clinic or doctor to do the surgery so it is done correctly. Ideally we would like to find a doctor with ethics who might dissuade her from this entirely unnecessary procedure.  If you have any recommendations for a clinic or and/or doctor, we would very much appreciate learning the name, address, phone number, and/or Line ID.  We are located in Chaing Mai. Thank you, Robert

Hello,

My girlfriend's family has begun raising cows, yet they have not cleaned and disposed of the cow manure for several months.  I am looking for a company that will provide several men to load the manure onto a truck and haul away the manure. Their home is in the Na year or Na Ya district of Ubon Ratchathani.

Thanks for any leads to help dispose of the cow manure.

Thanks,

Robert

thank you everyone who has contributed.

Hello

My wife's family began raising cows and now need a cow barn and a hay shed. I know that proper design is important for ventilation, amongst other things or the cows may get sick.

The family is planning to have about 12 to 15 cows and calves. I am wondering is there a standard, inexpensive design for a cow shed and hay shed that some one can point me to that is in Thai or Issan so they can read it. 

Does any know an approximate cost to construct a cow and hay bar? And do you know quality builders to consult the buildings.

I know her father and brother say they can build.  I know they can build a structure, yet the structure would simply be pieced together, rather than well thought out. If I provide the money, I would like it build properly.

They live in Village Na Di, Na Ya District outside Ubon Ratchathani. 

Thanks,

Robert 

Are there any hospitals in Ubon Ratchathani that will have available for reservation/purchase Moderna (3400 baht for 2 doses) or Pfizer vaccine? There have been private hospitals selling vaccine in Chaing Mai, I am curious whether there are any hospitals with a similar program in Ubon Ratchathani?

Thank you.

Robert

Thank you.

The US Consulate has not been issuing verification of income for more than one year. 

I am looking for a quality contractor to build a feeding shed with an insulated metal roof for 16 cows  who will work in Nadu - which is a village about 30-35 km from Ubon Ratchathani? I prefer to work with someone who can speak some english.

I am looking for a quality contractor to build a feeding shed for 16 cows in Nadu - which is a village about 30-35 km from Ubon Ratchathani? Prefer to hire someone who can communicate in English.

I am wondering anyone know a quality contractor to build a shed as is recommended here in Nadu - which is a village about 30-35 km from Ubon Ratchathani?

instead of restricting people, by country how about permitting people by clear tests....for example I could get a covid -19 test 2 weeks prior to departure, and then 5 days prior to departure and immediately upon arrival put me in quarantine until the results come back....

I spoke to the school administrator for the vocational school that my girlfriend's daughter goes to and they confirmed July 1st.  A of a few days ago, nothing has changed the date is July 1st.

Thank you very much

Thanks, that useful.  when one goes to an shop - like Global - does one say I want insulated mental roof.

How large a room for 15-16 cows?  Is 60 square meters enough?

Thanks,

Robert

My wife's family in Ubon Ratchathani presently have 9 beef cows (and every year more with calfs). Her father would like to construct a simple shed for the cows which he will build.  He would like to put a sheet metal roof on the structure.  I would think the shed/barn should be large enough for at least 12-15 cows to plan for the future.

I am wondering how many square meters of sheet metal to purchase to house 15-16 cows and how much would one estimate for the cost per square meter for the sheet metal.

Thanks,

Robert

My girlfriend will buy the cow from her brother or father, the cow will be raised by her father to take care.  There appears to be plenty of grass around.  The father already owns and takes care of around five cows.

I want to learn what is a fair price to provide to her brother or father for a young cow to call her own.  Whether the nearly acquired cow will be able to get pregnant or not well I can't predict the future. I simply want to get a general idea what is a fair price for a sale between family members to purchase a young cow. My gut says 5,000 baht seems too low.  I would think somewhere between B10,000 to B20,000, yet I have no clue.  I am a city guy. 

The sale is between family members.  I am simply going to provide my girlfriend some money and say this is for your cow.  She may use it to buy a cow, or she may buy a phone.  I couldn't care less. I will notate it in my records that I gave her this gift for a cow and should she say in the future she wants money for a cow, I'll say last year I already gave you money for a cow.  I don't need an exact number, I just want to know a reasonable price so everyone including me can safe face.

Hello,

What type of cows to buy that family can raise and then sell for money.  I think we would want to buy first a female cow so that the cow would have babies.

How much would it cost typically  to purchase a young female cow for breeding in Isan?

Thank you for educating me about cows, and how much is s fair price for a young female cow.

Thanks,

Robert

Thank you for the suggestions.

This has been very helpful. Thank you.

For the poster who suggested the boy really is my girlfriend's son. He is not.  I have met the entire family.

I have suggested to my girlfriend to talk to to her nephew with compassion to understand what's going on from his point of view, and also to explain to him that he is going through a naturally transition from boyhood and manhood which all the chemical changes that go along with that.

I suggested that possibly the grandfather can teach him mauy thai.  They live in a village so its difficult too go to "gym".

I think the idea of having him checked for mental illness may be down the line.

For now, I have suggested to my girlfriend, his aunt, compassion, education and boundaries.

Thank you everyone,

Robert

My thai girlfriend's teenage nephew is acting out and hitting the other children in the home, and has tantrums.  Like many thai Families, the nephew lives with the grandparents and his father has moved on with another wife. His new wife wants nothing to do with the father's boy from his first marriage so he was effectively dumped at the grandparents to be cared and raised. For several years, everything has been ok, but for the past year the teen age boy has been a terror. He has strangled the other young children in the grandparents home, and in general he is out of control. The grandparents have no discipline in the home. That's not going to change.

What I wonder is are there boarding schools or places for behaviorally challenged children in each Province. The boy lives in Ubon Ratchathani, though his father lives in Bangkok.  Any constructive suggestions are welcome? As a note when the grandparents call the father of the boy, the father just hangs up the phone.  The grandparents have said - please come get your boy.

I don't like the idea of putting the teenage boy "away" somewhere, yet he is disrupting the family.  I would welcome any construction suggestions. I would like learn about resources in both Ubon Ratchathani and Bangkok.  

Thank you,

Robert