Recent content by chandab

Seems FB is very popular these days, multiple forums in one location. I'm there probably too much; as I have my equine nutrition, miniature horse, and quilting forums all in one location. FB has some good miniature discussion groups (a couple are discussion only, no cutesy photo shares...

The green with pink looks like unakite. The rest are probably agates and jaspers, as those seem to be the most common type.

Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble finding a vet with openings. I'm honestly surprised you found 5 to call; but I'm very rural in NE Montana; we have 3 different clinics in a 65 miles radius, that's it (and I live in the middle of that radius, the clinics are in 3 different towns, I...

Thank you. And, the rings quilt is easier than it looks, which was half the fun of doing the quilt. Not sure if copy paste will work. The block for the "rings" quilt is called "Loop the Loop", here's a pic of just one block:

It was a fun challenge, and I got lucky, I got decent colors to work with, some got odd combinations that they didn't like. I fell in love with that sheep fabric and had to have it. Thank you. Thank you. And, your favorite is my least favorite, as I'm not a huge fan of green; I like the quilt...

I finished 3 more quilts, one has been done for awhile and two I finished up in March. The pink and purple quilt was a challenge for quilt guild, we picked 3 crayons out of a bag, then had to make a quilt with those 3 colors plus we could add black and/or white to the mix. The quilt is 60x60"...

Not until they are done shedding, and even then, they probably have some loose hairs.

If you have just had him for about a year, then his system may still be normalizing, it can take a couple of shed cycles to see the results you want with changes in coat. If you haven't already, as you say he's a toothless old man, testing for PPID (Cushings) wouldn't be out of the question.

Minis do seem to shed later than full-size and grow winter early than full-size; but good, balanced nutrition can help them shed a little earlier in the spring. I started mine on flax, initially just from January first until after spring shed, now year round, as we are on hay year round due...

Horses grow and shed their coats twice a year. Shedding winter coat in the spring while growing in their summer coat; and shedding their summer coat in the fall, while growing in their winter coat. There should be no problem with clipping, and still having a good coat for next winter.

Being it's a single back hoof, I'd be more inclined to think abscess than laminitis; as laminitis usually strikes the front hooves first, as they bear the majority of their weight on their front legs. I wouldn't rule out laminitis in a horse with a history of laminitis, but the presentation...

I was mistaken, evidently he was exported to Spain, I do not know when, but it's on the Lucky Four website: http://www.luckyfourfarms.com/Index.html being he would be 33 years old this year, it's hard to say if he's still with us.

I haven't followed, but I thought he went to Canada a number of years ago.

Like Marsha, our encounters were in the nose. Two of my full size horses (maybe it was three, it's been awhile) had encounters and each ended up with quills in the nose, which we removed ourselves. The first, I'm pretty sure was "surprise" encounter, as the horses were in brushy pastures, so...

The OP made that comment, likely in frustration. The frustration is nation wide, there are fewer people going into vet school, and even fewer that will go into large animal medicine.