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thanks everyone. To be safe I will split the paddock and they will have their own stalls to be safe at feeding time and at night. I am also looking only at ponies who are older like my mare so they are not all bouncy and silly since my tiny mare is practically a statue in the yard. Keeping my...

I would like some opnions from anyone who has been successful pairing a mini and a say 12-13hh pony together. ( I don't mean breeding) I have a 28in mare and want to get a pony for my daughter to ride. I just want my mini to be safe and would love to hear from others who have made this happen. I...

I asked my vet about thyroid because I have dealt with this in my rescued dogs. They can be over weight and mentally unbalanced. She did not feel testing them was needed. I may have to call in a different vet.

Thank you. My farrier raises minis for show and keeps his really thin so my lawn ornaments compared to his look pretty fat. I still don't need his comments. I just want him to trim them and leave. He won't so I am finding someone else. Thanks for your support.

Thanks I feel a little better. I have been so worried and I am even changing my farrier because mine comments on how fat they are so much it's distressing and embarrassing to me. I tried to post bigger pics and if I got any bigger than those it would not post them. It will only take it when I...

It's just grass hay alfalfa is too rich. Usually Timothy Orchard mix. The bales are small and I don't think they are getting but 1/2 pound of hay at a time. Yes, the girls in the pic are mine. the white mare is new and not too fat. She may be in foal so we don't want her to diet. She was seen...

We have tried using a bike or the quad runner to get them moving but I guess we need to do it more. They also have become so used to it they just stand there when we move toward them. They are not easily spooked horses. I have asked my hubby to design a mini hot walker to make sure they are...

I know I have posted this before but I am at a loss. I am new to minis and am having a really hard time with them. One in particular is just way too fat. I have had the vet out 2 or 3 times now and she has examined them and found them healthy but fat. She ordered a diet. We tried the diet for 3...

Thanks everyone! I just have to sport some minis on my office calander! " ) My clients tell me all the time they have never even heard of a mini horse. They love to look at the pic of my mares on the wall. Brenda

Anyone know where I can get a 2009 calendar? I need at least 3 of them if anyone knows where I can find them online??

I know this subject is asked about a lot but after working with our equine vet we are seeing no good results. Our mini mares (both 10) are too fat. One especially has quite a belly on her. I worm every 60 days and follow my Vet's feeding advice but they seem to have gotten even fatter! I feed...

I don't have goats but have a young pot belly pig with my mini mares. They get along great as long as I feed Wilbur the pig first. He is a pig of course and will try to eat everyones food if I let him. The mares back off from him most of the time if he asserts himself. My smallest Mare Gracie...

We work all day too. We have a solid routine and our animals are used to it and do fine. I head out each morhing by 6:30am and feed and clean and take the minis blankets off if the temp will get above freezing for the day. I know some say they don't need the blankets and if they were wild...

I would be happy to be a foster home if there was a need in VA. I have just 2 minis and they are very sweet and good with all animals. I only have a small mini barn and a few acres but we have a lot of love and have rescued for 7 years now and specialize in hard to place and or special needs...

OK, so both my minis need Jenny craig! I have had Ginger since April and Gracie since June. Both were round when they got here but I have not been able to get them to lose weight. I had the Vet out yesterday and she suggested lose all grain and switch to grass hay and ENRICH™ 32 supplement. I...