Recent content by horsesdances

Hi everyone, Laurie, I am so very very sorry for your loss. Please accept my sincere sympathies. This must be so hard. Danu is fine now! I am relieved. Still keeping a very close eye on him, but he not longer has the huge bloated belly he had since I got him in February! I am very happy about...

hi, I have received so much help and great advice, support from this forum. I feel I must give back all I can. So here is a wonderfull finding I want to share with you Danu had aural plaque in his ears. My vet told me to leave it alone and check it, to let her know if it ever got very big...

thanks! me to. I decided to give him the mineral oil the am but to wait to start the hay. Now the manure is "softer" so I am giving half a portion of hay and hope he will be ok. He is not bloated anymore. He must feel so much better! he always had a huge belly since I got him, but not fat...

thanks dear ones! He was better than yesterday, but I prefer to do as the vet recommended anyways. It won't hurt for sure and is much safer. No chances to take with such matters. I will update. promise

Hi everyone, here is my update I called my vet - better safe than sorry, since Danu is not perfect yet. She is worried to and we are going to treat it like a colic. No taking any chances So I will take him inside to ensure he doesn't eat anything until tomorrow am. Give him mineral oil...

Thank you targetmom. I went to bring samples to get fecal tests and know for sure the situation with parasites. I bought bran to give him a mash (if sand or dirt is the culprid - vet suggestion with my latest colic of a big horse this spring). I will place a call to my vet if he is not better...

Thanks and you are right, but he is not having a colic, not now, not yet, but I want to make sure we don't go down that road... I would say it is serious and I am worried and really checking on him but he is eating and passing manure. Just I feel it is a severe warning to change something and...

Thanks. I got some second cut hay (more leafy, more protein) tonite. I gave them a little bit to start to get the used to it. I will wet the hay, great suggestion. Thank you. I was thinking about mixing it with the hay they are used to eat and increase the amount gradually, as long as second cut...

I could also wet the hay... if I remain on the first cut

I forgot to mention, we are in the time of the year when black and yellow stinging flies are out in huge numbers and the horses get bitten a lot. So maybe Danu is stressed by that. Even if it is now appearant. Today my big horses were freeking out and I put spray on them, and am considering...

Hi everyone, I have searched the forum for answers before posting but didn't find results - maybe I didn' t have the right terminology... Sunday I noticed that my beloved yearling Danu, seemed to have trouble defecating. He was breathing heavily and passed a little quantity of smaller than...

For sure I would get a "gelding" if I ever was sure it was safe. I have 2 mini stallions and in another pasture gueldings (large horses very proud cut and 2 poneys). No mare or any kind of female here... that would make heck break loose!

scary... so there is a risk... especially if there is a change

Thanks a million all for the great info and advice. For sure I want to make sure the minis wouldn't be harmed! I do work from home - I am an artist. But not ther absolutely all the time, only most of the time. I also sleep tight at night. I am in Qc Canada, so peacoks would freeze in the...

Hi, sorry, it has been a while since I posted. Still waiting for the yearlings to shed! so I can put nice pictures of them!! I just learned a cougar was seen about 10 minutes from my place. I must admit it worries me for the minis. I love for them to live outdoors and wonder how I can protect...