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that's the cutest little creature I've every seen! sam

Thanks everyone for the "tricks of the trade" I lost internet at home for a day, so given I hadn't had a chance to read replies yet I decided to try mixing the powder with water, adding molasses, then drizzled this on his grain. I'm gathering by his reaction half an hour ago that Simon is...

Good morning everyone, We had the vet out yesterday to vacc all the equines. I had posted further down about Simon puffing a little bit lately, his breathing seemed more laboured than usual. Turns out the vet thinks he has asthma due to allergies, I'm hoping seasonal. We had a lot of snow...

Good morning everyone, I have a questions and was hoping people here with more donkey experience would maybe be able to help me out. I'm the owner of Simon, the extra furry donkey (still no signs of shedding). I've noticed that for the last three evenings when I bring him into the barn in the...

I too can't get over the amount of horse hair!!! it's pretty wild. Sounds like everyone is having the same nice weather changes, definitely makes all the equines happy! Simon is the only male (gelded), he has three mares he hangs out with (one in his paddock and two over the fence), needless...

Simon has not lost a hair since the season has changed, or even after his bath. We hit a record high for ten days, pretty much july like weather, horses are all shedding like crazy (have been three weeks now) but Simon hasn't at all. I'm at an 85% chance that he's going to be hairy. It could...

Good morning, The weather has really warmed up here. When we got Simon in early november it was too chilly to give him a bath even though he smelled like a petting zoo including emus! He aired out over the winter but finally with the nice weather we decided to give him a bath. He was really...

I stumbled across a donkey auction site and there were two as well that had Simon like coats all year round. I find it interesting. His butt and back legs were shaved when we got him. He was on a farm that had a zillion animals, emus, goats etc so I'm gathering he got a bit messy. That fur...

Simon was a year old in early feb. I came across a few donkeys that made me wonder a bit. If you click the link below and then check out the fourth donkey down (hugs) it seems that she keeps her coat all year round. I find it looks a lot like Simon! Same color too. Seeing some other fuzzy...

Hello everyone, I have posted a few times with Simon. He is now 14 months old. He is doing really well and seems to be really happy that the canadian winter is over I have a question about his coat. I originally thought it was his foal coat, but I'm beginning to think Simon is a bit...

Hi Everyone, Hope you all had a good xmas and happy new year. I live in Ottawa Canada and we've had some crazy weather. Tons of snow, crazy winds, super cold temperatures and now we're going into a melt down over the next four days. Simon is now 10 months old, and as cute as ever. We've had...

Hello, I too am fully new to mini donkey owning. We got a 8 month old male in early november mainly as a companion to a full sized quarter horse. (she was fighting with the other two horses and it was getting dangerous). Simon, the donkey, after being slowly introduced to the horses (feeding...

Thanks for the welcomes! Speaking of Simon's crazy blond highlights, when does a donkey get their normal coat? He was born last feb, so I'm assuming he won't shed anything out until the spring. Will that be his adult coat at that point? I'll miss his crazy hair do! But I also think he'll...

Hey, Yeah, really annoyed with the coat. It was sooo cute! Brown with orange trim, soooooo fleacy underneath, nice thick polyfill...nicer than my jacket really! If anyone has a smaller donkey 34" and smaller I have a coat! Brand new!! It said 36" but it seems to be a tight 36". Aiming for...

Simon has grown! His winter jacket didn't quite fit :DOH! It's a shame too as it was really, really nice with "lamb fleece" on the inside and a mid sized neck. So we're searching again to find a bigger one. In the mean time I added leg straps to his dog jacket We're getting 25cm of snow...