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Hello Everyone, I am possibly moving to south Idaho and am having an extremely hard time finding any vets who do house calls aren't booked up solid, or are a breeding-only vet who only responds to reproductive emergencies. I've called at least 5 vets and none of them are taking new clients...

Hello Everyone, Aggie's hoofs have slowly been changing, and lately I've noticed ridges appearing on her hoofs. The edges have been peeling more lately and the tops of her hoofs are appearing flakey. There's been no change in her diet and other than the abscess she's had no soundless issues with...

Hey everyone, Since I am doomed to never catch a break with Aggie, yesterday evening she had a sudden onset of lameness in her back left leg. She had been fine that morning, but looking back the past couple days she had seemed to favor resting on her right leg but not to a worrying degree...

Good afternoon everyone, I may (sooner than expected) be moving with the minis from suburban Los Angeles area CA to a rural town in Idaho for a job. A google search has turned up nothing, so does anybody here know of good horse facilities near or west of Twin Falls Idaho? It would be just...

Hey everyone, So I have a hopefully final update on Aggie. She went to San Luis Rey a second time to have her socket checked since we thought there was a hole that didn’t heal and was causing a sinus infection. They said everything was good so she came home. A week later her nose started...

Hello everyone, This one's a little urgent. Yesterday Winston had a little bump on his lip and I assumed he was just stung by a bee or maybe bit by an ant. Today however the bump is showing exposed tissue and oozing blood. No fever. He's interested in his food and is his usual friendly self. Is...

Two years ago today, out on a whim, I went out to see a mini mare that a rescue said needed a new home. She was timid, wanted nothing to do with me, but everyone told me she was a sweet mare. How little I knew 2 years later she'd be the sweetest little girl. She still has obstacles to overcome...

Hello Everyone, I unfortunately bring more bad news about Aggie. This morning her stifle was locked and it took several backing attempts to unlock it. This was when she woke up from a standing nap. Her stifle has never locked before and she has never had any joint issues until now. After moving...

Hey everyone, As the title suggests, I will shortly be moving my minis out of the boarding facility and to our property in SLO County. So far on my mental list of things to prepare the property is have a section of grass cleared where they will stay, the fencing to make their enclosure, a...

Hello Everyone, After a trip to San Luis Rey Equine Hospital and several thousands of dollars in bills later, we found Aggie's problem. She had an infected tooth. They found it on CT scan and the infection had spread to almost all of her head sinuses. The tooth was removed, and after a long...

Hello everyone, I have been wanting to leave California for some time, but now I have my 2 minis to think of for when/if I move. Is there anyone here on the forum who has advice on keeping minis in Idaho, what part of the state they're in and how they handle the colder winters? I have lived in...

Hey everyone, My vet's favorite customer Aggie has a new infection. Her socket apparently didn't heal properly and it has become infected and is possibly spreading to her sinuses. Vet came out and believes there's hay getting caught in her socket causing infection. While it looks infected vet...

Hello everyone, Yesterday while trying to remove a piece of hay from Aggie's eye, she reared so high she fell over backwards and hit the fence. She hopped right back up and we soon got the hay out. Today her eye looks twice as bad, and now she won't stop laying down. She's interested in food...

Hello everyone, Today's post should have been about Aggie's successful CT scan and infected tooth removal, but after her first dose of antibiotics after getting home she started acting colicky within minutes. Constant tail swishing and the urge to roll and not stop. She's acting suddenly...

Hello everyone, Provided I get accepted, I will be moving out soon with my minis and be living on our family's new land (which is fairly undeveloped) in order to attend a fire academy. Instead of keeping my minis at a boarding facility they will literally be living outside my door! The area is...

Hello Everyone, I have had Winston and Aggie for nearly an entire year, and a large portion of that time has been spent loving on them and letting them know they're safe and can enjoy being horses. Now that Winston has put on a healthy amount of weight and gotten stronger, I have recently found...

Hey everyone, This may have beem there before but for some reason while I was giving Aggie her nebulizer her neck caught my eye. A visible pulse is running up her neck on the left side. While also visible on the right side it's a tad more prominent on the left. I'm an EMT but don't know horse...

Hey everyone, So Winston and Aggie are kept at a boarding facility, which is unfortunately open to the public on the lower half all day. I found a soggy pistachio shell in Winston's food bowl in his stall and now I'm concerned. Since anyone can roam through the facility for all I know some moron...

Hey everyone, I am looking for a new fly spray, and was hoping to find one that doesn't have poison in it. I'm personally concerned about the stuff I'm spraying on my minis, when it says right on the bottle to avoid contact with your skin. Any good brands out there that don't have all these...

Hello Everyone, Aggie has had breathing issues on and off and after months of diagnostics the vet is confident of the issue. Aggie appears to have equine asthma, and at times it's pretty severe. At rest she's breathing nearly 60 times a minute, and this is with active antihistamines and...