VerticallyChallenged
Well-Known Member
I picked up my first donkey today!!! Never had one before, but read up on them on and off for the past several years.... I LOVE her! She's 36", registered, JoMaGo Kochia, she's 14, and had been used several years as a brood jennet. She is not comfortable with our critters here at all..... but she was living with mini horses (no donkeys) and the owner said she spent her time by herself...hanging around the fence. Well, we'll see what the days bring.... she's so sweet, so quiet...she's grown on me already! So hard to just leave her some time to adjust...lol... she was very hot...still hadn't shedded out completely, so we body clipped her. She stood there and seemed to very much enjoy being pampered!!
Also....Thursday we're going to look at another one!!!!! So Kochia (my 5 year old son just calls her "Chia") may have a new friend too!
One question.... both her, and the last donkey I went to look at, their lower legs were all eaten up raw (bleeding) by fly bites it seems. Kochia is not nearly as bad as the other one I saw.... but why IS that?? None of my horses have ever had issues like that, but now two donkeys I've seen in a matter of a few weeks have had raw lower legs. Is this common in donkeys?
Question number two...I see they make donkey flymasks with ears. Do any of you use them? I use flymasks on my horses....and wondered if she would benefit from having one...with ear protection....
http://picasaweb.google.com/GrullaBlue/Kochia
There is a link to copy and paste to see ALL the pictures I've already taken of her! She just got here this afternoon!
Angie
Also....Thursday we're going to look at another one!!!!! So Kochia (my 5 year old son just calls her "Chia") may have a new friend too!
One question.... both her, and the last donkey I went to look at, their lower legs were all eaten up raw (bleeding) by fly bites it seems. Kochia is not nearly as bad as the other one I saw.... but why IS that?? None of my horses have ever had issues like that, but now two donkeys I've seen in a matter of a few weeks have had raw lower legs. Is this common in donkeys?
Question number two...I see they make donkey flymasks with ears. Do any of you use them? I use flymasks on my horses....and wondered if she would benefit from having one...with ear protection....
http://picasaweb.google.com/GrullaBlue/Kochia
There is a link to copy and paste to see ALL the pictures I've already taken of her! She just got here this afternoon!
Angie