Snickers
Member
Hi-
I just joined this forum after reading some of the posts and if you have some time, I would like to get some advise on my new rescued mini. I'll try to give you some history without getting long-winded.
I recently (7/14/08) adopted a rescued mini from Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue. They traveled to an Ohio auction in May of this year and were able to save all the horses from slaughter. I went to one of the donor barns to look at the mini's they had acquired (there were 5 total) and fell in LOVE with this little guy. He is emaciated and his front feet are VERY overgrown. He currently is staying at a close friends house who also has a mini. I do have a couple of questions having not ever owned a mini before and was hoping you all could help in answering some.
He was rescued as a stallion and was gelded on on either the 5th or 6th of July. His mane (which was shaved because it was so matted) "flops" over his neck. I did have a full blood work up done on him and everything is good except for his insulin level which is a 6. So that rules out Cushings disease (thank goodness!). Has anyone else had experienced this? In addition, as I stated before his feet are very overgrown and his hooves "roll" under and (excuse me for the slang term) "squish" his frog. Has anyone seen a mini's feet go back to normal from such a state? The ferrier is set to come out on the 10th to do all the horses, but I was just curious if anyone had come across another mini in a similiar state. Any advise or tips would be greatly appreciated. The dentist did come out on the 24th and turns out Snickers isn't 9 like we thought...he is more likely between 18 and 21. His teeth were in really rough shape and it's going to take a couple more trips to get him where he should be, but he is eating better.
Thanks so much for reading and (in advance) for the tips. He really is quite a mellow guy considering what he's been through!
I just joined this forum after reading some of the posts and if you have some time, I would like to get some advise on my new rescued mini. I'll try to give you some history without getting long-winded.
I recently (7/14/08) adopted a rescued mini from Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue. They traveled to an Ohio auction in May of this year and were able to save all the horses from slaughter. I went to one of the donor barns to look at the mini's they had acquired (there were 5 total) and fell in LOVE with this little guy. He is emaciated and his front feet are VERY overgrown. He currently is staying at a close friends house who also has a mini. I do have a couple of questions having not ever owned a mini before and was hoping you all could help in answering some.
He was rescued as a stallion and was gelded on on either the 5th or 6th of July. His mane (which was shaved because it was so matted) "flops" over his neck. I did have a full blood work up done on him and everything is good except for his insulin level which is a 6. So that rules out Cushings disease (thank goodness!). Has anyone else had experienced this? In addition, as I stated before his feet are very overgrown and his hooves "roll" under and (excuse me for the slang term) "squish" his frog. Has anyone seen a mini's feet go back to normal from such a state? The ferrier is set to come out on the 10th to do all the horses, but I was just curious if anyone had come across another mini in a similiar state. Any advise or tips would be greatly appreciated. The dentist did come out on the 24th and turns out Snickers isn't 9 like we thought...he is more likely between 18 and 21. His teeth were in really rough shape and it's going to take a couple more trips to get him where he should be, but he is eating better.
Thanks so much for reading and (in advance) for the tips. He really is quite a mellow guy considering what he's been through!