horsesdances
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Hi
we finished the shelter, the fence and finally were ready!
they arrived yesterday morning!
They are so calm, sweet and gentle! I just can't believe it!
they are just so adorable and we are deeply in love already. My big horses (in the pasture besides with 6' min between fences) were very nervous... like if the minis were aliens lol!
but now they are already calm and eat as close to the mini paddock as possible! guess they are falling for them to.
Here is a link to see some pictures I took yesterday.
I know the halters are horrible... they came with them and the ones I bought are to small. They are not really halter broke so I have to put up with those horrors for at least a few days.
I tried adjusting the smallest's halter's nose band but the attaches are frozen... so I have to wait or figure out a clever way to fix this. Thursday night more than likely or maybe tomorrow I will go exchange the new ones for bigger ones.
The loose nose band worries me a little, but the pasture is very safe (nothing really he could get caught on) so it is ok, I manage to sleep a night! That first night was so long! I was worried they wouldn't have enough hay etc, but they have been fine!
Now we have to tame them, gain their confidence and mostly get them fatter!
I will deworm them. I have been using herbal wormers for my horses with great success for years. I tried some on them yesterday but they wouldn't eat the alfalfa cubes containing the plants... so I will try with molasses tonite. If it doesn't work I will get ivermectin for this time and then it will give me the time to get them used to my herbal ones.
I find we feel the ribs to much to my liking. They have plenty of hay and mine is good quality.
I was wondering if adding some "hay extender" for about a month, just to give them a little more would help?
what do you think?
I got them also a vitamin and minerals mix to give daily to complement the hay. Will add mineral salt block to.
enjoy the pics:
http://malem.com/tinylz/tiny.html
we finished the shelter, the fence and finally were ready!
they arrived yesterday morning!
They are so calm, sweet and gentle! I just can't believe it!
they are just so adorable and we are deeply in love already. My big horses (in the pasture besides with 6' min between fences) were very nervous... like if the minis were aliens lol!
but now they are already calm and eat as close to the mini paddock as possible! guess they are falling for them to.
Here is a link to see some pictures I took yesterday.
I know the halters are horrible... they came with them and the ones I bought are to small. They are not really halter broke so I have to put up with those horrors for at least a few days.
I tried adjusting the smallest's halter's nose band but the attaches are frozen... so I have to wait or figure out a clever way to fix this. Thursday night more than likely or maybe tomorrow I will go exchange the new ones for bigger ones.
The loose nose band worries me a little, but the pasture is very safe (nothing really he could get caught on) so it is ok, I manage to sleep a night! That first night was so long! I was worried they wouldn't have enough hay etc, but they have been fine!
Now we have to tame them, gain their confidence and mostly get them fatter!
I will deworm them. I have been using herbal wormers for my horses with great success for years. I tried some on them yesterday but they wouldn't eat the alfalfa cubes containing the plants... so I will try with molasses tonite. If it doesn't work I will get ivermectin for this time and then it will give me the time to get them used to my herbal ones.
I find we feel the ribs to much to my liking. They have plenty of hay and mine is good quality.
I was wondering if adding some "hay extender" for about a month, just to give them a little more would help?
what do you think?
I got them also a vitamin and minerals mix to give daily to complement the hay. Will add mineral salt block to.
enjoy the pics:
http://malem.com/tinylz/tiny.html