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Submitted August 25, 2017 at 11:10AM by TrixieThePowerful
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I work on a rescue ranch for abused, old, and retired horses. The ranch owner had a few god awful hands for a few years that nearly destroyed the property and stole from her regularly. I'm trying to get the place in tip top shape. Only recently was I able to get the horses back at a decent weight, and got a few of the horses rideable again. I'm thinking about winter and getting her destroyed stalls back in shape. What else should I be doing for the horses health? I'm getting overwhelmed with this job. Any advice or help is appreciated.
My 17 year old horse tore his superficial tendon two summers ago, and has been in recovery for a long time...at first it was diagnosed incorrectly by one vet, we got a second opinion from a different vet and said that the tendon was in the healing process and would be good as of the first of last January.
He was turned out to pasture and has been recovering there.
I was away at school and the barn owner didn't tell me just how lame he was. When I came back over the summer he looked terrible, I pulled out the vet again, and she ultrasounded his leg. Apparently the tendon had healed, so the lameness was a mystery....we did a full lameness exam on him and through a nerve block test he seemed to have navicular pain. She didn't have a mobile radiograph machine so we couldn't see the extent, but she prescribed isoxsuprine, and some Pentosan just in case some arthritis has set in.
I just started the isox yesterday (I waited a few weeks because I was in the process of moving him to a different barn, as after the past year I don't think he was getting quality care at the old barn) and today he was walking better than he had in forever.
Out of curiosity I tried trotting him, and he was lazy, but sound. He was very stiff though, it almost seemed like he didn't trust that he was sound. Which is leading to my current question.
What is the best way to help with the stiffness, without working him too hard? I guess I'm a bit surprised since he's been turned out, it's not like he's been in a stall for two years, but I guess he has some sense of self-preservation there. i'm terrified of re-injuring him though the vet said anything he would do, would be a new injury.
I was going to start carrot stretches with him, but is there anything else I can do?
Hey there Reddit!
I just moved my boy from New Mexico to Florida and it's been a huge transition for him and my checking account. In New Mexico, he ate a base grass blended hay pulled from a round bale 3x day and had a dry lot pasture.
Now in Florida, he has about 30 acres of beautiful green grass to snack on. We are working on slowly transitioning him to a grazing schedule to avoid some upset stomachs, but his stall (indoor box with a great outdoor run) has grass in it as it is so it's largely unavoidable. It's been a couple of days and he's taking it all in stride, the only problem being the coastal hay that the barn feeds. It appears to be similar in nutritional value and texture to the New Mexico hay, but my boy picked around it. This appears to be our new standard and for the cost of hay out here as it is, I want to think of some alternatives before switching to another hay that may be of a similar quality.
So my question is, does anyone feed pellet hay in place of their horses morning/afternoon feeding? He could be able to graze the entirety of the day on grass and may have grass available in his run depending on how it holds up.
For me it was Twilight. When she was going crazy trying to create a friendship problem. So creepy, yet very cute that she didn't want to let her mentor down.
In many tv series, animated or otherwise, a new character is introduced whose popularity or for reasons of the story become an integral cast member equal to the introductory main cast. It seems like Starlight Glimmer has approached or is approaching that level and could be considered co-equal with the Mane 6 characters. Would you like to see this development be made official by deliberately putting her in the opening credits as an action scene (not just in the final picture frame) and including her in the marketing materials as part of the main cast of ponies?