All the horses in our yard are being worm counted on Sunday. Just been wormed 3 weeks ago with Eqvalan, on the yard worming program, but one of the mares that moved to another yard last weekend was wormed and produced heaps of "white worms" and on testing has been found to have a very high count indeed. So the whole lot are gettign counted.
Had a visit from the dentist today to have both pones teeth done. All OK - just a rasp etc.
Now moving elec fence am and pm and weather is getting colder and grass is really quite dead. (not when frosty though). No probs so far. LGL pone definately feels the stones when feet are saturated. Have been using NAF Hoof and Sole (zinc paint on stuff) for a week now and starting to see an improvement. Have decided that NSF hoof is pretty much perfect but OSF could do with more beefing up at the back. I am still keeping the breakover well back although this foot (the only one that has ever showed any pulse/heat in the past) is definately more oval as opposed to NSF which is really round. It lands heel first, has no event lines left - I suppose it will come in time but the heel is definately not as spread as the other one.
Rather scary thing just happened - just need to share ...!
Non LGL pony just choked on a carrot! Blooming 'ell scary or what. He decided after much coughing and spluttering and mummy rubbing his gullet, that to die would be a good option I have never know a pony like it !! He laid down in the MUD flat out on his side as if he had given up totally. Managed to get him up and did more gullet rubbing etc and luckily hes OK now.
He did the same "I'm outta here" act years ago during a mild bought of colic. Funny as he is such a wilfull chap ...
it is SO scary when they do that - Link choked on his feed a year ago (I made it just a bit too dry one day, and being a glutton he honked it down anyway) - I called the vet out right away - by the time she came, I'd kind of sorted it out by syringing about a gallon of warm water down his gullet - but he was very sore for a few days.
Now I always check I've made the feed wet enough, and cut carrots long ways, and stamp on the windfalls...
Once round that experience was quite enough
Freezing up here - was snowing earlier, was all white and pretty this morning.
Well - Halloween today and the kids are oll off to school with costumes for a party. Hardly seems yesterday that it was Easter and the leaves were coming out on the trees.
Alternating between bright and sunny and cold, and windy wet and cold, but it seems that we have been getting off lightly compared to Devon.
The counts from the yard worm counting program came back. Seems like that wormy mare was a one off. The only horse in the yard with a worm count higher than the minimum <50 was ... Bramble! Vet recommends Equest, but he starts on VermX for 5 days today and then worm count in 21 days. He and Polly live in the sand paddock together, it's cleaned every day, they were both counted in the spring and came out <50, neither were wormed last time round so it's not surprising there might be a build up. I just didn't want to take the risk of piling chemical wormers on him when he was already in crisis.
All our guys are fine. Trimmed Apollo's feet at the weekend and after doing the fronts had to have a cup of tea and slice of fruit cake before facing the hinds!!! I just can't do his feet with anything but a fairly new and sharp rasp - just too hard. Grow quickly too.
Bramble sees the vet again today - still wheezing. Unfortunately we got some haylage and it made him slightly footy over the last 10 days - so he's back on damped down hay. Haylage just seems to be too easily digestible for him. Also there's something else going on with his feet - seems to be building up false sole again. Got a delivery of herbs for him earlier his week so he is on a mix to help with his breathing.
Link's just great. We had a wet and windy Parelli play day at the yard a few weeks ago and one of the ladies had come without a horse, so she "borrowed" Link with some trepidation because he's quite big, and she knew him to be a bit of a snorting monster in the past. He was perfectly sweet with her and really chilled. I've heard it back from a few folks how surprised she was in the change that had come over him in the last couple of years, like a diffferent horse. Must be getting some things right - one lives and one learns.
Fizz is over her latest abcess, but insists on having fights with other mares, fences, rocks.... a bit self destructive, not quite right in the head.
Sorryto hear of horrible choking but glad it ended OK. This time of year whilst its chilly and the grass has no umpf, Jake is really gobbles up grub, so I do worry about choking. I am maknig his feed quite sloppy - gets the fluids in there too.
Tape worm count came back as extremely low so Vet advised no need to worm for that. Worm counts due and will do that next.
Pea gravel in shelter and all round it now thanks to wonderful guys who own land and have let me do it. Have noticed Jake moves very well in deep pea gravel versus crusher run areas. Also does a Bowker: stands with front toes tipped into gravel whilst backs are more flat. more noticeable where pea gravel deepest. I close the gravel pen so he stays in there for about an hour in the morning to let his feet dry off from the mud.
I'm working through Parelli level 1 with my neddy who has issues bless him (kind of bi-polar version of Kevin the teenager) and its rather nice to squeeze in little sessions on pea gravel areas as J finds movnig on this so comfortable.
Heavily poached area of paddock between his big paddock and field shelter/pea gravel area was putting J off coming up for shelter. But have made shavings pathway and he's happier to come across. Will keep topping this up whilst we have horrid wet weather.
All horses in my herd now have 24hr access to uncut hay field. Fari has not been affected by the grass, interestingly they choose to be on the hardcore areas when it is wet and always spend time drying their hooves during the day.
Fox has been out this month to a fun ride each weekend, no sign of lameness recurring and his central sulcus is now almost completely open on the problem hoof so I don't expect a recurrence of this lameness. This Sunday weather permitting we will go to the opening meet of a drag hunt ye ha!
The other boys are having a bit of an easy time. Due to house building I am not finding much time to ride them.
It is almost a year since Jesta's episode with septecaemia and I think he is almost over his muscle problems. I'll give him to the spring though before even thinking about attempting to ride him. God help me when I have four to get fit. Might need a helper???!
So nearly Novemember!!! Here's to the run up to Xmas and drag hunting each weekend with Caroline
They are all out on the hayfield, yippee! The Lami and nav horses are now in 12hrs and out 12 hrs . The other 4 are free range.
New nav horse is just gorgeous. Sound as a pound and not needing boots in the yard any more. Still hacking in them but probably only for a few more weeks. For a horse that was soooo toe first in shoes, he's frighteningly heel first out of them... ho hum, mustn't grumble!
Everyone else going great guns. Its taken a year but Dan has now earned his 'second string to Magic' stripes and is going for RC lessons and had his first grown up jumpies lesson yesterday.
I have the same problem of too many to ride - but have decided I am ony ever having TB's that have already raced in future as they are sooooo easy to keep fit!!
Also my oh-so traditional mother has even started trying to convert people after she's decided Ben's feet are the hardest and best they've ever been _________________ http://magicsownlittleworld.blogspot.com/
We are still very muddy but luckily 12 miles away from the East Devon hail storm on Wed pm. I am coming out in sympathy with Bramble and have been wheezing and spluttering for a couple of weeks myself. Went to docs today and have a high temperature and a chest infection Reluctantly gave me some antibiotics so I will be adding Pink Powder to my feed and soaking my hay !!!
Ponies are both great. Can still feel LGL pones ribs which I am not too sure about in the winter ?!?! as she is unrugged. But getting hay and long grass by strip grazing so I may aim at getting a slight fat covering !
No such probs with fat covering for me. Husband did the weekly shop as I have had a couple of days off work feeling rotten and bought lots of goodies that I normally dont !!
Feed a cold - starve a fever - Doesnt work for me !!
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I have never know a pony like it !! He laid down in the MUD flat out on his side as if he had given up totally. Managed to get him up and did more gullet rubbing etc and luckily hes OK now.
- Link choked on his feed a year ago (I made it just a bit too dry one day, and being a glutton he honked it down anyway) - I called the vet out right away - by the time she came, I'd kind of sorted it out by syringing about a gallon of warm water down his gullet - but he was very sore for a few days.
so Vet advised no need to worm for that. Worm counts due and will do that next.
