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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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 Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 12:13:59 PM
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Hoss has been cooped up in his stall for the last couple of weeks due to snow, rain , slippery mud. He is almost 19 and pretty clumsy! So on Sat. we put him out in the pasture since it was sunny and nice, Sunday sunny, yesterday cloudy, today raining buckets, but he has a nice shelter to run into. so on Monday we notice he hasn't finished his grain, last night still grain left in his bucket, this morning still grain left in his bucket...2:00 I check on him, he ate 2 carrots, lots of hay, and has been eating all the new growing grass and chased the cat plus sniffed my pockets for more carrots. We are picking our brain as to why he is off of his feed, he does have some authritis in his front and we found out he has some thrush in his front hoof but not enough to call the vet. I did just get off of the phone with the vet and she said just to watch him, it's a good sign that he is still eating something, worry if he refuses to eat anything. He is moving his bowels and drinking. It could be that the damp has him sore and not feeling his best. So I'm asking you seasoned horse owners, Is there anything that we are missing that you can think of?
Sorry so long, I'm just worried about our big baby
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artbysue
True Blue Farmgirl
218 Posts
Sue
Kidron
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 1:09:46 PM
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Is the grain left over from a few days ago? Or have you given him new grain and he is not eating it at all? If he is normal amounts of hay, making manure and appears to be fine otherwise I would check to make sure your grain isn't moldy.
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artbysue
True Blue Farmgirl
218 Posts
Sue
Kidron
Ohio
USA
218 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2008 : 1:14:02 PM
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Is he his normal clumsy or clumsier? I am assuming too that you are in a warmer climate that has green grass? If he's on new grass I would limit his time on pasture to let him adjust gradually.
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2008 : 06:25:06 AM
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Hoope the old man is still okay!! If he's doing okay on his feed by now, hopefully things will be alright. But one thing I wanted to mention...I've noticed that several of my geezer-type horses, sometimes they get scared of things that they were never scared of before or they just act in a way they have never done. I think (not scientific, just observation) that some older horses are like people, they just have some sort of brain change that things that change or DON'T change puts them off. A bucket they've looked at for years all of a sudden is out to get them...that sort of thing. Not saying this is his problem but somehting to keep in mind.
Winona ;-)
When you lose, don't lose the lesson!!
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
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USA
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artbysue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sue
Kidron
Ohio
USA
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