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| Mainer-racer - 2017-01-10 1:40 PM
love2ridepre - 2017-01-10 2:27 PM I did! it is so weird... What is so puzzling to me is that he looks fine, he is acting fine but he will not leave the fence right next to the other horses. those horses have been in that same pasture for MONTHS....SAME HORSES... nothing has changed! and now he cannot leave their sight and he has pasture mates of his own.... the whole thing is so strange. I just hope he is truly ok. 
Tonight I am going to try to feed them in the field and I am going to get a bag of Omele 200 and mix it and see what both of the guys do... this is so frustrating. If nothing changes we are hauling to the vet's office. I am not taking chances with neither of my boys |
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Location: MN | Not sure if you believe in it but...an animal communicator? Kathy George is very good. She may be able to give you some insight... |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | Kay-DRacing. - 2017-01-10 2:46 PM Not sure if you believe in it but...an animal communicator? Kathy George is very good. She may be able to give you some insight...
I may try that if those tests come back negative. Thank you for the suggestion! |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | love2ridepre - 2017-01-10 2:44 PM Mainer-racer - 2017-01-10 1:40 PM love2ridepre - 2017-01-10 2:27 PM I did! it is so weird... What is so puzzling to me is that he looks fine, he is acting fine but he will not leave the fence right next to the other horses. those horses have been in that same pasture for MONTHS....SAME HORSES... nothing has changed! and now he cannot leave their sight and he has pasture mates of his own.... the whole thing is so strange. I just hope he is truly ok. Tonight I am going to try to feed them in the field and I am going to get a bag of Omele 200 and mix it and see what both of the guys do... this is so frustrating. If nothing changes we are hauling to the vet's office. I am not taking chances with neither of my boys
Good luck I really hope it works for them!! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You never did say what type of barn you have. To me if a horse is wanting to get out of the barn and not wanting to go in to go eat and they have been there for years then theres something going on there..
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2017-01-10 1:57 PM
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Location: MN | Mainer-racer - 2017-01-10 1:49 PM Kay-DRacing. - 2017-01-10 2:46 PM Not sure if you believe in it but...an animal communicator? Kathy George is very good. She may be able to give you some insight... I may try that if those tests come back negative. Thank you for the suggestion!
No problem. I know people have used this as a cheaper route instead of running lots of tests but I sure hope your horses come around soon! That would worry me too. |
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Location: Phoenix | Are they mildly colicing due to weather changes? Keep us updated!! |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-10 1:53 PM
You never did say what type of barn you have. To me if a horse is wanting to get out of the barn and not wanting to go in to go eat and they have been there for years then theres something going on there..
the barn is a morton barn. concrete alleyway, oak walls in the stalls... |
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | Is the mare they like in heat? I have had geldings act rather stupid over a mare in heat.... like she was the only reason for living. |
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Location: Florida.. | love2ridepre - 2017-01-10 2:44 PM Mainer-racer - 2017-01-10 1:40 PM love2ridepre - 2017-01-10 2:27 PM I did! it is so weird... What is so puzzling to me is that he looks fine, he is acting fine but he will not leave the fence right next to the other horses. those horses have been in that same pasture for MONTHS....SAME HORSES... nothing has changed! and now he cannot leave their sight and he has pasture mates of his own.... the whole thing is so strange. I just hope he is truly ok. Tonight I am going to try to feed them in the field and I am going to get a bag of Omele 200 and mix it and see what both of the guys do... this is so frustrating. If nothing changes we are hauling to the vet's office. I am not taking chances with neither of my boys
why mix it with your old feed? try it by itself.. it could be your grain. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | You are not going to like my answer. Throw your current and past grain away. IT IS MOLDY!!! they can taste it and smell it . TRUST THEM!! |
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Location: Arkansas | Update on your kids???? My big horse wouldn't eat all his feed yesterday am, curled his lip, and we were just sure he was colicing---he doesn't miss a meal. Jerked the blanket off looking for sweat and listened for gut sounds. He ate maybe half, then pooped and started on hay. We just happened to have a vet coming out to check Sean's horse for his leg, and he checked Faci when he came----everything checked out fine. Ate all his supper last night and been normal today. Scared me to death cause he's prone to colic. Why can't they be normal????
Please say a little prayer for Sonny (Sean's big guy)---vet took X-Rays thinking he may have a crack below his knee. I'm so worried and just sick to my stomach. He should have the results in am. . . . Suspensory was sore and there was some swelling behind knee so I'm praying that's all it is, even tho that's bad enough
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| Please let us know if you find out what the heck. This is so strange!
I'm sure, here in Kansas, it's not good with the temps ranging so crazy - 5 degrees one day and 62 the next isn't good! Makes me a nervous wreck. |
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| ****UPDATE****
God answered my prayers and my boys are doing better this morning! 
I went and got them Omelene 200 and mixed it with a brand NEW bag of strategy and both of my boys ate the grain (I love Strategy feed, I am just hoping it was a bad bag). WE DID NOT USE THE BAG THAT WE HAD OPENED. Also we did not feed them any more alfalfa hay, both my husband and I checked the hay very well and we did not find any blister bugs but we were not about to take a chance either so that hay is going to be for the cows and my hubby is bringing new mix hay today.
We called another vet for a second opinion and after telling him all the symptoms he did not seem very concerned (no fever, good gut sound, passing manure, drinking), all he said is to keep an eye on him for a couple of days.
The weather here in Missouri is pretty crazy. We did go for being in the single digits to today with temps going up to the 60s then Friday back to the 30s with freezing rain in the forecast. I am a nervous wreck over it |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | So glad your horse is doing better! My horse is too, maybe it was an ulcer on my old guy. So weird how NOTHING has changed on this horse and he gets an ulcer? Well I'm happy you are happy and happy that I'm happy too! LOL! |
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| I know right? what a relief is when your babies start feeling well again. I sure wish they could tell us what and when it hurts, it will make it so much easier on us LOL  |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | that would make life so much easier! I am waiting for those test results. The vet bill was $789 - not including the ulcer meds! Just like watching a bunch of cash go up in smoke! LOL! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | love2ridepre - 2017-01-11 8:35 AM
****UPDATE****
God answered my prayers and my boys are doing better this morning!
I went and got them Omelene 200 and mixed it with a brand NEW bag of strategy and both of my boys ate the grain (I love Strategy feed, I am just hoping it was a bad bag ). WE DID NOT USE THE BAG THAT WE HAD OPENED. Also we did not feed them any more alfalfa hay, both my husband and I checked the hay very well and we did not find any blister bugs but we were not about to take a chance either so that hay is going to be for the cows and my hubby is bringing new mix hay today.
We called another vet for a second opinion and after telling him all the symptoms he did not seem very concerned (no fever, good gut sound, passing manure, drinking ), all he said is to keep an eye on him for a couple of days.
The weather here in Missouri is pretty crazy. We did go for being in the single digits to today with temps going up to the 60s then Friday back to the 30s with freezing rain in the forecast. I am a nervous wreck over it
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| No, by the time I got home from the feed store my husband had them up in the barn. They were pretty quiet. We kept them up all night as we wanted to make sure they were passing manure, eating and drinking. The stalls have attached paddocks with shelter so they have room to roam a little. Nothing that we could see bothered them inside their stalls... isn't it weird? |
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