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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | Tiffany he looks great. You are doing a great job bringing him back. In my earlyer post I did not mean to blame you for what happened. I know how this can happen and mine was in my own care. My daughters gelding went from a beautifull horse to a bone cage in about a month in the summer. Had the vet check him twice and could not find anything wrong with him. I kept thinking that he had West Nile Virus as this happened when it started to really ramp up around Iowa. And later that summer a horse about a mile away had died from it. The vet kept saying that it wasn't. As soon as the weather cooled off he gained all his weight back thru the winter. If someone would have seen him they would have turned me in for starving him. I know how you felt when you got him back because mine was in my own care. Maybe the other people didn't know either that they were doing anything wrong. The other horses maybe just were not letting him eat. |
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| Love that cool calories my gelding is almost 16.1 and with out feeding him a lot of grain he does not keep a good top line feed one scoop 2times a day looks wonderful, also tractor supply makes a fat suppliment that has flax and and rice brand, on the bag is about 30% fat and i think a fifteen lb bag is like 28bux. Horses eat it good so you get the benfit of flax and rice brand. I like the cool calories it smells so good you have to,feed very little of it, it is made from milk fat. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Thank you guys. I've been surprised at just how much weight he is gaining. He's a trip to have around for sure. Sometimes he gets so hungry he doesn't quit pawing enough to start eating. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | missroselee - 2014-04-13 5:13 PM Just wanted to update photos from today. He's filthy dirty, enjoying the warm weather without a blanket or sheet on :) It's going to take a while but he's already gaining weight and doing awesome. It may be hard to tell but you can see that he's filling out in his shoulder and near his spine on his rump.
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I've come to the conclusion he's the dirtiest horse on the planet!!! But at least he's gaining weight :) Just snapped some new photos yesterday. Still a long while until he looks good again, but he's actually gaining weight faster then what even I expected him to.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Looking good!!! |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Really think I need to brush him first next time :) We keep having a few rain showers this week, lil bit every day, just enough to let him grind all his dirt in :) |
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| missroselee - 2014-05-01 8:55 PM
Really think I need to brush him first next time :) We keep having a few rain showers this week, lil bit every day, just enough to let him grind all his dirt in :)
wow!!! But look at the shine in his flank!!! He is coming back nicely and will be just fine ... GOOD JOB!!!  |
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| Wow great Progress!!! may i ask what you are feeding him to get such great resutls? Sorry if this was in another post i didn't read them all. |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | missroselee - 2014-03-22 11:16 AM Thank you for the kind words everyone. He seems in real good spirits which I will take as a good sign. He even kicked up his heels and bucked a lil bit when he was following me out to his feed bucket yesterday morning.
This is all that matters now!! He's already bouncing back. Good for you on trusting your gut. |
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Location: Kansas | He looks so much better!!! |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Kgirl - 2014-05-02 10:04 AM Wow great Progress!!! may i ask what you are feeding him to get such great resutls? Sorry if this was in another post i didn't read them all.
Nothing special at all. Just an MFA performance feed, 14 protien, 8 fat, 8 fiber, and flax seed, and healthy coat.
I could have probably added more stuff in there for him but I wanted to bring him back slow and not overdue his poor system. He has hay in front of him 24/7 |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I'm going to make this my final update on this thread because I think the progress is obvious :) I even rode him today....just as an excuse to jump up in my english saddle. Granted we only walked around the barn yard but it was something :)
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Location: WV | He is looking better. Good for you. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Look at that shine!!! Great job Tiff! |
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| What a handsome fellow!! :) Great job - He's definitely coming back and will only continue to gain and get fat through the summer!! |
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Location: In a happy place | He is looking so much better. |
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Location: Mississippi | So glad to see this-I had the EXACT same scenario happen. I had a surgery, so I couldnt check on him for a month or so-he was leased out. They wouldnt send pictures when I asked, so when I went to see him I was horrified!!! His coat is a wreck, and he is so THIN! I see ribs and backbone and hipbones. I got him home, wormed him, and have him on 24/7 turnout and good feed, probiotics, and supplements. Its only 5 days and I see a difference already. |
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