This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Mary, > This horse was kept outside in the corral with the two younger horses > (Fenrir is 13), but wasn't as active. There might have been some other > factors present, also. (He'd been rescued from a starving situation several > years ago by Jerry Friz, Jean, So that's what "ice fog" looks like. I wondered what was "wrong" with the picture. Obviously nothing that a rise in temperature wouldn't cure! Yes, I did notice that a couple of the cars in the picture looked like they had been abandoned - they never move and are covered with quite a bit more snow than the rest. So the impacted horse was a rescued horse. Boy that sure could add to his problems. Often a neglected/abused horse has had a BIG infestation of worms while he was neglected, causing damage to the intestines (among other things). These horses always seem to be more prone to colic and other digestive upsets. We find this is also a drawback in purchasing mature horses, unless you know how and by whom they were raised and kept before you came by them. It is becoming less and less of a problem as people are made more aware of the serious problems that can be caused by lack of a worm control program. I have even gotten weanlings that are full of worms because the wormer used was touted to be effective in foals, but was not. Sure stunts them. I am amazed at the number of worms a foal can carry around and still be alive and actually pretty peppy!! Here's hoping it warms up in your neck of the woods before too much longer. Mary, in Aberdeen where it is POURING again. == Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
