This message is from: Linda Lottie <horselo...@hotmail.com>
Ellen......get some "Spot On" for horses and the ticks will die.....the ticks may have nests in his tail and the spot on will get those too. I put plenty above the tail area as that is where the ticks love to nest in my fjords. This boy is handsome......and thank you so much for taking on this rescue. A few extra groceries and he should be good to go......to a new forever home. :) I always chuckle a little when I read that a fjord is a little lacking in manners.......that's just normal LOL My fjords came in with bunches of tick bites the other day, I gave them a dose of "spot on"......no more tick bites. The key is to dose them every two weeks....it's expensive but worth it. Our weather in NW WI has been a real challenge the past months......really nice day yesterday......but seems we only get ONE. Today......humid and the darn gnats are back. Are there gnats in New Mexico??????? LOL Linda in WI Lovin' my fjords Sven, Lena and Hasse > Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 23:54:16 +0100 > From: ethba...@yahoo.ie > Subject: Update Rescue > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com; fjordiss...@yahoogroups.com > > This message is from: Ellen Barry <ethba...@yahoo.ie> > > > OK. He's at our place. (plus a couple of hundred ticks) > His manes have been > completely roached except for his forelock. I have cut his > forelock back so > he can actually see. (And so everyone can see his lovely face) > As the > manes grow, the Mohawk can be reshaped. > I just stick measured him and he's > close to 14.1-14.2. So taller than the 14 > hands they told me. > I have taken > close to ninety ticks off him. Thank God we have close to 40 Guinea > fowl. Not > a tick will survive them. > > When he goes to the vet on Monday for his Coggins, > we'll do the vaccinations and > a limes test, as well as a general health > check-up and a check-up of all the > joints to make sure he doesn't have > arthritis. The hooves look great with good > frogs, no contracted heels, no > underrun heels; legs look straight. Powerful big > knees on this boy and very > flexible. > A tail from here to Tokyo, long and very very full. (Do I see my Sam > looking at > it and does he seem jealous??????) > Big brown gentle eyes. Teeth > look OK. Vet will check those too. > > Some testing: > Pretty laid back, not overly > respectful on the ground but respectful enough to > be safe. He has this: OK, > OK, I'm moving out of your way; hold your horses; no > need to get excited > attitude. > > Picking up the hooves is already getting better. He's still pretty > thin so I > won't be evaluating his canter. I will try to ride him somewhat > though to see > how he does. > > So far, he seems unflappable and is totally > adorable. > He can see my own Fjords from where he is. I move him between the > round pen and > the pasture and there are 2 fences between them. > In one of the > pastures he's only contained by a double strand electric thin rope > fence. > He's very respectful of it. > I'll try to take some more pictures and upload > them again to: > https://picasaweb.google.com/ethb55/Lars# > As a matter of fact: > That's what I'm gonna do right now. Don't think bad of his > neck. The manes > have been completely taken off now because they were infested > with ticks and > because they couldn't stand upright anymore. They'll have a > chance now to > grow back beautifully and I'll make sure that he'll have a > wonderful Mohawk > as soon as possible. > More on Monday after his vet visit. I'm off to take some > pictures of this boy. > Ellen. > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
