Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-17 Thread Ferne Fedeli
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a poor image quality photo of why we stopped turning the horses out after dark. I confess we have slipped back into thinking they're safe, but it hasn't been all that long since Sammie was killed. One of the

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-17 Thread Janice McDonald
i dont mean to be a wet blanket, but... everything from rabid coons to rabid bats to EPM possums to diamond back rattlers have been found in stalls. and i know of one case of rabies in a horse where he was never taken outside a stall but to be shown or ridden. just fyi Janice -- even good

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-17 Thread Karen Thomas
i dont mean to be a wet blanket, but... everything from rabid coons to rabid bats to EPM possums to diamond back rattlers have been found in stalls. Not to mention Brown Recluse spiders. Should I repost the pictures of Thunder's wound? He was in a stall the first time we saw him down -

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-16 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a poor image quality photo of why we stopped turning the horses out after dark. Ouch!!! V

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-16 Thread Bia
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a poor image quality photo of why we stopped turning the horses out after dark. I don't like turning mine out at night (after dark) either. I try to get them in at sunset with some treats or pellets and then

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-16 Thread Renee Martin
- Original Message - From: Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] The cat experts agree that these scratches were most likely made by a juvenile mountain lion taking advantage of easy prey, a trusting phlegmatic horse in an enclosure. Oh Nancy -- what horse was this?!? One of yours? One

Re: [IceHorses] Night turnout - not

2008-07-16 Thread Nancy Sturm
Oh Nancy -- what horse was this?!? One of yours? That was our Twist, the Standardbred who lives here at home with his little buddy the Icelandic Yrsa. Like many Standardbreds, Twist is so bomb proof he's practically comatose. His resting heart rate has been as low as 24. A comparison