Recommended Supplements for the Neglected Horse

[Angela_Freda]

@Milocalwinnings

Update:

Sorry ,I kind of dropped off of here for a while. My new boy is doing wonderfully. He is putting on weight in a steady manner that I am comfortable with and he is looking better and better. He is on TC Senior feed and all the hay he can eat (and trust me he loves his hay). At one point I thought he was missing a lot of his teeth but I am just an idiot and that’s not the case (I blame it on lack of sleep and inability to get a thorough look… lol). I did end up putting him on a joint supplement and a hoof supplement. We pulled his shoes and it was clear he had substandard hoof care, and with the borium shoes the farrier suspects he did come from the amish. He does however ride very well. He had a vet work up and his fecal came back okay- vet suggested deworming him with quest plus in addition to the panacur that I had done. He said his teeth actually look pretty good so we are going to hold off on floating them until January/February. He does have a cyst on his sternum and looks to have the beginnings of ringbone, but he is sound as of right now. He did have a tear in his frog that I took care of which caused some minor lameness in his left hind, but he is good as new now. As for where he came from, he went through New Holland and then up to Cranbury, where I was bidding against a kill buyer. So although I didn’t pull him from the 10 pen directly, he could have very well ended up in the slaughter pipeline.

Here are some updated photos of him they can be seen here http://s32.photobucket.com/user/olk9…=recent&page=1 . I think he is looking great- still needs to gain some weight but I am happy with how he is looking after 3 weeks.

Just picking a nit, but the #10 pen at Cranbury is not a slaughter pen.
Neither Marlon nor Rachel have a license or contract to supply slaughter horses and in fact simply take what doesn’t sell at their sale or through their ‘rescue’ sales back to NH. From there could they end up heading to slaughter? Sure, but not if they are emaciated.

By the way an appy stallion who came from there a couple weeks ago is EHV-1 Positive.
So, be aware and watch the horse you got. Hope he’s still being quarantined.

[tazycat]

@Milocalwinnings

Update:

Sorry ,I kind of dropped off of here for a while. My new boy is doing wonderfully. He is putting on weight in a steady manner that I am comfortable with and he is looking better and better. He is on TC Senior feed and all the hay he can eat (and trust me he loves his hay). At one point I thought he was missing a lot of his teeth but I am just an idiot and that’s not the case (I blame it on lack of sleep and inability to get a thorough look… lol). I did end up putting him on a joint supplement and a hoof supplement. We pulled his shoes and it was clear he had substandard hoof care, and with the borium shoes the farrier suspects he did come from the amish. He does however ride very well. He had a vet work up and his fecal came back okay- vet suggested deworming him with quest plus in addition to the panacur that I had done. He said his teeth actually look pretty good so we are going to hold off on floating them until January/February. He does have a cyst on his sternum and looks to have the beginnings of ringbone, but he is sound as of right now. He did have a tear in his frog that I took care of which caused some minor lameness in his left hind, but he is good as new now. As for where he came from, he went through New Holland and then up to Cranbury, where I was bidding against a kill buyer. So although I didn’t pull him from the 10 pen directly, he could have very well ended up in the slaughter pipeline.

Here are some updated photos of him they can be seen here http://s32.photobucket.com/user/olk9shannon/library/?view=recent&page=1 . I think he is looking great- still needs to gain some weight but I am happy with how he is looking after 3 weeks.

Glad he’s doing good. Does look better weight wise already good job! Thanks for updating. Like other poster said keep an eye on him. Being there was a stud at the sale that was EHV 1 positive.

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@tazycat

Glad he’s doing good. Does look better weight wise already good job! Thanks for updating. Like other poster said keep an eye on him. Being there was a stud at the sale that was EHV 1 positive.

Now you’re all about quarantining?