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Posted on 12/30/2004 7:01:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Free Republic has a lot of horse people that have found each other on other threads…. And since we all like to talk horses, how about a thread where it is not off-topic, but is THE topic?
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!
I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.
So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.
I think I'll try the vet wrap. They can walk around with short pink tails for awhile. I really hate that they lost them but I'm worried that maybe they need something they aren't getting or are going to make themselves sick or something.
I put the picture on my desktop and then zoomed it in. I can see something on the bottom towards the front of the eye - is that it?
She might have had a bit of grass in her eye, but I don't think that is what caused the puncture ~wound~... Did you take a picture of the wound? I'm not seeing it on this side.
We mix it with diesel and used motor oil. That seems to work here. Can't buy creosote any more.
Hopefully they won't just switch to pulling off the vet wrap ;~D
,You can't see the punture wound. It's in the black area and the hole closed up today. It was about the length of an eyelash but longer after I pulled it out. It was plant or soaked splinter looking and I guess working it's way out. It wasn't visable yesterday.
Okay, back to tail bags. Vet wrap in their stomachs would not be good.
No this was not in her eye. It started at the "hole area" and the rest of it came out of that area.
Yeah that's it.
You think it was a splinter in her eye that abcessed out? I guess that's possible, if she had poked her eye, that a splinter stayed... but I don't see a wound there that would have required treatment and a tetanus shot yesterday... Are you saying it's there and already healed?
I don't understand either. How big was the puncture wound?
On the 'were any of her parents appys?' side issue... she sure does have a lot of white visible in her eyes... but then so does my pony, who probably isn't appy ;~D
I've been spending a lot of time reading and looking at pictures on that appaloosaproject site and it seems that several lines, particularly Mighty Bright, carry the genes for some of the paint color patterns.
OK - it's just hard for us to see that an injury happened there at all, there's no sign of it in the picture... and I suppose that's good news!
Good grief. You might try a google search. I guarantee there is somebody out there that has had the same problem. I don't have a clue.
You have more medical knowledge than I do but would a splinter or thorn or something working its way out cause bleeding?
Isn't it awful? I've had foals play with tails and maybe pull on them, but these horses look like the goats got to them.
I think it's just imagination but I love old west history, I read about it every chance I can get. My favorite is the Donner party stuff.
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