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Posted on 03/21/2005 7:18:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Found it. That's gotta be $35,000 an acre. Surely it's not that price for the whole place. If it is, that's a great price.
The vet that sent the medicine out wrote down for me to give it at 5am and 5pm. I like horses but I have not seen one that can get me up that early yet')
No way I'd get up at 5 for a horse, unless it was on it's deathbed.
I just asked my husband about the price on that land and he thought it very well could be for the whole place but it's probably on flood plain. That's why it's so reasonable.
We also have a beautiful sunny start to the day. But NOT for going out into yet. (brrrr) It's only 28*.
Glad I don't have any garden plants.
Have to wonder what this freeze will do to the fruit/nut trees that have set their buds.
Good morning.
Rose, I think my mare is going to go over her due date. She actually not due till the 8-12. But she could surprise me:)
Becky
We are in the 30's this morning:(
But if the got the forcast right, this should be the last time we get this cool.
Becky
Good morning Becky and all.
Well I took my mare to the stallion for the last time yest. and it couldn't be done because they said she'd been sewn up! I never heard of it. But her vulva was tiny except for a place to urinate. This was a shocker for me. I guess I'll have the vet out, a week from today when he makes his rounds in this area.
So, so much for that.
Otherwise it's wonderfully, unseasonably cool here.
I hope the same applies to our area. I'm starting to feel like a piece of bad meat...frozen/thawed, refrozen/rethawed/etc, etc. LOL!!!!!
Is Sarah Lee the one that had strangles? Glad to hear she is on the mend.
Why would someone do that?
Yep. She's the one. Her temp was down yesterday and the drainage slowed and SHE WAS HUNGRY!:') You are around San Antonio, right? Is it raining?
I don't know. The studhorse man said they did it on the racetrack sometimesd but she's not a Thoroughbred, and also he said it might have been done because of uterine problems. But the poor stallion couldn't get in, don't know how else to put it.
Yes, I am about 1oo miles west of San Antonio. So glad to hear SL is better.
I am paying about $5.00 a bale here for hay, it's pretty good. What we cakk coastal hay, I think in the east people call it orchard grass. Anyway, a good plain grass.
Got to go get some in a few minutes. I can get it cheaper if I buy it from the field but that is an expedition to Bandera, and it'll have to wait for next week.
I've heard of mares sewn up who were prone to Uterine infection... That some mares, by some fault in design would become infected from poo getting ~in~ from outside.
Sewing up a mare is done if the tilt of thier twat is off. It can catch tiny particales of poop and cause infections. That was my understanding of the procedure. There may be more to it then that.
I had my mare sewed on a vets advise before I bred her the first time. It's a pretty gross procedure closing and opening. I have since come to the conclusion that it is done a bit to often on mares. That's why I didn't have her sewed back after Dot. I would say wait till the mare has her first problem with an infection before doing anything. She's never had a problem. Also my understanding is it usually doesn't have to be done till after a mare has had a foal.
Becky
I'm glad you posted that:). I always wonder if the things I've been told and think I "know" is right:)
Becky
LOL
Becky
You said it a lot more artfully than I did!
We had a Appaloosa filly sewed up like that. When she came in heat for the first time, her bladder stuck out the vulva. They left just enough of a gap for urinating. Yes, it is more common in Thorougbreds mares. We did not keep this "gappy Appy".
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