Cinnamon. Rescue mare: **FILLY**!!!!!!!!!

[SummerTime]

She looks really loose! I hope it's soon! I would give advice on the wormer, but I have started using something different for wormer after I almost lost a little rescue mini to worms. I wormed her with ivermectin, safeguard...etc and nothing was working, it was like the worms were totally resistant to the chemical wormers. She almost died she was so infested. I researched my eyeballs out and found out that worms are becoming resistant to the wormers. well long story short, I had a milk goat at one point and I was trying to find a safe wormer since we were drinking the milk, and I came across this lady that makes her own herbal wormer, anyway I remembered about her web site, and not being totally convinced it would work, but was running out of options fast, I bought it. 3 days later that mini started passing worms, it took about a month and a half and she was finally worm free! Anyway it saved her life and made me a believer that this stuff works! So all of my animals get it and everyone is parasite free!

Wow I really went into a big ole story! I'm sorry!!!

 

[lexischase]

Mindy would you share the website? I am SUPER interested in the all natural wormer!

 

[SummerTime]

Sure!! Is it ok do that on here?

Amy so sorry about your ivy arms!! My sister wiped with poison Ivy once! Lol!!!

 

[lexischase]

hmmmm not positive... Wanna just send me the info through a msg just in case?

 

[SummerTime]

Sure! I'll do that, it's prob fine though, but I'm so new and not too sure in the rules! Lol

 

[amystours]

Well I want it too!!! I have also heard (just recently) that alternating the type of wormer may not only be not beneficial, but harmful...it's to the point I don't know WHAT to do. The ones I worry about most are the draft horses. They keep their pasture nibbled down pretty short...and of course old Dale...any food he drops, he eats off the ground. A lot of that has been eliminated since we started soaking his feed.

Your POOR sister!!! Omg, I can't imagine having this terrible itch *down there*!! Bet she spent the whole time in an oatmeal bath!

 

[SummerTime]

Lol!!! Yeah I was little and don't remember to good, but it sure is funny now!! I'll send you the link to the wormer by pm too. I won't use anything else personally... Not saying it will work for everyone, but the rescue mini showed me it worked for her.

 

[Eagle]

Yes feel free to share, we have no problem with that and I personally am very interested in learning all the options

Amy her hooha is really starting to look good

I am sorry your arms are still playing up

get well soon

 

[SummerTime]

Great! It's called Molly's Herbal Wormer. Here is the web site.

http://www.fiascofarm.com/herbs/mollysherbals.php/categories/herbal-wormer

It seems spendy at first but it comes out pretty cheap in the long run, and it really has worked for all of my animals. We also raise our own meat (cows,pigs) occasionally and It made me feel so much better using a natural wormer on the things I'm feeding my family.

For horses if you order some be sure and check the box that says it's for horses, it's a little bit different formula. Also the web site and directions can be a little confusing. It took me a while and I almost didn't buy it because it confused me! Lol so if you have any questions about it feel free to pm me and ask! Its much more simple than it seems!

 

[amystours]

I'm definitely going to look into this wormer!! Thanks so much for turning us all onto it!

Cin is cold this morning, as she was shivering a bit...temp is 48, so I put her blanket on her. The other two seem frisky, and don't act cold at all. When I checked hooha this morning, she had that thing as tight as it was the day we got her, so I didn't take pics. May have been because she was cold...I just tried to hurry and get her blanketed.

Calcium has shot up to 1000, but pH is still high. *sigh*. Guess it's still a waiting game.

 

[Eagle]

I would watch her very closely, her calcium is right where it should be but the colour of the ph is nowhere near any of the colours on the chart, so that makes me wonder, after what she has been through it wouldn't surprise me if she didn't follow the rules.

With her calcium so high and a hooha like this I wouldn't leave her alone for more than 10 minutes

 

[amystours]

She was quiet during the night, but acted a bit restless this morning. I left her stalled today because it's a bit chilly and rainy. She has settled down and is standing quietly in her *normal* corner. Maybe in a little while, I can go check that hooha again. She had it so scrunched up that I didn't bother checking inside. Also seems like teat was "disappearing", but bag wasn't any bigger than what it has been...also no longer really warm and hard to the touch.

She's just gonna keep me guessing! Come on Renee, make her do something!!!

Edit: she was eager for her feed this morning, but has not touched her hay.

 

[amystours]

She still hasn't eaten any hay at all...she stands in her corner 5 or 6 minutes at a time, walks forward, scratches her head on her pan, makes a lap around to her corner, then BACKS UP into it.

 

[Eagle]

I would put her out for some exercise, as long as she moves around she will be fine. Is it raining? Just bring her in if she stands in the rain not eating or doing anything.

 

[amystours]

That didn't last long. Wind is whipping here, and she just went and stood behind a windbreak. I went ahead and put her back in her stall. She will actually move around a bit in there; whereas she really wasn't outside. She's nibbling a little bit. I gave her a tad more feed, as I read it is better for several small meals a day as opposed to one or two large ones. When I was expecting, I "grazed" all day, in order to prevent the horrific heartburn I would get after eating a large meal!

*sigh* I'm soooo tired of waiting!!!! Can I turn the thermostat up so it will cook faster??

 

[Eagle]

No you can't I am afraid.

 

[amystours]

*sigh*

I seem to do that a lot lately!! Evening feed time. When I moved her tail, she had that hooha all scrunched up again. Light pink inside. She has been neighing quite often today, a little restless; however, when I turned her out, she hunkered down by a windbreak and didn't want to move, so I put her back in her stall.

I am getting sooo frustrated at these strips! I thought maybe my pH section was defective!!

Then I kinda stuck another one in Mom's lemonade, just to make sure it worked!!

So yeah. Guess it's more waiting for us!

 

[SummerTime]

It's got to be a little frustrating not knowing how far along she is. Did the place you got her from not tell you anything? You may have already told this at the beginning of your thread and I forgot =D sorry

 

[amystours]

No maam. There were six or seven mares in with a parrot mouthed stallion. He said all but one were bred. There was a tiny mare that caught my eye...all mares were dragging lead ropes behind them. I picked up the rope, and this one mare sat flat down, pulling against me. When I let her go, she lunged and jumped over a feed trough, and she looked much farther along than my girl. Cinnamon was terrified and kept trying to run behind the herd, slamming into fences and being pushed around by the others. (She has a cataract or something going on in her right eye...that's the least of our problems). It was my mother who brought her to my attention. They all looked poor, but Cinnamon looked pretty rough. Yall saw her pics on the very first post. The folks claimed to have had over 50, and supposedly some guys came and bought forty mares and a few stallions the day before we got there. The people knew nothing. Sweet enough people, but ignorant. They had only had these horses six months. The guy said they are horses, they have babies on their own with no problems. That's when we had to take Cinnamon. It was tough catching her and loading her. We thought all the way home (5 hours) that we should have just taken them all. I can't help but wonder how many dead foals and mares he's had.

We just don't know.

 

[amystours]

No new changes today. Calcium still waaayyy up there, but pH isn't *quite* that neon fuschia color it has been being. I did taste a drop, but didn't really *taste* anything, per se. She laid out flat around 4:30 this morning, which is odd for her, but nothing productive.

Will turn her out today even though it's still a bit blustery. If she just stands there, I'll put her back inside.