Introduction & Salmonella Question

[Bean Ranch]

Last Sunday I brought home Jelly, a 6 year old paint mare. Jelly has been a chronic colicker and salmonella injection was given about a year ago as a preventative. Do any of you use it? She appears to be making good transition to our place, water intake is good and manure piles are numerous. Have not seen any signs of depression and she is interacting with my 7 year old paint mare and soon to be 1 year old pygmy goat through common fence line they share. Another question, what do you do to tame the fuzzies: mane and forelock?

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[Cathy_H]

Hello & welcome to the forum from the bluegrass state of Kentucky....... :saludando: ....... For the mane we use the mega hold hair gel bought from Walmart. Apply lots until it is saturated, comb the mane over & let it dry. May have to do again in a few days if it is really unruly.

 

[qtrrae]

"CONGRATULATIONS!" on Jelly!! What a pretty little mare!!

I have never heard of giving a salmonella injection as a preventative, but I will be interested in knowing if it does work.

Love the looks of your barn! and

"Welcome to the Forum!" from Wisconsin!!

 

[Lauralee]

She sounds to me like she has chronic sand colic. I'd definitely get the vet to do a fecal on her to test for possible causes.

For the hair, I recommend BRAIDING it over to one side. You should use some type of hair gel and unbraid/rebraid it every 4-5 days. You can also thin super heavy manes by undercutting the underside of the mane with clippers to decrease the overall volume.

Welcome to the forum from hot, dry, and dusty TEXAS!

 

[tifflunn]

Welcome from Canada! :bgrin :saludando: She is a sweety!

: Sorry can't answer your samonella question- Still trying to tame those fuzzies myself

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[Manyspots]

Welcome to the Forum from central Iowa. Your new mare is very pretty! Lavonne

 

[cherylsminis]

Welcome from South Carolina. I had a mare that I bought from this lady that kept wanting to colic. I fed her Sand Clear from Tractor Supply and it helped. I don't believe it would hurt her to try it. Welcome again! :saludando:

 

[targetsmom]

Welcome to the forum from Connecticut. Your mare is very cute and I love Pintos anyway!

I do not have experience with chronic colic, and have never heard of the salmonella treatment, but I do have a horse that has survived 2 colic surgeries and the loss of half of his small intestines. He is the big pinto in my avatar. It would help if you knew what was causing the chronic colic, because it could be lots of things. In my horse's case, the vets have no idea, so here is what I do. He is on grass pasture 24/7 (but remember he is NOT a mini and is used to it now), and he is also on a daily wormer. Horses were designed to graze, so I feel that a constant food source really helps. Worms can also cause colic (but were not the culprit in his case) so I feed the daily wormer to the minis too. I try to avoid stressful situations, which at first I thought meant no showing. Then I realized Target loves to show, so I did continue to show him, but watch carefully for signs of stress (or colic). He had been in a boarding situation with limited turnout when he colicked (both times, 2 1/2 years apart) and seems to enjoy the freedom and attention he gets in our backyard. Oh, and he LOVES the minis from his side of the fence. We will do almost anything for him, including buying him his own minis.

Good luck with your mare!!

 

[Miniv]

Never heard of a salmonella injection so can't comment on that.

A chronic colic problem usually means sand. You might want her on a schedule of "Sand Clear" or something like it.

Welcome aboard!

MA

 

[Jetiki]

Welcome, She looks just like my mare, fuzzy forelock and all.

I have been able to tame it some by trimming some of it off, however its still fluffy. Welcome to Minis.

Karen

 

[Bean Ranch]

Welcome, She looks just like my mare, fuzzy forelock and all.

I have been able to tame it some by trimming some of it off, however its still fluffy. Welcome to Minis.

Karen

 

[Bean Ranch]

Thank you for the warm welcome! Jelly is on a sand program and past colics have been diagnosed "unknown origin". We are keeping a close eye on her. Wish I could say that the barn in picture is ours but it is Jelly's previous home. My husband built her a great stall and a paddock. My husband and I are raising triplets, they turned 17 on the 31st of August so they are the financial focus. :new_shocked: In the next 5-7 years the plan is to retire to Arkansas or Oklahoma and have a ranch with nice barn for the horses and of course can't forget Oreo our pygmy goat, the 9 chickens, 2 dogs, 2 cats and parrot. Until then they all have a safe environment in which to live and a lot of love from all of us.

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Blessings,

Linda

 

[Bluerocket]

Welcome to the forum

Have never heard of giving salmonella injections - that's a new one for me.

As to taming fuzzy manes and forelocks - I am afraid I LIKE them that way so don't tame mine

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we are located in North Central KY -- where are you?

Your mini is quiet nice! and the barn looks like a great setup.

JJay