It's been 3 weeks since the accident and my little girl has recovered SO WELL! I'm so glad as the vet had no idea if she would, he flat out told me that if she had hurt her abdominal wall, it would most likely be fatal. After the first day fever scare, she got better every day and is now all healed up and back to her normal self - spoiled from recovery time and has developed a "biting for fun" attitude so I've been doing lots of groundwork with her, backing up, yielding, leading, standing for patience etc.
I clipped her yesterday mainly for the 105F that have now started here, but also to practice my clipping, here are some pictures and "mini newbie" questions that I'm hoping to get help with from you guys...
(I know her feet are too long, but they've just been trimmed 4 weeks ago - they grow like weeds!)
Body:
What do you think of her confirmation? Weight? Particularly her belly. She was underweight (10 months, 27", 90lbs) when I got her in February, but she did have a potbelly. I wormed her regularly since, she's been on coastal hay, grass, some alfalfa and Total Equine feed (4cups a day). Since her accident I've reduced her feed to 3 cups per day and switched her over to 90% alfalfa, 10% coastal and little to no grass. I"m thinking about getting her a grazing muzzle before I let her run on her own again. She eats out of a nibblenet, mainly to reduce the waste (sky high hay prices here), also to give her something to do.
She has gained weight and looks healthy to me except for the huge belly. She almost looks pregnant! When I compare today's pictures with the ones from when I clipped her wintercoat the end of March, it definitely got even bigger... any advice on how to get rid of it?
Color: Would you consider her a grey, a grey pinto, a silver dapple or a silver dapple pinto?
Her sire is a "dappled grey/white mane and tail", her dam is a silver dapple pinto. (both registered as these colors). She has 2 socks in the front and two stockings in the back, when her stockings are wet, you can see some dark spots and she has black stripes on all 4 hooves. She has dapples which were most visible when I clipped her after the wintercoat.
Here's a pic of her color before clipping her:
Registration: She was sold by the breeder at 5 months with papers filled out to get her registered, however, she hasn't been registered, the previous owners gave me these papers, is it as simple as sending them off to get her registered and what is the cost? Or is it not possible due to her now being 14 months? Also, it says "brown" for color as her foal coat was light brown and her wintercoat is palomino colored, can I change this?
Thank you in advance for any replies
I clipped her yesterday mainly for the 105F that have now started here, but also to practice my clipping, here are some pictures and "mini newbie" questions that I'm hoping to get help with from you guys...
(I know her feet are too long, but they've just been trimmed 4 weeks ago - they grow like weeds!)
Body:
What do you think of her confirmation? Weight? Particularly her belly. She was underweight (10 months, 27", 90lbs) when I got her in February, but she did have a potbelly. I wormed her regularly since, she's been on coastal hay, grass, some alfalfa and Total Equine feed (4cups a day). Since her accident I've reduced her feed to 3 cups per day and switched her over to 90% alfalfa, 10% coastal and little to no grass. I"m thinking about getting her a grazing muzzle before I let her run on her own again. She eats out of a nibblenet, mainly to reduce the waste (sky high hay prices here), also to give her something to do.
She has gained weight and looks healthy to me except for the huge belly. She almost looks pregnant! When I compare today's pictures with the ones from when I clipped her wintercoat the end of March, it definitely got even bigger... any advice on how to get rid of it?
Color: Would you consider her a grey, a grey pinto, a silver dapple or a silver dapple pinto?
Her sire is a "dappled grey/white mane and tail", her dam is a silver dapple pinto. (both registered as these colors). She has 2 socks in the front and two stockings in the back, when her stockings are wet, you can see some dark spots and she has black stripes on all 4 hooves. She has dapples which were most visible when I clipped her after the wintercoat.
Here's a pic of her color before clipping her:
Registration: She was sold by the breeder at 5 months with papers filled out to get her registered, however, she hasn't been registered, the previous owners gave me these papers, is it as simple as sending them off to get her registered and what is the cost? Or is it not possible due to her now being 14 months? Also, it says "brown" for color as her foal coat was light brown and her wintercoat is palomino colored, can I change this?
Thank you in advance for any replies