Rescued 7 horses pics inside

[crponies]

God bless you for your kindness! Those horses do need you and I'm sure they will be a great blessing to you as well.

 

[Erica]

All I can say is BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY for doing this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I often wonder what animals are thinking to themselves when no one takes care of their needs. And the horses that didnt get to go with you, what they must have been thinking ?? Its so sad. But these that you were able to take have now found a happy life , with people who care about them. Thank you for being so kind.

Linda Killion

Drasco Arkansas

 

[Gini]

Kim, Bless you for getting these guys out of that horrible situation! There aren't enough words to say about that sorry excuse for that man. I can't even call him a human being.

Kim, those horses are horrible looking. As others have said please be careful in how you feed them to bring them back. You can overload and cause Colic and Founder and many other things as I'm sure you know. Please take them off the grass and feed small meals until they can handle it. They didn't get this way overnight and it's going to take a while for them to come back.

Again THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you for being a caring horse person......

 

[hobbyhorse23]

J-EEE-sus! Holy Mary Mother of God....those poor horses.

I commend you for taking on these guys, they will thrive under your good care. I do want to offer you a bit of advice though....... call your animal control/local police/humane society, and tell them the story and get it on record that you JUST GOT THEM.......someone may not know all the info, and call you in for animal cruelty.

I honestly can't understand why the humane society had not already been involved. Didn't at least ONE of the neighbors call it in?? Obviously you were not the only one who knew about it.

Thank you for rescuing them; I'm sure they'll repay your kindness a hundred times over.

Leia

 

[Chaos Ranch]

Hi ya'll. I sure appreciate all of your advice and tips for rehabing these horss. I've been asked about a pay pal account so people could donate money to help me rehab these guys. I already have a pay pal account. Simply use my email address if you feel like helping me help them. ( [email protected] ) I can assure you any donation amount will make a great difference. I want to do a 5 day flush with that liquid and take it slow on the grain and grass.

I sure appreciate the links. They sure made me feel better about how to take care of these amazing horses. I just keep going though my pictures of them and still can't believe the condition they are in. I am planning on rehabing, then re-homing them to good homes. I may keep one or two... just depends on how attatched I end up getting.

Again, thank you all SO very much for all of your replies. I was already on cloud nine that we were able to get them out of there and your comments and helpful information just put a silver lining on my cloud 9.

 

[SilverDollar]

Bless you, Kim, for just jumping in to help these horses.

You sound like a family I would be proud to have as my neighbors and friends. :love I have done a lot of rescue, too, and you have gotten very good advice in this thread. I second all of it. It is important to be sure that the local humane society knows that you did just get these horses and are not responsible for their current condition. Also, take LOTS of photos and document everything, just in case you are questioned.

It's too bad that monster could not be held accountable for what he's done; it can be extremely difficult to prosecute and get a conviction. It's great that you did what needed to be done.

Thanks for letting us know how to donate. It can get expensive to rehab the horses, but once they can be on pasture full-time you should be in good shape.

Take care and THANK YOU!!! Be sure to keep us posted.

Rebecca

 

[Sonya]

You are an angel!

 

[Sterling]

Oh Kim I'm willing to bet you've already earned your angel wings!

Thank goodness for you for being there when these poor horses need all the help they can get! I'm sory he took the other two. (That broke my heart!) As for him, the monster that left them in this condition.....I would not doubt for a minute that he's blowing smoke about his 70 acres....it probably belongs to someone else and he's in denial. AND don't be surprised if in a couple of months he no longer is driving that nice, new, big Dodge truck with the shining new horse trailer. Now-a-days anyone can go into a dealership and drive home a brand spanking new vehicle or trailer....the proof will be in the pudding if he can maintain payments on it......

 

[bonloubri]

Thank you so much,Kim, for rescuing these horses. I am sure they will always remember you after they are rehomed. You are an angel.

 

[jacks'thunder]

You are a God send! When your in a rescue situation like this it's both heartbreaking and exhilerating, your emotions run wild. You did great by keeping a level head and getting them out of there.

You did a WONDERFUL thing!

I just wanted to add... know, with everything you are, that you did the right thing and that you have support here if you need it!

 

[Bunnylady]

You know, I believe there are some beautiful horses trapped inside those pitiful scarecrows. Thank you for caring enough to try to let them out.

 

[C G Minis]

Look for my donation thru paypal today. I hope others will also donate to you for these poor horses. I would love it if you will keep me posted.

 

[Chaos Ranch]

Oh my gosh... thank you all so much for your kind words and for the donations to help me with these horses. It will sure help a lot.

I have a state trooper coming out this afternoon to document the rescue condition of the horses. I have tons of photos, and I even told a little white lie to the man to get him to sign a dated sales reciept. I told him we file taxes as a farm and will use the horses as a tax write off. So now I have his name, and signatute on a dated reciept. I Will be a lot more settled when the state trooper documents it... I sure don't want anyone thinking that I let these guys get in this condition.

I have a lot of hope for these guys... and you're right, it is quite an emotional situation. I also wanted to thank you guys again for the donations... it is a huge help and relief. I promise to keep you all updated on how they are doing. I read some very good articles in the links that were posted, and I am very optimistic about the future of these poor horses.

 

[Mona]

I just don;t understand how on earth people can let their animals get into that kind of condition! I sure hope they will get the groceries they so deperately need now.

 

[bonloubri]

Bunnylady said

You know, I believe there are some beautiful horses trapped inside those pitiful scarecrows.

I think so too especially that paint. I think he/she and the others, with proper care, will be gorgeous.

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Bless you. Those horses DO understand what you've done for them.

 

[Basketmiss]

Kim, you are 1 fine lady!! Thanks you for helping these horses... Its not their fault they were stuck with an owner who thought more of himself than his animals...

You are an angel to help these sweet souls that cant do it for themselves.. Please keep us updated on them...

 

[Chaos Ranch]

Today we took a state trooper out to the pasture as I called the horses up to eat. I fed them alfalfa cubes that had been soaked in water. One of the articles I read said that alfalfa is the best thing to feed them so that's what I did. The article said also to wait 14 days after re-introduction to food (hay/grass) to feed them any sweet feed or suppliments. I had to top dress the alfalfa with a little grain to get them to eat it though.

One article says to 1/2 dose them with dewormer, a week later half dose them again. Then do a 5 day purge, then deworm again 2 weeks later. That sounds like an awful lot of deworming to me... but I don't know any better.

Can someone advise me on a deworming schedule? I would say from what I've read about the evaluation scale that I have two horses that are emaciated to a level 1. Then I have some level 2 and 3 horses... and none of them would evaluate to better than a 5. The good news is that none of these mares are bred. That was a blessing right there. I would feel horrible to see one of these guys trying to nurse a foal.

I have one problem. I don't have a dry lot to keep them in off the grass. They are in a 20 acre pasture with a pond... and I have no way to limit the amount of grazing they can do. Will that cause a problem?

I may call a vet out there this week and have them evaluate the horses for me and advise me on a feeding schedule and a deworming schedule.

I do want to add that today when I was out there to feed, the feel of the horses had changed. They felt more hopeful, like they were not all hanging their heads down moping around, they had their heads up and were curious and alert to different things. Kind of like they were emitting a positive energy. That may sound weird to some of you... but it just felt different when I was sitting out there with them.

 

[chandab]

I have one problem. I don't have a dry lot to keep them in off the grass. They are in a 20 acre pasture with a pond... and I have no way to limit the amount of grazing they can do. Will that cause a problem?

I may call a vet out there this week and have them evaluate the horses for me and advise me on a feeding schedule and a deworming schedule.

I do want to add that today when I was out there to feed, the feel of the horses had changed. They felt more hopeful, like they were not all hanging their heads down moping around, they had their heads up and were curious and alert to different things. Kind of like they were emitting a positive energy. That may sound weird to some of you... but it just felt different when I was sitting out there with them.

I really don't know on the feeding (I would go slowly now), but here's my story. I got my 25 year old gelding, 22 years ago as a half-starved three year old; looking back, he was probably about 3-4 on the scale (not sure, we guessed him to be a couple hundred pounds underweight). Not knowing any better, I just put him out on our pasture (I got him in May, so our pasture did have grass, he had been on winter pasture with other horses, he was the youngest, so had to fight for what little he got); amazingly/luckily he didn't get sick or founder. That's all I know about it, if you don't have drylot. Talk to a vet and get his opinion, and it'll depend on how lush your pasture is; it looked pretty green in the picture, but that doesn't necessaily mean that it is highly nutritious or full of sugars, etc.

Good luck with your new charges.

 

[Reijel's Mom]

I *think* if you were going to run into problems with them being on your full pasture you would have already.

Anyone else have experience with that?