Horses!!!!!!!!

[SternRose]

But what exactly did that "health check up" include? Bloodwork? Fecal egg count? Dental exam and work? Or just a visual "yup, this one is okay" after the vet *hopefully* at least listened to heart and lungs?

Lead mare + easy keeper DOES NOT result in a horse in this condition. Lead mares generally push others away from the food and snarf up more than their share. You can never, ever, ever call a skinny horse an "easy keeper" either. That is a term applied to horses who stay fit (or sometimes FAT) with nothing other than pasture and grass (sometimes limited pasture/grass).

If the breeder is telling you the mare is an "easy keeper" than I would be afraid that she is preying on your lack of knowledge. I can tell you that your parents WILL NOT be happy if you bring this mare home after saying that feeding her will be as cheap as feeding Xenia, because it will not.

I would also question the quality of a breeder that keeps a yearling, possibly even a long yearling, nursing on it's Momma enough to blame the mare's poor condition on the foal. Like I said before, a yearling that hasn't been weaned properly might grab a snack or two of Momma, but should never be draining her condition like this. They should have been separated a LONG LONG time ago.

The mare hasn't been moved to senior feed yet. But if and when I get her shell be changed to it. This breeder is really nice, and the check up was; her poo was checked, blood work done, teeth looked at( didnt need any work done) this lady has been doing this for 21 years now she was in it for 4-h kids but now manly just for fun club shows.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: As much as we may love 'em, we can only afford so many "pets."

 

[SternRose]

:/Yea

 

[SternRose]

As much as we may love 'em, we can only afford so many "pets."

That's also why she's selling some and giving me discounts. The free mare will be sold, if I don't get her, for $500

 

[SternRose]

O yea some one said something about her winter coat. Most her mares and stallions don't lose them until late June early July.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

O yea some one said something about her winter coat. Most her mares and stallions don't lose them until late June early July.

My suspicion there, especially given the fact that you just said your mare required de-worming after the FEC, is that there is a herd wide parasite problem - or a nutritionally lacking feed program/mineral imbalance.

 

[SternRose]

It was just that time of year to deworm. Every body in the herd got dewormed.

 

[Wintent]

Might be getting this gelding.

We're calling the owners tomorrow

 

[flockofbantams]

Gourgous!!!

 

[Wintent]

Gourgous!!!

Yeah