HELP

[jessiegirl1981]

First horse guys!!! Does anyone have any advice that I should know for a cber horse that u have learned after your adoptions?any supplements that can be used to get em back up to full health that u all recomend? ;D thats what i looked like all day today

[blazinsaddles]

r ugetting a horse jessie if so yeah and congrats

[wendyp]

My recommendation is to let them settle in before giving them anything - including vaccinations. If your horse is sick, then by all means treat it, but please don't rush out and give it vaccinations, a bunch of wormings, etc. Take it slow and easy......their immune systems are stressed, and in my humble opinion, that isn't the time to pump them full of chemicals. We tend to want to spoil them and give them grain, but again, I would take it slowly - might use equine senior instead. Getting your new horse's teeth floated, hooves trimmed, and chiropractic would be more important than vaccinations and wormings...........just my two cents worth!!!!!!!!!!!! You CAN tell your vet that you do NOT want vaccinations.

WendyP/Bend, OR

[cybercat]

jessiegirl is getting Destiny!!!! Woo-hoo! and jessie's folks are adopting Arista!

[dcsmmi]

And don't let your vet pump the horse full of wormer right away! You don't know how heavy of a worm load they have. Give them a while to settle and calm down - then worm with a product where the active ingredient is either fenbendazole or oxibendazole. It's a SLOW acting wormer - much less likely to cause colic/impactions from the dying worms.

Congrats! and remember - sometimes less is more. Don't get too wrapped up in too many supplements, grains, treats etc. Keep it simple, but high quality. Alot of people do damage by combining supplements/grains that work against eachother.

[blazinsaddles]

I just found it YEAH YEAH And CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

[jessiegirl1981]

Thanks u guys anything else feel free to keep it coming

[tfrancis]

Just CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[jessiegirl1981]

I dont know how u all deal with the anticipation this is driving me nuts i am not a patient

[gratefulknits]

JG, I totally know how you feel! When Gualala and Pippin were "mine" but still in QT up at Sam's I spent the longest month of my life! "I finally have a horse" but I haven't met her yet! I spent the month trying to concentrate on reading stuff from Clinton Anderson and John Lyons, but finding that what I was really doing was daydreaming. Just take this month to get your kit together with grooming supplies, halter and lead rope, first-aid kit etc. That way you won't have to spend time doing that when Destiny gets home: you'll be able to just hang out with your new sweetie and feel completely GA-GA!

Congratulations to you and Destiny (what a great name, by the way). I wish you many happy years together.

[sundancer]

I agree with all of the above posters...I waited over 3 months to get Beauty and Merryana...I got them halters...I read some books, I watched some DVD's (Clinton Anderson)...the anticipation was nearly unbearable! I just got them about 3 weeks ago...I'm letting them just settle in. They are still covered with MUD from the lot, but we've been brushing them, just spending time with them. NO STRESS right now...vet hasn't even been out yet. Angi is starting to train them and she did trim Beauty's front feet, but that's all we've done.

Give yourself some time to get to know them. I think you have received some great advice! Please feel free to PM any of us if you need some help!

GOOD LUCK and enjoy your new horse!

[asilive]

now lets convince her to save a horse for me. I'm a poor girl, and cousins should support their other poor cousins that way.

Psst.... i like dark brown horses jess..... but you know i'm really not picky.

[blazinsaddles]

Then she must have showed you chante's pics to she will have quiet the herd going when she gets moved

[chatty]

jessiegirl I have two CBER horses...Askhim (Sander-CBER) and Native Skywalker (Murphy-CBER) Each had their own needs..Askhim with a hole in his side was a drive down and home again..Vet was waiting and he has done good..Sky was 400-500 puonds under weight for being on the lot for a month..He was running a fever, he was not a rush trip and the Vet saw him the day after we got home..
I have the Vet see all my horses with-in a week and some that day...If they injured, sick, call your Vet as so as you can..

I call my Vet before leaving the house to tell him I'm going to get a horse..In turn he is ready when I call..We set up the game plan and the care fits the horse..

Sounds like alot of work for the first day or so, but a health horse - is a happy horse...

[MustangAppy]

My poor girl Sierra was pretty thin when we got her from CBER, bad coat, and her feet were a mess. She even had a few old sores that didn't seem to want to heal. We got her trimmed, and made sure she had access to a good mineral block and all the grass hay she wanted. The vet did a light teeth float that didn't even require a sedative, and we wormed her like others above have suggested, slow and easy. We did give her Nutro Hoof and Coat for 2 months, mixed in with 2 cups of Nutro Safe Choice, just to help jump start her obviously mineral deprived system. We also began regular applications of Farnum Tri-Care on her sores, which healed very nicely. We waited 3 weeks to update inoculations.