Everyone looks forward to spring time and animals like horses and cows rejoice in being able to get out and eat the fresh green grass. With cows we all look forward to spending less on hay and grain but in the case of your pony, ( Donkey, Miniature Horse) danger comes with each acre of fresh grass. The problem is "Founder" and how unmanaged diet of fresh green grass can end up looking like this.
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GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
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This is serious business NO POOP can mean colic and colic can mean death. Call the vet immediately!!!
Donkeys should poop a bunch each and every day our three equine (one horse, one mammoth donkey and one mini donkey poop a full wheel barrow full of poop in 24 hours.
Diet for the Donkey Whisperer Farm Donkeys
Orchard 7% Low Sugar/Protiene Hay
Loose salt, white salt block,
Exercise as much as possible
Limited time on green grass, eating stumps and brush of the Pacific Northwest, Washington
Fresh Water each day when dirty and at least every other day – Donkeys will not drink dirty water and can colic
You may also enjoy Thinking About Poop for more information on fecal samples and not over worming your horse, donkey or mule. Slow Feeder to help stop colic diet and much, much more.
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
Melody
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Life on the farm is never ever boring especially with donkeys living in the Pacific Northwest with too much rain. We have been having record amounts of rain in the Pacific Northwest, Western Washington and this moisture always causes problems for our sweet Mammoth donkey. All of our equine Lily, Rio and Rocket Man live in the same environment with excellent drainage, 3/4 gravel to stop mud and pin chips to lay in and stop mud and yet in the six years we have had the equine Rio is the only one to get a foot abscess.
Why do the gentle giants (Mammoth donkeys) get more abscesses?
I am sorry to share no one really knows the answer to this, I can tell you from networking all over the world no Mammoth donkey is immune to getting a hoof abscess. Owners in New Mexico, Arizona and on and on have had Mammoth donkeys with abscesses. It is heart breaking but just part of owning any equine as all equine can get an abscess. The good news is by soaking the foot in epsom salt and poulticing the abscess should pop and disappear on its own. If it does not pop then the vet has to cut a hole in the hoof giving the equine instant relief but the hole takes 1 year to grow out as this is how long it take a hoof to grow out.
Saturday morning we went down to the barn to find our sweet mammoth donkey Rio lame, not able to walk and he had a large lump on his leg, a large lump on the leg is not good in the equine world. I immediately started praying to Jesus for this to be a sprain and nothing more and then I called the vet.
Turns out when a mammoth donkey stands on his toe his large bone sticks out making it look like it is swelling but this was not the problem. Rio was starting to get an abscess in his back hoof, something we are used to as he has had many in the past never any on the rear hooves. We shoe his front hooves as this has stopped the abscesses for two years now in the front.
“Remember donkeys do not show any pain until it is unbearable as they are stoic and strong so if your donkey get diarrhea, quits drinking, can’t walk you need to get a vet out to help asses what is wrong.”
What do we do for an abscess?
We soak his foot in Epsom salt and warm water for 30 minutes twice a day and I make a home-made poultice with sugar and bedadine solution and then my husband makes a home-made custom boot made out of white cotton soft padding and lot’s of duc tape. We use gorilla duc tape on the bottom as he can not dig thru this tape. Rio is a digger he likes to look for roots and can dig 3 and 4 foot long holes.
Want more information on hoof abscesses?
Hoof Abscess Emergency Kit and more
Rio gets shoes on the front feet
For the love of donkeys Maggot Therapy
Please if you own a donkey or know a donkey who is unable to walk help this donkey by calling the vet or starting the soaking and poulticing. Additionally we give our donkey pain medicine from the vet until the pain is gone usually just a couple of days.
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
Melody
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Melody
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Please get on donkey time on this issue sit down and tell congress American’s do not eat horses, donkeys and mules. Select the bill to stop slaughtering the United States Of America Horses, Donkeys and Mules for human consumption. Tell The U.S.A. congress NO to Horse, Donkey and Mule slaughter for human consumption.
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This meat is not safe for human consumption due to the drugs given to horses!
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged! Melody
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Thank you for reading my blog, taking a moment to comment and share posts you are a huge part of the change our world needs. You can be a human angel to a human, animal or our most precious environment this thing we humans call earth. Our world needs more human angels!
Update on my health:
Spring has officially arrived in the Pacific Northwest we hit 60 degrees yesterday and oh my how this makes me feel better. The surgically inserted (3 long stainless steel screws) in my pelvis do not like cold! I’m officially back to Physical therapy two days a week working with our third physical therapist. I am very grateful to my physiatrist as she is the team leader of my rehabilitation. This new physical therapist has advanced certification in neurological rehabilitation, a gait physical therapist. “I see lot’s of stroke victims.” Tears... The screws in my pelvis along with the eight deformed ribs have left me with a physical disability one I would not wish on my worst enemy. I continue to pray for GOD to take all this pain away. Physical Therapy is never easy but I can say if your doctor recommends physical therapy do your home work and find the most educated therapist for the area you need rehabilitation. Never give up!
2013 is the year my husband and me celebrated our twentieth year living together and our thirteenth year being legally married. Nothing tests a marriage or any relationship like trauma and I am happy to report our marriage is stronger due to this trauma. I love my husband so very much he is my best friend! My body turns fifty-three and reacts like I am 90, I still have a way to go on rehabilitation. We live our life grateful always thanking GOD in Jesus Christ precious name for all of our blessings as things could have been way worse for us.
2013 milestones
My horse Miss Lily turns eight, Rio our Mammoth Donkey turns seven and Rocket Man our mini donkey is a stout nineteen years old. We continue to pray one day I can trail ride again but for now we are grateful to have been able to keep our little hobby farm. All the animals are a bit to fat again so it’s diet time for all of them including the doggies and one kitty the other kitty has a high metabolism. The photo above is our rescue kitty Jasmine she just has the fat gene going on and her most favorite thing to do is eat and lay around.
Photo of Purcilla (black with her sister Jasmine)
Photo of me riding my horse Miss Lily, Feb 2010 weeks before the semi truck accident working with Rio our mammoth donkey. Oh how I miss having my health! I have not been able to ride since 2010 nor has anyone rode my horse but that’s ok.
People ask me all the time, Does Your Horse Need To Be Ridden?
No she does not, she is just fine being a horse. As you know I study Parelli and she is consistently being schooled on the ground with manners and rules for balance and boundaries.
I suffer from numbness in my ankles, feet and horrific rib pain and back pain with spasms, I can tell you the hips are directly connected to the knees and feet lot’s of nerves running down the leg. The damp/cold causes the stainless steel screws in my pelvis to make my hips ache and back ache and yet I know GOD has me here for a reason. GOD has me in the palm of his hand.
Sadly motor vehicle accidents are extremely difficult to navigate here are some tips on what to do after a car accident. Surviving a motor vehicle accident involving a semi truck can be deadly, injuries are more intense. Take a look at Accidents involving semi trucks.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR A CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM:
If you are riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle and you survive serious injuries you will need to find an experienced insurance attorney, who works in the town your accident was in do not pause. If you have no health insurance it will be very difficult to get the medical attention you need as most car insurance corporations will not pay the bills until the legal matter is settled this can take three to six years. Insurance agencies are in the business to make money, NOT TO DO THE MORALE RIGHT thing for their client or the passenger never forget this.
If you think going to trial will be easy think again…. Insurance agencies have created laws that will not authorize you the victim to tell the jury how much insurance the driver of the vehicle who hurt you has. This is all the game insurance corporations play to ensure the victim of the car accident does not receive a fair settlement and the insurance corporation will not have to pay full policy limits. The cost of hiring an attorney is huge, the cost of not hiring an attorney is even more. Insurance corporations have an open check book for legal lawyers from Washington DC to the State and town you were injured in.
Please share your thoughts, questions and spread the news I have shared with your family and friends. Knowledge is power and knowledge is light move out of the dark into the light and I pray you will ask Jesus Christ to hold your hand as you begin your journey into the light. GOD in Jesus Christ name is the only way to navigate this thing called life!
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
Melody
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It is heartbreaking to watch, yet the importance of uncovering these practices and using it to educate others is a pivotal step in order to create change.
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Austin set out in her work to show that what others might view as her restraint - being confined to a chair - has opened her up to mental and physical states she otherwise would not have found. Her work challenges the perception of disability in both fun ("Freewheeling - traces from a wheelchair") and beautiful ("Portal") ways.
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Here are a few photos I captured of Rio our Mammoth donkey sleeping with Miss Lily (quarter horse), Rocket Man our mini donkey is standing guard looking for predators. ”These two had their heads completely flat on the ground, I tried to get the photo to share but donkeys well they have the best hearing and Rio he saw me first.” What a wonderful gift GOD gave us humans to enjoy and share.
Did you know horses, donkeys and mules need REM sleep?
Yes indeed they do and they can’t lay their head down and get this deep REM sleep if they are living all alone without a herd mate. Another reason to always have a buddy for your equine. I hope you enjoy these precious photos of our beloved equine.
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
Melody
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