Monday

Cheri and Jill worked on Gato today. Her cancer has caused her sores to worsen and they are causing more pain now when we touch them. We heavily sedated her so that we could work on her (she is not the easiest horse to handle on a good day), but this time the sedation did not work at all. We were causing her too much pain as we tried to clean and medicate the sores, some have gotten very deep now. Her sores now smell of infection. We cleaned her the best we could and gave her pain medicine and put her back onto antibiodics. We then put her new UV hood on her. We are going to have our vet take another look at her next weds and we will discuss what we can do and what is best for Gato. We are watching for a diminishing of her quality of life, but up to this point (except for the pain we cause when we try to treat her), she is still happy, eating, and enjoying her friendship with Meadow. The two of them now share the large tree studded corral in Mesquite Manor, we have moved everyone else out.

Three new arrivals came to Shiloh yesterday. All three had been abandoned at boarding facilities. One mare is suffering from some Laminitis which we are treated, the other two should be able to be evaluated for adoption once they gain some weight and have their hooves trimmed.

Little Will now has his own video page on the website: here. He is doing wonderfully- already eating, well, at least chewing up, his mom's grain and hay. His favorite napping spot is right on top of his mom's hay as she tries to eat.

Ten month old babies, Fortune and Twinkle enjoyed some fun in the turn out. Fortune has an adoption pending, but Twinkle, the black filly, is looking for a new home.


Tioga (below), another horse suffering from UV photosensitvity, is now wearing his new UV hood and mask (bought with donated money- thank you!). He looks like an alien, but he is protected and, happily, should be able to spend the summer months out in pasture with his friends.


Angel, the Skin Horse, got her new mask today, but is keeping her body and neck slinky for now as it keeps her warmer. Once it warms up a bit more, she will wear her UV sheet and hood.

Here is a cute picture of Angus with his new owner!