First off, Sanctuary Horse, Cleveland, was lying down this morning at breakfast time which is unusual for him. Once we got him up, we could tell he had injured his front leg somehow. There is no outward sign of any injury, but he would not bear any weight on it at all and his knee and his fetlock joint were both swollen and sore. So, we wrapped him up, gave him some pain meds, stabilized his leg in a Kimsey Splint and loaded him into the trailer to head to the vet clinic...
We stabilized him under his belly with hay bales in case he lost his footing on the long drive. He can actually lean on the bales for support...
The rear view. This works very well and can help to prevent further injury on the trailer ride. I am waiting to hear back from the vet on his condition...
Then, it was back to work. Sally spent the day cleaning out our personal tack room- not a job for the faint hearted! Our tack room is always the worst as we just haven't had time for ourselves. But, now we are making time and Sally did a great job getting us organized...
Ember was in the clinic a few days ago for her ulcerated eye. We thought it was going to have to be removed, but the vet thinks she can save it. So now Ember has a flush in her eye which we have to flush every few hours...
Her eyelids are sewn shut, see the flush above her eye?
This is where we put the meds in. It's actually very easy but time consuming...
Magic and Kelso in Little Vacation Village...
Ed and his adopted horse, Starsky...
Donkey Otie hanging out in the barn aisle...
Gummie member, Canyon...
Sunny graduated from the Barn stall into the Gummies! She is doing so well and now she can join a herd and make some friends. Good job Sunny!
Gummie member, Laramie...
Gummie Gomez...
Sunny checking out the water situation in her new home...
Gentry and Resolute in the Saloon...
Mercali, also in the Saloon...
More good news as Sky also graduated from his Barn stall and into Assisted Living! Here is Raz checking him out...
Lindsey Loham spent the afternoon snoozing by the Barn...
Sleetwood out in Big Pasture...
Tanis had a nice roll after I hosed him after his workout...
The Big Pasture...
Sally talked Felipe into sweeping out all of the disgusting cockroaches from the dark recesses of our tack room! Gross!
3 comments:
Wow, that was so interesting how you used the hay bales to support Cleveland. I have never seen that before. Would it work in a slant load trailer?
Hey Sue-
It might, you just have to figure out how to arrange them and then wedge them in with other bales. We usually put a blanket over the bales under the belly, but we forgot this time! It seems to really work well and the horse can actually lower themselves to rest on it if they need to. It is really a great and very useful trick!
The hay bale support idea is freakin' fabulous! I'm definitely filing that one away in my memory banks. Thanks!
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