First of all, before I forget again, Thank You - Thank You to everyone who helped out last month when I was hurt!!! I am very lucky to have you all in my life!
The days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting COLD! We've been riding a little later in the day to give the temperature a chance to warm up. The fall colors have been gorgeous this year and walking the horses through the fallen leaves is wonderful. It's been really funny watching how the horses deal with fall. Ziegy and Scotty saw the leaves fall and they thought the sky was falling! Then Ziegy was bombarded with falling acorns, and Tapper and Dolly had to deal with falling butternuts! Yikes!
Blackberry gave me a scare last week. She choked on a wad of hay (she doesn't have many teeth so can't chew it well). I waited about 45 minutes to see if she'd clear it, but it was getting worse so I called the vet. My vet was away so I talked with Dr. Lamb (who was on call for her). He's nice, but he lives really far away and it takes him a long time to get here. He asked me to walk her slowly for 30 minutes and see if that helped. I did that, and rubbed her throat and neck. By the time Dr. Lamb called back she had cleared the blockage. We discussed what to do because I felt she had aspirated so he prescribed antibiotics (which I picked up at Heather's) and bute (horsey aspirin) to relieve swelling. I soaked her food - hay and grain - for a week or so to make it e
asier for her to eat and she's doing well now.
asier for her to eat and she's doing well now.
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