Vet Results

Well the vet has left and the prognosis is good. She believes that Dakota simply pulled a muscle or stretched a tendon getting up in the stall or tripping over her own feet. She prescribed massaging the leg and controlled exercise. Luckily the babies don't run and play and frolic like normal foals. They are like tiny adult horses in turnout.

On their new paddock with Grass!

My barn assistant and I used some ropes and created the babies their own little paddock in an unused field that is full of bright green grass! Now, they are able to graze and be turned out! While she was out the vet went aheadhistory, she understood. She told me to get them a more leafy and softer (orchard probably) hay, which I am now on the hunt for, ugh. She also recommended Alfalfa cubes soaked in water for the extra protein. Finally, she gave me an ointment for their eyes. She agreed with me that the snotty noses and runny eyes was allergies due to the new environment and their compromised immune systems. 

and did a "well baby" exam on the boys. She was shocked at Spartan's lack of size and lack of any muscle mass, but when I explained his

Yummy Yummy green grass! 

Farrier appointments are tomorrow!

I also had to play cattle wrangler today when one of our neighbor's cows escaped in to our field. I really really dislike cows. They need to stay where they are told!