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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #150 on: April 22, 2018, 06:15:11 PM »
Well, Wednesday it will be, and I love the little "ditty" Dr. Suess style!!
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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #151 on: April 24, 2018, 12:06:03 AM »
Glad to read the snows on the way out :)

If spotty Likes Dr Suess and it helps to get the feet trimmed , then I would certainly be sticking with it !




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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #152 on: April 25, 2018, 08:14:41 PM »
Spotty is now a gelding.   He was so rambunctious, that the vet gave him extra sedation, and then he wanted to continue sleeping after his procedure was over.    [Also needed Shayne's help to hold him still to give him his first shot, a little dose of IM ACE to chill him out.]   
I have to feed a ltitle bit late tonight to be sure both horses that had sedation are fully awake before dinnertime.   Spotty is currently in a separate outside temporary pen (put up some panels around him for him to wake up in while we worked on TAna).
  Tana had a growth on her leg, I'm not going to spend the $80 on pathology for something we are 90% sure is a sarcoid by looks and growth pattern.  I first spotted it when trimming hooves in February, and it was smaller than my pinky fingernail; when I noticed it again about 10 days ago, it was about the size of my thumbnail.  The vet excised it, stitched it and wrapped; wrap changes every other day for the next week.
Also rabies vaccinated 10 barn cats (all we could catch, they knew something was up and scattered).   And, of course, the main reason the vet came, we tested the bulls, and unfortunately 2 tested bad, so will head to auction soon.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #153 on: April 25, 2018, 08:15:51 PM »
When I got back out, I'll move Spotty into the dry shelter for the night; it's not overly clean, but it's dry, the other shelter is damp.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #154 on: April 25, 2018, 08:29:09 PM »
So glad all went well for you, but sounds like you had a bit of a time with Spotty.  Hope he heals very quickly, and Tana too.

Get some rest, you deserve it!!
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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #155 on: April 25, 2018, 10:31:45 PM »
Glad all went well , hope they both recover quickly.

Ace is great , Ive used it many times, even once to float a horse a few years back !

What are you testing for with the Bulls ? Fertility ?

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #156 on: April 26, 2018, 01:16:14 AM »

What are you testing for with the Bulls ? Fertility ?
Yes.  If the swimmers aren't good quality and mobile, they're no good for their job.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #157 on: April 26, 2018, 05:51:10 AM »
Perfect explanation  :)

I know I've said this before but I really have no knowledge of cows. Are these young ones your testing , ones that will be suitable for your future breeding ? Or is this something you need to do on a yearly basis regardless of age ?

How many bulls do you have and how many cows all up ? ( sorry for the many questions ) 😊😊

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #158 on: April 26, 2018, 09:44:07 AM »
Perfect explanation  :)

I know I've said this before but I really have no knowledge of cows. Are these young ones your testing , ones that will be suitable for your future breeding ? Or is this something you need to do on a yearly basis regardless of age ?

How many bulls do you have and how many cows all up ? ( sorry for the many questions ) 😊😊
All bulls are tested, and we've been testing most years. We don't raise our own, we buy them as yearlings, and they come tested, if they don't test well, they aren't sold as breeding prospects.
  And, I don't answer "how many" questions, as it's akin to asking someone how much money they have in the bank.  I will tell you we have 12 bulls; mature bulls can breed around 30-35 cows a season, young bulls are good for like 20, but it really depends on their libido and how quickly they figure it out.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #159 on: April 26, 2018, 03:07:40 PM »
Need to walk and possibly cold hose Spotty, he's swollen this morning.  Perhaps I shouldn't have shut him in the shelter last night, but I wanted to give him a bit of time to recover before the other boys bothered him.   This morning, I turned them out into their upper paddock with hay, it's pretty much bare ground, but at least they have room to move around.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #160 on: April 26, 2018, 06:34:19 PM »
Sorry Chanda I didnt mean to come across as being intrusive  ;)

Hope the swelling improves with Spotty


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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #161 on: April 26, 2018, 08:17:49 PM »
Sorry Chanda I didnt mean to come across as being intrusive  ;)

Hope the swelling improves with Spotty
I didn't take it that way, especially from someone outside of raising livestock, but put it out there, so others would understand why you might not get a direct answer.
Spotty was better after being out with the boys.  And, I took him for a walk, and a little cold hosing.
Chanda
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #162 on: April 26, 2018, 08:37:42 PM »
Totally Understandable

Good to hear the swelling is subsiding , hopefully this in turn will reduce his attitude over time :)

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #163 on: April 27, 2018, 01:50:34 PM »
Spotty is still swollen, looks like he still has one down there.   I'll take him for a walk and cold hosing again today, after lunch. 
 I'm about 50/50 with swelling for gelding procedures.  One AQHA gelding no problem and one AQHA gelding was swollen, so got walked.  Dakota and Monte had little issue.  Manny and Spotty had swelling.
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly

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Re: Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!
« Reply #164 on: April 27, 2018, 05:13:29 PM »
Man he's a moving machine, now to work on manners.  The boy can walk out like you wouldn't believe, now to get him to respect my space a bit more.   Still beats dragging his sister around, Bliss is a pain about leading; I know it's my fault, but I honestly thought all the work we did while she was recovering from her torn lip would have helped, but it seems she has forgotten it all.
Chanda
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Stallions: Little Kings Cat on Top, Paper Mache`
Mares: Misty, Tana, Sophia, Bliss, Bonny, Dolly and Baybe
Geldings: Dakota, Monte and Manny, Spotty
Donkey: Tilly