Miniature horses

Six miniature horses were rescued and sent to a Miniature Horse Rescue on Saturday, June 8th.  This rescue was organized and facilitated by ACT V Rescue & Rehabilitation of Bloomington, MN, and Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. 

The owner was unable to provide adequate food and care for the horses.  We are happy they now have hope for a bright future. 

 REPORT AFTER TRANSPORT:

The horses are all settled in. It rained here all day yesterday so pen is a bit muddy but dry on one side now. 

They got wormed today and will slowly start a feed pail. The paint horse is a bit of concern to me as she is wobbly and unstable and will take to vet as soon as possible. It appears that she had a HUGE wood tick on her eyelid but it is a pussy mess. The eyelid is ripped and just dangling in front of her eye. I think it has been that way a while as it is not bloody. It almost looks healed but is infected as the pus is draining. 

The others are very thin under that winter coat that has still not shed due to poor nutrition and most likely worm overload. I notice the stud colt and filly are still nursing on the mares so I will be weaning them in a few days after everyone is a bit more settled. The mares cannot recover with those yearlings on them. 

Everyone will be looking great in no time hopefully and we will get the colt gelded and that eye looked at this week ASAP. That is my update for now.

More pics to follow.  Thank you for helping Red Lake animals and those in the surrounding area!  Karen :_)

ANOTHER UPDATE FROM RESCUE:

The horses are on the mend now.

The paint went to vet today and he said the eyelid tear is at least 7-10 days old but was able to sew it back on. We will see what happens. The colt got gelded today as well.

The colt did this yesterday while getting shaved. All the white strings are worms!