Solace - A Mustang
Thoughts of solace bring peace, comfort, relief. This is what I thought of when I became the new owner of a very malnourished horse.A mustang. I call her SOLACE.
She came to me 250 lbs. underweight. Extreme malnutrition had caused severe muscle loss over her entire body.She had suffered, being chased off her food by greedy, pushy, mares. Keeping in mind the health of her new foal, she chose to remain at pasture. Five months passed, with no food to speak of, producing milk for her baby, Coosa. And, soon, her health began to fail. Her body being over-run with blood-sucking parasites, lack of proper clean water, and no shelter.
Her owner called, needing help, having done what she felt she could, asked me to come and get her. Just some lady, to me. So, I hooked up my trailer, going against my good sense, and drove 50 miles and loaded the almost dead horse. She walked right in. Survival. Instinct. A way out. Trust.
It was very difficult for me to drive away ,leaving baby Coosa behind. But, I had no choice, this time. He would be remarkably, Ok. At five and a half months, he had his herd mates, horrible nasty mares that they were, but he also had survival instinct taught by his mother. And the pushy, greedy worst mare had been removed. He would make it, at least , until I could go back. He had to. I couldn't catch him and the nasty mares were chasing him off. Now, for a lesson in survival, for a rescue horse. I am very limited on how much money I can really invest in her. I just don't have it.So for tonight... survival...
2 doses fastrac gel, 1 tube B-12, Fresh hay, water, shelter, NO grain.
I was reminded of her stamina when I got up the next day, to find her alive. So, under a Vet's direction, I wormed her, I slowly raised her rations to 3 meals per day , with probiotics , fat supplements, B-12 (to raise her immune), BL Paste (for bute-free pain relief), free choice of clean hay, water, and shelter. And , a whole bunch of wait-n-see.I wanted to learn as much from Solace as possible. I did not really have a true idea of how long she would live. At this point it could easily go either way. She just isn't a candidate for expensive Vet care.Please go to page two
