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End Horse Slaughter Now!

HaNAeleh

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Week 1

 

We got Annie home and started her on hay and pellets. She was too thin at this point to start her on more than a few handfuls of grain.  The skin on her back was scalded from lying down in muck and mud for so long, and her hair was literally falling out.  Her hips were sunken in and she had little to no muscle tone.  You can count every single one of her ribs.

 

Annie had large sores on both of her hipbones from laying down. Because she was so emaciated, her bones literally scraped the ground when she would get up.  Much of Annie’s mane was literally rubbed out as she had tried unsuccessfully to reach any tidbit of food through the bars of her stall.

Week 2

 

Annie here was still on hay and pellets, but we added in grain and vitamins to her diet as well.  She already started to gain weight, and began to fill out considerably. 

 

The hair on her back, however, continued to fall out in large patches due to the burns from having to lay in the urine-infested muck in her stall.  In order to alleviate the discomfort, we had to put lotion and cream on the skin where the ammonia literally burned her skin.

 

At this point Annie still had the large sores on both of her hipbones. While they were beginning to heal at this point, she would still rip them open if she lay down, so we put rice hulls in her paddock.

Week 3

 

Annie’s skin began to heal and she started  to grow new hair on her back again.  Her hip sores are healed considerably, but are still noticeable.

 

We were able to begin to feed her on a full ration of hay and pellets, and could give her more than a handful of grain.

 

It is only at this point that she was strong enough to get out and walk for a short period of time, but she got tired very quickly.

 

 

Week 4

 

Annie began to feel like a real horse after only a month of care!   She had new hair growth all along her body, including her back, main and tail.  Unfortunately, because she had been in such deplorable conditions for so long, some of Annie’s hair grew in white from scarring.  On the plus side, this seems to be her only issue- she does not have any pain along her back or spine.

 

Her hips have gained more weight, but she was still sunken in some at this early time, and she still has very little muscle tone.

 

Annie also began to feel much better, and started acting much more like a horse!  She would run around in the round pen, but because of her lack of muscle tone, she could not be out for long.

Week 5

 

In this picture Annie has gained about 100 pounds since we took her in.  She still needed a lot of muscle tone to fill out her hind end, but her hips were much rounder, and her bedsores were very superficial and almost gone.

 

Annie was still on hay and grain, but we took her off of the pellets because she wasn’t finishing all of her food!  What a difference from just a month ago when she was starving to death!

 

Today, Annie might be considered fat, and she can run around and around for hours!  Annie is a very sweet little girl, but her past neglect means that she is still somewhat shy when being saddled, although she is getting over her fear, and does very well when she is ridden!  For all of the abuse she has suffered, she still loves people and really enjoys being petted!