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| ARRIVED |
October
15 2011 |
| ADOPTABILITY |
future available,
see
below for details |
SPONSORED BY
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- Feed: needs 3 sponsors --
$50/month each, during recovery
- Medical: extensive help
needed!
Please see below.
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| BREED/AGE |
"long yearling"
(2010 model) gaited paint mare, papers unknown
approx height 13hh; approx weight at arrival 450 lbs |
 Magic on
10/15/11; click
the boxed photo to
enlarge...and view her progress here at CWER!
VIDEO:
Magic enjoys a good scratching of her itches!!!
| Skills Report Card! |
Overall
Health: C-
10/15/11 -- arrived badly emaciated (starved), body score of 1.5
which means "bare minimal body fat and muscle, key internal organs
could
fail."
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Enjoy
the facebook photos as she progresses.
10/15/11: Magic arrived, with Fancy, today. Magic is a 15-month old
gaited filly of unknown breeding, and is badly starved. She is not
quite so thin as Serge or Twiggy were on arrival, but very close, and
her being so young makes it even more significant. Her little body will
have to figure out how to regain fat stores, build needed muscle, grow
a winter coat, and also allow her young body to grow again. It is very
likely she will be at least somewhat stunted due to what she has
suffered.
Apr '12: It's been a long, tough winter. Magic never shed her winter
coat from '10/11, and didn't grow a great coat for winter 11/12. She
gained some weight but not as much as hoped, and has been battling an
ulcer from her severe neglect in her past.
WEIGHT:
Fall 2011: 350 lbs approximated
Apr '12: 529 lbs, per livestock scale |
| Ground
manners: B+ |
Magic,
currently, is very
well behaved on the ground. Easily leads with and without leadrope.
Easily caught, even when loose on fresh grass. Handles her hooves
fairly well, has basic balance. Was exceptionally good for the vet.
Seems Ok with being groomed but not "dying to get brushed". We'll see
how much this might change as she gets her strength and energy back.
4/1/12: Magic now very much enjoys grooming and especially getting her
itches scratched!! |
Basic
Riding Skills:
N/A
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Of
course, this filly is
nowhere near riding training ready. It will likely be summer 2013 or
later
before we consider riding her.
Don't
miss her YouTube videos...IN THE FUTURE |
| Ideal
Career: NOT YET |
It
will be 6-9 months
before Magic is well enough to begin thinking about even simple arena
ground work. We have no idea where her strengths will be at this stage. |
| Stall
Manners: B+ |
Magic
arrived respectful
but
slightly nervous in a stall; as of day 8 she is already improving
significantly. She is unsure what you want from her yet, but is trying
to please. She has already realized blankets are a good thing, and will
put her own head through a 'turtleneck style' blanket! |
| Trailering
Skills: A |
Magic
loaded
well, and travelled calmly. She essentially loaded herself, to go with
her friend Fancy, and unloaded with ease. |
| Companionism/Pasture:
B |
10/22/11:
Magic is
currently only pastured with Fancy. She has been temporarily placed
with Sandy and did ok, but Fancy was very upset and calling to her. We
will gradually work to separate the two mares, as Fancy will not be
able to go into the big pasture this fall, and we need to get Magic
there asap.
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| Routine
Medical Care: B+ |
10/22/11:
Magic had a basic
exam with Doc Jenn of Prairie Rivers Equine, and behaved very well. She
was mildly nervous at having her teeth checked and her temperature
taken, but was calm and listened well to her handlers. Magic will not
be well enough to do a full dental exam and any needed floating to
repair damage from her starvation, not at least for another 6-8 weeks.
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Overview:
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Magic arrived
a 1.5 on the body conditioning
scale -- 0 is dead; below 1.0 is major organ failure and unlikely to be
recovered.
She will take 6-12 months of careful feed management and expensive care
to rehabilitate and return to a level of preparing her for a new
career. Because she is so young, her body will have to make difficult
decisions - calories to winter haircoat? to hoof development? to fat
stores? to muscles? then, finally, to growth? She is almost certainly
going to be at least slightly stunted. Luckily, her body should recover
in all other areas. It will be a VERY expensive 6-9 months at least.
Please
will you
donate to help us to help Magic? |
| Adoption
Terms: |
4/1/12: Magic is now well enough to be adopted by
someone able to allow her to grow up and properly mature. She is at an
acceptable weight although still thin.
Magic's adoption fee will be
determined after her riding basic training is completed, and may be
increased
over time as she acquires more training and shows more skill in
particular disciplines. If an adopter wishes to take her home prior to
being at riding training stage, we would discuss that possibility with
the right adopter.
Please see our AdoptionQnA
pages for
details of how to adopt. |
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HISTORY:
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We
dont know the background of
Magic's owners; only that we received a call from a concerned neighbor.
A group that was apparently trying to start a horse rescue had 20+
horses, most or all in VERY poor condition. We and another rescue
received the worse cases which the owners surrendered, so animal
control was not involved.
Magic needs to get back to the hard work of growing, but first her body
needs to fix all the weaknesses from the starvation; our vet is
confident we will be able
to resolve these issues for her. It will simply take time...and
funds.... |
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Enjoy
the facebook photos as she progresses. |
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Sponsorship: Magic needs medical sponsorship!
Estimated costs:
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FEED SPONSOR: Please
consider sponsoring Magic. She will need a very specialized diet --
focused around Purina Amplify fat-based feed and Purina Enrich mineral
balancer totalling, $150 per month --
requesting 3 people to each pledge $50 per month for 6-12
months. Next, she will need a skin/coat supplement to try to eliminate
the rain rot and get SOME winter coat growth, at least $100 worth of
Platinum Performance.
- $100 initial vet exam.
- vaccinations -- We wont consider
vaccinations until she is in bettrp hysical condition. She will need
basic plus booster shots, totalling $100.
- $150 dental work and full power
float -- hope to be healthy enough to do this in December 2011. She may
need
specialty work to resolve the damage to her front teeth, we won't know
until we get there.
- $100 winter blanket(s). We will
see what we have that fits her, then order whatever she needs.
- $200 multiple chiropractic and
accupuncture treatments in winter 2011/spring 2012 to help her get past
any stunting in her growth
- She may also need medications, and
other supplements for his recovery
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Farrier care:
she receives farrier care here at CWER by our own Mike Cross,
unless
something unusual would be found that requires treatment.
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Worming: We will
test stools and treat as needed. We will do fecals on her
every 8
weeks until we are
confident her system remains clean as do our other horses. (We no
longer rotational deworm; instead we do stool samples and worm those
who are needed and only with what they need.)
Bloodlines: Unknown, breed
unknown, "gaited" but no idea if MFT, TW, etc.
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