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Post by Gingersmom-Tate on Jul 23, 2007 21:36:52 GMT -5
Jingles for sweet Pockets like crazy.....hang in there little pappa.....
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Post by averyacres on Jul 23, 2007 22:30:37 GMT -5
Sending lots of jingles for the Pockets. C'mon Pockets!!
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Post by jaybird on Jul 23, 2007 23:02:49 GMT -5
Please get well soon, Mr Pockets. I love the photos that have been posted here on your thread. Feel better and please keep eating!
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Post by cardicorgi on Jul 24, 2007 11:43:22 GMT -5
Oh dear! C'mon Pockets! Jingles for the little guy.  |
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Post by pocketsmommy on Jul 24, 2007 13:24:57 GMT -5
thank you to all who are concerned. we love this little guy and i am just torn up over the whole thing. My only hope is that he is comfortable and Happy. he is the sweetest old man i have ever had  |
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Post by slew on Jul 24, 2007 14:49:01 GMT -5
POCKETS>>>>>>
you listen up boy! you got it good up there.....now eat!
did you try luring him with some senior grain, with some warm water added?...maybe some applesauce?
or molassess?
when my old guy doesn't want to eat, I take a bucket with warm water, put in some molasses.......and he drinks it.
Molasses is chock full of iron.....
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Post by pocketsmommy on Jul 24, 2007 15:23:51 GMT -5
eah he eats only mushed food as he has hardly any teeth left  right now he is supposed to be eating 4 coffee cans of senior pellets and 2 cans of beat pulp dsily, with i T msm. i have tried adding cooked apples, carrots and mollasses he just picks at it and drops most of what he does try to eat. any more advice would be GREATLY accepted  i will try the bucket of woarm water and mollasses!!! |
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Post by safehorses on Jul 24, 2007 15:41:13 GMT -5
Now listen here Pockets, old boy, you have too many people who love you...please keep eating and get better soon! I'm jingling like crazy little man...sending get well vibes your way.
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Post by Gingersmom-Tate on Jul 24, 2007 20:17:29 GMT -5
How about some soaked alfalfa pellets to temp him into eating again. Most horses cannot resist the alfalfa.
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Post by pocketsmommy on Jul 24, 2007 20:42:33 GMT -5
dr. Dana just left. yes pockets is loosing weight. she took some blood ssamples and we are hoping he is just being finicky. We are going to stop the beat pulp and still give him soaked sr. pellets mixed with bread, applesauce or whatever we can con him into eating that day. She will have blood tests back friday.
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Post by schwung on Jul 25, 2007 0:13:01 GMT -5
Well, some horses really don't like beet pulp, my picky TB being one of them. I hope he decides he finds something he likes to eat! Keep us posted on the bloodwork.
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Post by winterlakesfarm on Jul 25, 2007 9:53:13 GMT -5
I have had horses that did not like the mash unless it was warm and you might try Purina Equine Senior in a mash.......I have fed the pelleted Sr feed before and had horses turn up their nose but not to the Equine Senior. I am sooooooo crossing my fingers as are all of my critters for Pockets!!!!!! hang in there little guy! !
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Post by cat67 on Jul 25, 2007 10:53:27 GMT -5
Yes, I have horses that hate beet pulp, but love rice bran.
Anything molasses-y tends to make them eat. You can buy molasses at the grocery store and dribble it on anything you're trying to make them eat.
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Post by shekaberry on Jul 25, 2007 15:15:58 GMT -5
I can't believe I missed this!!! I am praying for Pockets to be OK, he stole my heart when I met him!
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Post by slew on Jul 25, 2007 22:32:16 GMT -5
My TB Petey initially does not like beet pulp.......I start off with small amounts mixed into his senior feed......then ramp it up every couple of days until he is eating about a water bucket a day (1/2 am and 1/2pm).......of course I still mix his senior feed into it......occasionally apple sauce or molasses if he seems picky....and he gets as much hay as he can eat and poop on....he is very finicky about hay.
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right now he is supposed to be eating 4 coffee cans of senior pellets and 2 cans of beat pulp dsily, with i T msm. i have tried adding cooked apples, carrots and mollasses he just picks at it and drops most of what he does try to eat. 
i will try the bucket of woarm water and mollasses!!!
