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Post by schwung on Feb 27, 2008 2:01:31 GMT -5
Sinatra (so named because of his beautiful blue eyes) is one of 10 horses seized from a Carnation farm on Saturday, February 23rd, 6 of which were taken in by SAFE. This little colt has a Body Condition Score of 1.5 on a scale of 1-9. Sinatra was living in a pen about 12x36 with another colt, Kokomo, which was full of dead blackberry bushes and debris, including wood will nails protruding. There was no food other than the blackberry bushes in the pen and no hay anywhere on the property. Not 15 feet from their pen lie a dead mare, her body bloated and partially eaten by coyotes, perhaps the mother of Sinatra or Kokomo. Sinatra was wearing a halter and was thankfully, once we brought in some hay, easy to catch and load into the trailer. Like the others, Sinatra is also suffering from severe parasite infestation, rain rot, and his feet also do not appear to have ever been trimmed. The lack of hoof care and severe malnutrition have caused Sinatra to be quite severely cow-hocked, although we are hopeful that much of this will resolve as he recovers. His appearance is deceptive due to his thick fuzzy winter coat and his extremely distended belly from the internal parasites, but when you touch this baby you can feel nothing on him but skin and bones. Sinatra has captured our hearts with his affectionate and boisterous personality. Despite his hardships, he loves people and attention and is always waiting at the stall door for more attention from his rescuers. We did have some concerns with Sinatra as his body temparature was low his first day with us, but he seems to be doing well now and his energy level and appetite are good. Here are some photos of Sinatra, taken two days after their arrival at SAFE:       |
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Post by akoehmstedt on Feb 27, 2008 10:13:30 GMT -5
Glad he seems to be a happy little guy. Amazing though from all the bad things that have happened to him.
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Post by schwung on Feb 27, 2008 22:15:18 GMT -5
Sinatra is SUCH a social butterfly. He is truly a doll of a little boy, so curious and happy and unafraid of people. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE HIM!
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Post by akoehmstedt on Feb 28, 2008 9:36:59 GMT -5
That is just amazes considering where he came from!
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Post by hooti4me on Feb 28, 2008 13:51:48 GMT -5
He is going to be a stunning guy when he gets well. It is truely amazing he still likes people, with what his short life has been like. Now he has the best, and he can only get better from here.
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Post by fantasyartist64 on Feb 28, 2008 14:00:26 GMT -5
just curious...can his cow hock situation be corrected somewhat with care/corrective shoeing in the future or is it permanent.
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Post by schwung on Feb 28, 2008 14:05:19 GMT -5
The vet is pretty optimistic that much of this will resolve on its own with good nutrition and hoof care. I could be imagining it, but to me he already looks a bit straighter in his hind legs.
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Post by fantasyartist64 on Feb 28, 2008 14:35:10 GMT -5
Great....he's a pretty baby!
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Post by bwyatt21 on Feb 28, 2008 17:00:54 GMT -5
They all must feel like they are in Heaven! Im so glad they all have a chance~ Thanks for stepping up and taking these guys on!
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Post by schwung on Feb 29, 2008 11:28:37 GMT -5
Sinatra gave us a scare yesterday. The weather was so nice yesterday that I let them out for a couple of hours of grass time, and I think it was a little too long for Sinatra, who may not have been used to having any grass at all. He had a mild gas colic last night and gave us quite a scare. He had a little banamine though and perked right up, and I checked on him a couple of times in the night and he was just fine. This morning he was his usual perky self and begging for food and attention. Phew!
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Post by akoehmstedt on Feb 29, 2008 14:43:29 GMT -5
Good to hear he is ok this morning!
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Post by schwung on Mar 1, 2008 1:37:12 GMT -5
Sinatra did great all day. No setbacks, he is back to being his usual, perky self! I will have to take a picture of him tomorrow wearing his brand new plaid blanket, donated by Janice Van Dyke. He looks just wonderful!
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Post by jaybird on Mar 3, 2008 18:03:33 GMT -5
I am here to tell you that everything you've heard about Sinatra is true. He is the friendly, most social, most outgoing little horse I have ever had the pleasure to meet. He is much smaller than his stall mate Kokomo and their neighbor Phoenix, but that does not stop him from being the bravest, boldest and most charismatic of the bunch. He loves to visit over his stall door... and he always needs to be in the center of whatever is going on at the time.
My exposure to foals has been extremely limited, so you have to excuse me because I am completely ga-ga over these little guys. But he is SOOOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE! He has this little tiny muzzle covered in white velvet and he's always sticking it everywhere...into your face, into your hands, into your pockets. He's got tiny little hooves, and a short little tail, and cute fuzzy ears, and he even smells like a baby!!!!!!!!! He has big blue eyes, and gorgeous white fur, and he wears the cutest little foal blanket and it is just too much to bear.
Okay, now that that is out of my system.......
;D
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Post by schwung on Mar 5, 2008 1:59:58 GMT -5
As I reported on Kokomo's thread, Sinatra was wormed yesterday and has the runs and is a bit less than his usual chipper self. Other than that though he is doing well - I think they all want to have more outside time and get out of the stall, but we have to ease them onto grass slowly.
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Post by fototropic on Mar 5, 2008 12:00:32 GMT -5
From what I've heard the friendly social personality is a trait of Saddlebreds. People who have them say they are real people horses.
Pam
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