April 19, 2007

Today is the first day of sun after 4 days of rain, a total of about 10 inches. Yuck! The weather is finally beginning to become a little seasonal, and Jen has her blanket off, finally, for some much needed fresh air and sunshine. She is shedding like mad under that blanket, and it is rubbing some of her hair out, so she's looking rather raggedy. She is also losing her old, dead, unhealthy coat in huge clumps that just peel off, taking a thick layer of dead skin and scurf with it. yuck.



On the bright side, Jen now has the strength to lift her head all the way up like a normal horse. It looks like her rapid weight gain has sort of plateaued. She weight taped at 700 lb. today, and is 14.1H. I suspect that everything she can possibly eat is going to the foal right now, and I don't want to overdo the carbs and risk laminitis. So we continue with all the hay she can eat, and her high protein, high fat, VitaRoyal feed program. She's been dewormed twice so far, and is due again this coming Tuesday, for Ivermectin this time. After this, she will go on a regular schedule. I'm not seeing any signs of a baby impending soon, so we'll keep on keepin' on.