PICTURES Looks like I have rescued a horse!

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After spending many months looking for a companion for my escape artist electric fence jumping gelding in Spain, one which also had to be rideable for my other half we stumbled across this PRE 8 year old mare two days ago. Neglected in the past and obviously maltreated and with a horrendous saddle sore over her emaciated withers.

She had a really sweet face and the aforementioned other half couldn't leave her. So she arrived within 12 hours.

She loaded of the trailer beautifully and although very nervous was lead into the paddock and shelter without problems. My oaf of a gelding isn't sure of what to make of her, and after treating me with much indifference over the past few months has taken to following me whinneying around the paddock like a 500kg dog.

Our new horse spent yesterday running away when being approached but this morning came straight up when called. She is very jumpy however and we think she has been beaten in the past, so slowly slowly. Isn't it ironic that we have ended up with the type of horse that we were trying to avoid. .. but hey ho, if it turns out she is difficult to hack out (i did ride her bareback when we saw her.. ) she will make a nice companion for my gelding (once he gets used to her!).

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What a lovely and lucky girl to have found loving and caring owners. Feed her up, dress her wounds and lots of TLC and she'll be a different horse in a few weeks. Looking forward to the "one month on" pics.
 
How sad :( she has a beautiful face and is so lucky to have found you. I have a PRE and they are such a wonderful breed. I hope she ends up being ridden but it's lovely that you don't care if not.
 
Thanks guys. I will post more photos in a few weeks. Any idea how long that sore will take to heal? And how I should be dealing with it. At the moment it is open to the air and I have an antibiotic spray which I will use every day... and she is so calm when being sprayed, unlike my gelding who behaves like a clown when any spray can comes near him!
 
Lucky lucky horse to have found her way to you because she has obviously had a rough time of it and she looks such a sweetheart. As to the wound i would use something like Dermagel which keeps the wound moist and allows the skin matrix to regrow whilst keeping all the nasties at bay. Its brilliant stuff and you can get it at your local tack shop, it comes from the Cortaflex people. Other similar things available too, that wound looks as if it needs something a bit more meaty than a spray to help it heal. And as others have said, before and after pics a must. Good luck with her.
 
Try manuka honey. Helped a horse on our yard with a fist sized hole in her chest (got impaled on a wooden fence stake)
She was back out hunting in 7 weeks.
 
Lucky horse and lucky you - I reckon by the time she gets back to full health you will have one very special horse there - they are intelligent enough to know who they owe so much to. You will have a friend for life.
 
Sorry OP when I re-read your thread I realised that you are probably in Spain so may not be able to get Dermagel etc. Fully endorse manuka honey as an alternative as long as you can keep flying nasties off of it.
 
To be honest if she's that badly underweight I'd be having the vet out for a visit to check there are no other underlying issues and to get a feeding plan in place as you will need to reintroduce feed gradually.
How much did you pay for her?
 
Broke_But_Happy said:
To be honest if she's that badly underweight I'd be having the vet out for a visit to check there are no other underlying issues and to get a feeding plan in place as you will need to reintroduce feed gradually.
How much did you pay for her?
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This^^^ and I don't think I could have walked away from her either. Bless her, so pleased she has landed on her feet with you xx
 
Mixedbag said:
Sorry OP when I re-read your thread I realised that you are probably in Spain so may not be able to get Dermagel etc. Fully endorse manuka honey as an alternative as long as you can keep flying nasties off of it.
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You might be able to get it on t'internet though,wouldn't you????
 
lucky horse, wonderful you, i have a PRE, he's fantastic, think yours is going to be a beauty, might be head shy like mine was but possibly very well trained, once they trust you they are yours for life and very funny and super smart, just go slowly as spanish horses really do have a hard time and are often broken harshly. might need worming too?
 
Thanks everyone and Mixedbag, I can always look online for the Dermagel and in the mean time use manuka honey.

I was told she needs deworming, and she looks like she has a bit of a wormy belly so that is next on the list.

Have had a very busy couple of days so looking forward to spending some quality time with her next week... which will be easy to do since both horses are 20m from the house :) :)
 
MDB said:
After spending many months looking for a companion for my escape artist electric fence jumping gelding in Spain, one which also had to be rideable for my other half we stumbled across this PRE 8 year old mare two days ago. Neglected in the past and obviously maltreated and with a horrendous saddle sore over her emaciated withers.

She had a really sweet face and the aforementioned other half couldn't leave her. So she arrived within 12 hours.

She loaded of the trailer beautifully and although very nervous was lead into the paddock and shelter without problems. My oaf of a gelding isn't sure of what to make of her, and after treating me with much indifference over the past few months has taken to following me whinneying around the paddock like a 500kg dog.

Our new horse spent yesterday running away when being approached but this morning came straight up when called. She is very jumpy however and we think she has been beaten in the past, so slowly slowly. Isn't it ironic that we have ended up with the type of horse that we were trying to avoid. .. but hey ho, if it turns out she is difficult to hack out (i did ride her bareback when we saw her.. ) she will make a nice companion for my gelding (once he gets used to her!).

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She is lovely, what colour is she under all that mud?

Please post some more pictures in a few weeks with progress, she looks like a lovely girl
 
forgot to add, vet recommended a cream called Tifene when my horse had horrid weepy sore, sprayed it with anti septic then smeared a load on , i now use it on all cuts, cracks and sores, i am in France so perhaps its available in Spain too, your Pre looks like she is very high withered like mine, short back too? they probably put a really crap saddle on her with no wither clearance.i really wish you the very best of luck with her.
 
Be careful not to use too strong a wormer as it can cause colic if they have a very high burden. Something like Equest or Pancur should be okay, but avoid stronger ones such as Pramox or equipaste.
 
Thank you all for your advice and words of encouragement. Will post more pics in a few weeks. In the mean time she is so much less afraid of us, managed to give her a nice gentle groom today (now that the rain has stopped) which I dont she has ever had done before... certainly not with any care or affection. Under all that mud she looks like a flea bitten grey but with lots of brown tones in her mane and tail. Her ears prick up when she sees us coming and she will follow me around the field now. Unfortunately my gelding is being a real bully and she is very submissive which seems to encourage his bullying, naughty boy... so I hope in time he will settle down.
 
Tifene cream is fab if you can get it. Otherwise, sprinkle turmeric (you want 3% curcumin content) directly into the wound. It's antiseptic, natural, amazing healing properties. Any raw local honey is apparently as good as manuka.
 
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