Above he is a -1 on the scoring chart and is over 200 pounds underweight. The farrier found Thrush in all 4 hooves
and he has Rainrot along his back and rump. The first vet visit was over $400 with the blood work,vaccinations,coggins.
Some of his needs in weeks to follow were a bag of Seminole Senior at $16.95 and a bag of alfalfa pellets at $18 he will
go through 1 of each of these a week, a bag of beet pulp at $13.95 each. Because he is so bony he needed stall
shaving to lay on in his stall, they are $5.50 a bag and you have to put at least three bags in to make it soft, when you
clean the stall you loss some so you have to replace them. Iodine shampoo for the rainrot and Iodine for his feet,
wormers, one the first week and then one each 8 weeks they run about $8 each. His hooves trimming is every 4 to 6
weeks at $20, just some of the things he needs. It will take many months to get him built back up.
and he has Rainrot along his back and rump. The first vet visit was over $400 with the blood work,vaccinations,coggins.
Some of his needs in weeks to follow were a bag of Seminole Senior at $16.95 and a bag of alfalfa pellets at $18 he will
go through 1 of each of these a week, a bag of beet pulp at $13.95 each. Because he is so bony he needed stall
shaving to lay on in his stall, they are $5.50 a bag and you have to put at least three bags in to make it soft, when you
clean the stall you loss some so you have to replace them. Iodine shampoo for the rainrot and Iodine for his feet,
wormers, one the first week and then one each 8 weeks they run about $8 each. His hooves trimming is every 4 to 6
weeks at $20, just some of the things he needs. It will take many months to get him built back up.
5/25/2009 Poco's red blood cell count is off and he has anemia the
count is 5 when it should be between a 7-9,we had to put him on Red
Cell an Iron supplement which cost $36 a bottle. Being starved and
not receiving the Iron and minerals in the food can cause Anemia, the
body can not replace the Iron as fast as it is used when there is no
food or minerals containing Iron coming into the body. Dr Roberts
floated his teeth today and she stated they are some of the worst
teeth she has seen, they look like they have never been done
before. Some have long very sharp points deep valleys and sever
waves, none of the surfaces match up. The left cheek
sharp points have been cutting into the side
of the mouth.
5/28/09 Poco has gained a total of 45 pounds in the
one month we have had him.
6/ 17/09 Poco has now gained 75 pounds in 7 weeks,
right on goal time, slow but steady.
6/25/09 Poco is on his 8th week and has now gained 81
pounds
7/16/09 Poco has now gained 100 pounds.
7/28/09 Poco has now gained 105 and has hit a Plato
and slowed down on weight gain, this is normal when
rehabilitating a starved horse. We will make some
changes to his diet and see if he starts to gain again.
8/5/09 Poco is full of energy and has gained 110
pounds.
8/17/09 We changed Poco's Diet and he has now
started to gain weight again. He has gained 120 pounds.
9/5/09 He has now gained 130 pounds
11/19/09 Poco has went from 795 pounds to 945
pounds for a total gain of 150 pounds at this point.
| We Picked up Poco on April 30, 2009 Left abandon on foreclosed property with no feed and the only water was in a scum covered pond. No humans or other animals for companionship. |
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| Poco 30 days later |
November 2009
| Poco 2/7/2010 he has now gain 200 lbs.. |
| Update March 2010, We have learnt some of Poco's history from a past owner. She came to visit him and found out he had been neglected several times by several different people between 2006 and 2009. She sent us the pictures below of his past. |
The pictures below are Poco at his
home in Massachusetts he was 22
years old at this time and looks like
he was in excellent condition.
home in Massachusetts he was 22
years old at this time and looks like
he was in excellent condition.
with his owner he was 25 years old and they
went riding at Salt Lake and other trails in
Florida. This was the condition he was in
before he transferred owners and began his
went riding at Salt Lake and other trails in
Florida. This was the condition he was in
before he transferred owners and began his
| Update February 2011 Poco still doing well now Thirty two years old. Brave and Poco running in the pasture. |
