I need advice!

[areias]

The baby is ready to be weaned. If anything, the baby is putting a huge toll on her mom. When they get over a certain age, they need to be weaned, especially if the mom isn't totally healthy. How much acreage are they on? Is there grass? If anything the horse should be getting grain, even if they don't get hay, especially if she has a baby. Baby should already be getting grain, too, to supplement itself. You need to call animal control, they will assess the situation and make their own judgements. There is a possibility they won't be taken away, but the girl does not sound very nice and it would be a great benefit to the horse if she was taken away. What do the girls parents say? Do they do anything?

[horse_lover]

The mom and the baby are in a little paddock where there is no grass and they can't run around at all. My cousin has seven horses and she thinks she knows everthing about horses when really she barely knows anything. She rarely grains them and when she does she feeds the cracked corn. Which is really dusty right? Here's another thing, my cousin is 24 and her parents don't know anything about horses. Her mom can only feed them hay.

[areias]

Please call animal control or the aspca. It is vital to these horses health. Where are you located? I can find the number for you.

How much hay are they getting? Do the other horses get grain, what kind of pasture do they have? Do their feet get done regularly?

[horse_lover]

I really don't think I could do that! Maybe if it doesn't get better soon then I'll call but I can't now! Yes their feet get done regularly and they get almost a bale of hay a day. I guess it's better than it was. She's started taking better care of them. But if I call animal control, and if they find out who called they would never talk to me again! She's just lost her father in-law and I would hate to have that hapen to her! Maybe I could call the vet and they could help the horses.

[areias]

Could you educate your parents, and have them talk to your cousin? Please try something...it will NOT get better, only worse.

[horse_lover]

Do you think the vet could help? She just lost her father in-law and it would be very sad to watch this. Also if they found out I called I would never be talked to again!

[areias]

It would be even sadder to let neglected animals suffer, when you can help them out. You know there is a problem. What about your parents?

[horse_lover]

What do you mean what about my parents? My mom wouldn't talk to her!

[areias]

I suppose you could start out with the vet, but I'm not sure if it will do anything. I am going to go now..please take my advice and consider calling animal control.

[horse_lover]

The horses aren't neglected anyway. They aren't as well taken care of as they should be but at least she feeds them and rides them.

[horse_lover]

thanks for you're help!

[buttercup132]

Feeding the hay only is fine. She dosent have to grain them. Infact not many horses ni my barn get grains. The one guy I know dosent feed anyhting toher then hay to his 15 horses.

When you call the Spca you can leave your name as annominous so she wont know or ever find out.

Riding them dosent mean they arent neglected. A pen where they cant run is not nice.

[areias]

But if the horse has a baby and is in a small dirt paddock? It would only make sense to grain them.

[Tralee]

Do the horse go into the barn at night? If not do they have some kind of shelter? I would try and contact the vet your friends uses, and discuss the situation.

[horse_lover]

Oh yes the horses actually have a big barn to go in. She was out of town so I had to feed the horses and that's when the momma and the baby were in the small paddock.