Mare visiting

Tasty hay

Some edema and swelling in her abdomen, chest, and legs

 This Wednesday I was contacted by a rescue group here in Colorado, asking if I could pick up a very pregnant mare they had purchased at the local auction, outbidding the kill buyer.  They had funding and a home for her, but couldn't get up to our area to pick her up until the weekend.  I had room here at Bit of Honey Training, so I went and got her and brought her home.  She's just under 3 years old herself, a paint with minimal white on her right side, and is very sweet, but basically untouched.  She doesn't really know how to be led with a halter and rope, but she followed my handful of hay into the trailer when we left the auction lot, and then followed a handful of hay into the stall when we arrived here at home.  She's very thin, but seemed to be doing ok. 

Udder starting to fill with milk