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Pics of Tequila our Indian paint and Mustang.

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I am starting this thread so I can show pics of Tequila our Indian paint and mustang. It is only a couple pics but will grow. I have only had her a couple of weeks.
Trav

that is me and my little sister on her. I really need to get a saddle again.
 
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I am not sure I was busy working on another project we got her. I couldn't stop my oteher project. The good news though is that I got her from a good friend that tought me about everything I know about horses. I have known her (my friend) for 3 or 4 years and she has had her that long I know that but she probably is a bit older. She is trained bareback, western saddle and also she was a barrel racer. My friend knows this horse very well.
Trav
 
#4 ·
I am sorry, but her current condition appears to be that of a still growing and filling out baby, not a mature horse of 4 years of age or older, so if that is her true age she is underweight/underdeveloped. She'd benefit greatly from a good balanced nutrition program and some conditioning work to bring her back to a better place before you are asking much of her.
 
#7 ·
She is pretty chubby as it is I think my pics are misleading you. By the way I messed up now that I think about it she got her about 2 1/2 years ago. And I am pretty sure she got it from her brother whom trains horses. She does need to get out more she is barn sour of about 6 months. I am not trying to say you don't know what you are talking about but I know she is in healthy condition other then she has a small problem which already has been checked out by a Vet and said she will be ok.
Trav
 
#9 ·
Have you had her vetted - either PPE or since you brought her home? The vet can give you some idea of what sort of age range she falls into based on teeth, etc - it isn't exact, but would be helpful. Plus, a vet check will help to let you know if there are any underlying issues that addressing would help you in the effort to bringing her back to a better condition.
 
#10 ·
I haven't gotten a Vet out here yet. My nieghbor use to be a rancher he can tell me when he next comes down here. I have only had her for a couple of weeks. Again I can get ahold of my good friend and she knows I think my mom and sister just didn't think to ask and I wasn't there to ask she knows I have alot of questions for her. I just need to get time to get ahold of her. I know I will need to work with her to get her back into shape as far as being ridden but I can deal with that my previous horses were not broke and I was breaking them until somebody poisened them. (2 were not broken, 1 had problems where she liked to kick, and the other 2 had no problems just really old and one of those 2 had thrush problems badly.)
Trav
 
#12 ·
Well I finally got the chance to get a few more pics of tequila been so busy my sister has been taking care of her. Soon she will have half an acre to roam because the stalls are going.
Trav


 
#13 ·
See the triangle shape on her back in the first pic? The triangle is formed by her two hip bones and her spine.
That tells me she is underweight/needs her back muscles built up. I definitely wouldn't look at her and think "Wow! Look at that nice, healthy, young horse." No. It'd be more along the lines of "Someone needs to get that horse some food."
 
#14 ·
Icrazyaboutu I am working on getting her more food and giving her some things to bring her back to weight. I didn't notice it before I am sorry. It might take a while but thats ok. She is grazing well right now too so that will help. I think she might have lost weight as I just found out she had a barrel racing accident and still is recooperating.
Trav
 
#19 ·
Ya I was wrong about her being chubby like I said I have been so busy and will be until the first snow. Nobody has been riding her lately my mom and sister fell off her (blanket slipped) and since nobody has had time nor feeling well just yet to ride her. Like my signature says I have a bunch of trucks and a steel horse and I have been preparing one to go out of town to get a parts truck.
Trav
 
#17 ·
I wouldn't want to be exercising her until she gets more weight on her, then some work to build up her muscle.
She's not terribly underweight, but she's most definitely under muscled, and IMO most definitely not in a ride-able state.

Definitely get the vet out, just in case there's something inhibiting her weight gain. De-worming (after a fecal test) would also be pretty awesome.

Id she being fed grain of any sort? I see hay in the pics, about how many lbs does she get a day?
 
#18 ·
I give her 1 1/2 flakes to 2 flakes each serving 2 times a day. She may need deworming not sure yet everybody out here does it once a month so she may be due. We have 1/2 acre she will be grazing on and then we have another 3 1/2 acres that we let her out to graze on. there is a grain I will be feeding her but I need to rember what is called I think it is rice brand and that helped our horses before big time.
Trav
 
#21 ·
not sure I need to get time thursday I will be out of town like I said and wenesday I have to have our 02 F250 V10 4x4 truck ready for its longest trip it has ever seen. And friday I am building a fence on half the acre for her to give those corrals back then soon fix an enclosure then back to fixing my 88 F150 and training for my liscence like I said I am always busy doing something my little sister and mom is taking care of her and as soon as I am not so busy I will help.
Trav
 
#23 ·
thank you but I can't take all the credit my camera is a very high tech one and when I take pics it comes out clear. I can't hide one thing with this camera it is so good. It doesn't glare or anything like that I love it.
Trav
 
#26 ·
what do you mean by free choice hay? Are you saying throw a bale out there and let her eat it. She will get bloated if we did that. I am letting her graze and that helps me with the grass patches and weeds and she gets fed then at night I feed her her hay and in the mornng I feed her her hay (well my sister and mom does only today and yesterday did I feed her because of being so busy.)
Trav
 
#27 ·
what do you mean by free choice hay? Are you saying throw a bale out there and let her eat it. She will get bloated if we did that. I am letting her graze and that helps me with the grass patches and weeds and she gets fed then at night I feed her her hay and in the mornng I feed her her hay (well my sister and mom does only today and yesterday did I feed her because of being so busy.)
Trav
Trav, you do not have to be afraid of her getting bloated on hay. She will eat as much as she wants, but it's not going to harm her unless it's some second or third cutting alfalfa. Grass-mix-hay - shovel it in!
 
#29 · (Edited)
I didn't realise you had a thread on her. Cool!

She does look somewhat under weight/muscled; so I'm glad you are putting her back on track. A really good grain for helping horses gain weight in Purina Strategy. We gave my horse a pound in the morning and at night when she needed to gain weight. Also, may I ask how much hay you are feeding her? I never knew horses could get bloated on hay. My mare got it free-choice when we first got her. Now she certainly doesn't though, she is a little on the plump side. lol

Really looking forward to more pictures!

Edit: Wow, you are are busy! I read more of your posts.
 
#30 ·
I will try and get more pics after my trip tomorrow. I am a bit of a show off so thats why I made this thread. haha They don't sell purina products at my local feeding place I know the guy well I was suppose to get a job there but things changes anyways he can get me something good for putting her weight back on.
Trav
 
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