So.. I got new horses...

Okay here are the cell phone photos i took !




(this photo he is on the left, the one with the head turned)





the only thing i noticed is that he will open his mouth and grab a railing and pull back, any idea why he is doing this ?

You bought a cribber, it seems. ;) That may be helping his skinniness. He'll probably need to be checked for ulcers, and you'll need a cribbing device & supplement of your choice to minimize colic chance.

There's a cribber at my barn.. they look almost identical(down to the skin and bones), only Russel has way more flea biting and is shorter!

^ Thank you, What supplement would you recommend, i wouldnt want him to get colic, ill have to start reading about cribbing, ive heard about it and saw the devices at my tack shop i believe.

He's cute! You should have got the other white horse next to him for me! That one's got such a cute face!

I have a good amount of auctions I'm planning on going too. I've never been to one before, but know alot about them. It's gonna be hard...knowing where a good amount are going off to. But, I plan to come home with at least one new addition. Penny Pony needs a friend her size, lol. The big Drafts don't like to play with her. Hehe.

We mix some Quitt into Russel's food.. he gets senior feed 2x a day, and gets Quitt with at least one meal. I can't remember if it's one or both. It's designed to give back nutrients, because most horses crib due to nutritional issues.

Russel's crib strap is the type with the metal. He ignored the 'miracle collar' or whatever it's called. He wears it in the pasture, and a feed bag in the stall to help out his neck.

^ Thank you, could i have a link to the Crib Strap kind of have for him ? :)

Since i dont know my new horses age yet, i wont have him in Senior feed yet, but i will definitally fix him up for the nutritional needs, as you can see whoever had him last did neglect him and the nutritional lack is more than obvious.
he has a salt block and hay and grass to eat, we surrounded his pen with electrical fencing, even where there is wood so he wont go to it and he knows it is there and wont touch it so its a good thing.
he has oats and Horse power and we also give them Biotime for the hooves and coat.. ill look at Quitt to see what i think of it but ill probably add it to his diet :)

Mal, Thats good ! I know its so hard :(
Im sure you will find an excellent addition for Penny Pony !

Russel is 13, he gets Triple Crown senior feed... they all get it, unless they are overweight. It's just a good feed with lots of nutrients.

This is the type we have for Russel:
Hinged Cribbing Strap - Dover Saddlery.

to me he looks older than 14-15 but any horse can look aged from being that thin.

Remember a few things
1. increase his feed slowly, dont give alot at once, he could get sick
2. dont get him on green grass, yet
3. talk to you vet, about side effects/ secondary effects of horses that are severly underweight.
4. ALWAYS quarentine horses for at least 60-90 days, if they are from auctions. ie not in conjoining pastures... talk to your vet about this. you dont want you other horses to get anything from them. if you havent done this already, there is no point they are already exposed.
5. try to get a fecal count of his worms/ what kinds, so you can worm as needed (with the right product) if he has an infestation, and not just guess. chances are hes got worms if hes was neglected. (Some horses might look that skinney and still be fed well if they have underlying conditions like ulcers and such that go untreated/diagnosed.)

Talk to your vet about blanketing him, I would never leave a horse unblanketed that is that thin, unless you lived in a warm area, which of course canada isnt.

AWWWWW, HUGE KUDOS TO YOU! Heh heh heh, this could be dangerous, I wasn't even aware we had equine auctions in Grunthal. I knew we MUST have some, but I never managed to find any for some reason.

I definately agree, he looks very Thoroughbredy to me but with quite a bit more substance, so I could easily see him being Appendix. I definately don't think he's just a big QH, he screams Thoroughbred to me.

And I'd pretty much guarantee he's broke, if he's that much older and well behaved and a gelding, chances are pretty slim someone's just been hanging onto him as a pasture pet for the last 15 years and suddenly shipping him off to auction.

Best of luck with him, maybe I'll get to meet him someday!