Gia is a Spanish Mustang that, from what I have been told, came from Colorado. Her owner had her shipped to California for a trail horse. After a few years of being just that, the owner became very, very ill. So ill in fact, that Gia and her gelding pasture mate were neglected so badly animal control became involved. Before they were seized some neighbors each took one of her horses with her blessings to find good homes. Two months later, I respond to an ad on BAEN -- brought to my attention from someone I adopted my other mare, Cupcake from. I went to meet Gia and fell in love as she placed her face on my chest.
She was painfully skinny. Her back hips were so thin there were funky bumps I had never seen on another horse (thank god I don't see many starved horse, my heart could not take it).
She had rain rot and some weird lumps on her legs that I was able to pick off and see some pink skin under.
My vet will be out on Wednesday and I'm dying to know what is on her legs and what her opinion is on her weight and her age. I think I'll also get a fecal.
She was such a good girl about the trailer too. She walked right in like a pro and ate her hay the whole time. Coming out she seemed to want to turn around (it was a 2-horse slant) and not back out so I turned her around then she waited a bit and sniffed then popped out.
I put her in my arena - separated from my mare Cupcake and the mare I am letting use my pasture, Missy to see how everyone would behave. Gia had been with only geldings for several years and I know how mean girls can be. There was minimal squealing then when my other girls realized Gia was the only one getting fed they pouted off.
Well, off to do some horse gazing!
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