Thanks for your note. We wormed them both yesterday and within hours the little filly was off her feed. Also refusing to eat this morning. So we called the vet on an emergency basis and he found almost no gut noises. We are figuring she is impacted with dead worms as she has never been wormed before that we know of. So he intubated her and administered mineral oil. She cannot eat until it has done its work, poor baby!

But he also let us know what to feed them and how much, which was a big concern of ours. Nothing can be done for her wobbly legs, as it is probably already too late at a year old, but we are giving them both glucosamine with MSM -- as all our older horses get. So that might help a tiny bit, but evidently she is going to have a life of increasing pain later and we will just have to decide for her when enough is enough. That hurts.

Also, no, they are not just 'little horses' we found out. Their digestive tracts are much more sensitive and they are prone to founder -- so even with normal, healthy minis one would need to be quite careful about the feed and care.

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