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catbyte

(34,375 posts) Fri Mar 29, 2019, 10:56 AM Mar 2019

Rescued Carriage Horses Look SO Happy and Healthy Now

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Rescued Carriage Horses Look SO Happy and Healthy Now (Original Post) catbyte Mar 2019 OP

What about their teeth, she said they were hooked into their tongue and they couldn't eat Beringia Mar 2019 #1

I'm sure they were floated Bayard Mar 2019 #2

BTW Bayard Mar 2019 #3

Ugh, that's terrible. I was wondering about those. They seemed so out of place on a pure catbyte Mar 2019 #4

Beringia

(4,316 posts)

1. What about their teeth, she said they were hooked into their tongue and they couldn't eat

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:16 PM

Mar 2019

Bayard

(22,062 posts)

2. I'm sure they were floated

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 12:43 PM

Mar 2019

Which basically means grinding them down to where they should be. It doesn't hurt them, but they may need a little happy juice if they've never had it done previously. It's noisy, whether done by hand with a file, or machine.

This lady is a saint for rescuing these lovely boys.

Bayard

(22,062 posts)

3. BTW

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 12:46 PM

Mar 2019

Those marks on his nose are from having a halter on so tight, it becomes embedded. I had a rescue like that. Even after rehab, he never lost the scars.

catbyte

(34,375 posts)

4. Ugh, that's terrible. I was wondering about those. They seemed so out of place on a pure