September 28, 202

Veneta has been busily trying to catch up on her chores around the sanctuary after her bout with 2 1/2 weeks worth of shingles on the back of the head.  Things are slowly getting to look normal again.

September 12, 2012

This morning when Veneta went out to feed the horses, they had all in the quarter acre pasture.  She thinks Thunder had managed to open the gate by pushing against it and the little ones all decided to have a field day.  She was going to do her normal routine to bring the horses in, but then she had noticed the neighbors horses were also out and so she thought better of it since she didn't feel it would be a good thing for the neighbors horses to be running through and destroying a 5 acres commercial vegetable garden.  So she went to plan B to bring the horses in which she doesn't like to do because it rewards the horses for doing the wrong thing.

All the horses (including the neighbor"s horses) were quickly brought back onto the ranch and secured in once again.  The little horses thought they would get a lot more grain.  Instead, they got their normal ration of hay.

Once all the horses were fed, Veneta did her regular routine and then went out and picked up some psyllium for the horses. 

The rest of the day went as usual.

Lalique today

Lalique came to us because she was an antisocial little horse.  When she first arrived, she did not want anything to do with anyone.  She did not want to be touched. 
     She has came along way since then.  She now doesn't mind being petted though sometimes she gets into a mood and doesn't want any touches for the evening.  Her latest little game is; she will go up to one of the other horses for no reason at all and pull out some of their hair.   If she continues to do this, we will have to devise a plan to break her of the hair pulling before it becomes a habit.
     Yesterday, we went to capture Lalique for the first time since she has been here to give her a west nile virus vaccine and she saw the lead rope and decided she didn't want anything to do with it.  She ran all over  the yard.  We finally set up a catch pen in order to catch her.  When we went to give her west nile vaccination, she decided she didn't want any part of that either.  Veneta ended up asking for help to get her vaccinated. 
     She is now vaccinated!
     It is very apparent that Lalique will need to be worked with to get her to understand halters and leadropes are not necessarily a bad thing. 
       

Recycling

Veneta had been going out daily collecting recycle containers and turning them in and utilizing the moneys for the animals. 

Veneta was told about the Cherry Island Soccer Complex and was told it would be well worth her time to go and collect the recycles there since they were throwing the recycle containers in the trash.  She went over after the games and collected some of the recycle containers.   Many of the people she ran across were very happy to put the containers directly into her cart instead of the garbage can.

After she had gotten to the outer perimeters to check the cans, a man in a golf cart came up to her and told her she could not collect the recycles on the complex.  She went back and told the people that had told her about the complex and what the man had told her.

The first person she notified, she had to leave a message on their phone.  This person was so irrate, she couldn't speak.  The other person told Veneta to contact the park office and lodge a complaint because the man did not have exclusive rights to the park.  People are paying taxes for that park.

There were at least two hundred dollars ($200) worth of recycles that Veneta left behind at that park (because of this man) which are going to be dumped into the landfill.  There was absolutely NO recycle containers for people to put the recycle containers in.  The government put a charge on the recycles because they want people  to recycle the containers.  They don't want them in the landfill.

Bucky again

We let Bucky loose so he could be with the other horses and what did he do?  He got into the hay and caused himself to colic again.  We now have him in a pen so he cannot get to the hay and he will stay on his specialized diet of full feed grain.

He is now doing okay once again.

Bucky today

Today, Bucky colicked again.  It had been since May of this year since he colicked last.  We first tried to walk the colic out but since that didn't work, we resorted to giving him medication.  This evening, he is doing fine.  He is back to his old self.

West Nile Virus

Veneta has found two dead crows which went into Sacramento/Yolo County Vector Control for testing.  Both birds came back positive for West Nile Virus. 

A number of people have reported to have thrown dead birds into trash.  The dead birds (and squirrels) found, need to be double plastic bagged and the local County Vector Control needs to be notified so they can pick the birds up and test them for West Nile.  This is one way they have to control the spread of the virus.