Vegas was more friendly today and was not so hard to catch in the field. Leaving him totally alone to chill and relax for a couple of days does wonders. He feels no threat from us and no return to the building. No other feed other than all the grass hay buffet you can eat...friends and sunshine and moonlight did wonders.
We caught him and took him to the shelter to feed him some carrots and boss and to groom him. We gave him some 'love' in other words. :)
While cleaning his feet and examining them we noticed a sore looking spot on the back of the frog/bulb on the RF. There was a flap, ready to come off. The more we moved it with our hands the whole bulb frog looked like it would peel off....soon. Not today, but soon.
When we fed today...there was NO food aggression towards us or the horses. He respects our 'bubble' and waited for the piles to be placed...like the rest of the herd.
On free lunging (bag flaggin') he kept his place in the line up and ran as a herd. Well he tried to.
On tighter corners...he doesn't get the whole moving like a flock of birds thing and gets bumped by the others...but is trying hard. Every time he tried to pass and Beta gave him the 'face' not to, he listened and hung back.
That's great progress for herd living!!
Because Vegas is chewing ALL the time...eating hay, grazing on small grasses, twigs, leaves...etc...his face is changing. His cheek muscles filled out and his eyes don't look sunken. Part of that is the fat and fibre coming out of his system. His poop looks more normal now...almost there. Less smelly too and more 'diluted' so to speak.
His feet have a much better texture and not so smelly. I trimmed a bunch of horses at another farm today...that were being fed BUCKETS of sweet feed. Boy their feet were smelly!!! Yuck.
Vegas had better feet in texture and smell than these horses.
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