Another Horse Emergency

Comanche

The other night, Todd brought Comanche over to keep Monday (one of the new colts) company. Comanche was the colt born in July of last year on the farm. He had been at the LNZ, keeping company with several roping horses and a donkey that they rescued. Colts take up to about 2 years of growing before they can begin to be riden to learn to become a roping horse. Comanche has a bit of time to go.

Pinney is the mother of Monday. She's been very protective of her colt. They spend the day feeding in the field. When Comanche came over, she initially bullied him, but left him for the night, the field is pretty big. Apparently, sometime in the morning on April 15, she boxed him into a corner of the field and he tried to jump the fence and got twisted up. I heard some kicking of a bucket. Turns out, in trying to get himself loose, he got twisted in all three wires of the barbed wire fence. I got out there and tried to calm him down while still calling to Molli to stop barking and calling Phil to come out to help. I do recall thinking, Molli go get Phil...yeah, right. She just wanted to be there with us.

Ultimately, I ran half way back to the house after getting two of the wires untied. Comanche was getting more nervous as Pinney moved closer. Rather than get kicked, I thought I could actually use some help. We got him unraveled and into the other field. Salve that was left after an accident last year was still around, so we put that on the open wounds. He seems okay, but stuck to the far side of the field until Todd and Wyatt could get over to pick him up. We'll try again in a couple of days.

A few deep scratches, but no stitches or Vet visit needed. The back leg here was the one caught up in the wire. Just above the tip of the tail, you can see part of the cut. There are also some cuts on this side. Barbed wire is nasty!

This is exciting, but a bit stressful. I'm ready to just pet these horses when they will let me!