Building Unity Sanctuary - Second Week of February 2017

I have been traveling in Japan and New Zealand this week so Kathy had to manage the sanctuary and farm.The major challenge has been the snow, ice, and cold.  While I ’ve been away, 18 inches of snow have fallen, making sanctuary operations more challenging than usual.Pippin, our 30 year old Welsh pony is recovering nicely after his tooth surgery.  He stopped eating and lost weight rapidly because it hurt so much to chew.  The vet sedated him and removed the offending tooth by breaking it into 3 pieces. Antibiotics cleared an underlying gum infection and his appetite returned.  We ’ve enhanced his diet with timothy hay pellets, a mixture of high fiber grains for senior horses, and grass hay. It ’s great to see him healthy and happy again.The other horses, Amber the Arabian mare, and Sweetie, the Welsh pony, continue to thrive and the herd gets along well.  We ’ve moved them into the barn during the storms to keep them warm and and dry.We learned this week that goats do not like to eat off the ground.  We ’ve been creating piles of timothy hay for them and although they’ve eaten them, they left a lot behind.  Kathy ordered a wall mounted goat feeder for me to install when I return.In my absence Kathy has organized classes at the Sanctuary and juggled interior painting/repair work around the classes.  She ’s also designed a second run in for the goat paddock so that we can house rescue donkeys in the same space...
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