Grumpy Horses

The horses are going to be grumpy when I get home. Long story with no time so I'll make it short.

Chaos has scratches.... BAD. Anyone with white socks has scratches (grease heel/mud fever). But Chaos has it the worst. So bad his legs swelled up. I've been doctoring him since Thur. Got some meds to help with the infection so hopefully he'll come around.

But the vet recommended I dry lot him. With the majority of the herd with a mild case of scratches I figured I'd drylot all of them. But that means grumpy horses for the next four days. I can't dry lot them this weekend since I'll be gone. Not sure I'll have Chaos up to snuff by this weekend or not. I'm guessing not so he'll have to stay home and miss out on an adventure.

I'm worried about drylotting Sam. He really needs as much pasture grass as possible. May have to move the three non scratches horses to a different pasture.

Super busy weekend with little time to rest. Camping, farrier, and doctoring left me exhausted.

I'll post more later but figured I'd post a quick update to say we are on Scratches Duty and will be on Scratches Patrol for the next few weeks until everyone is healed and back up to snuff. This week will be a blur as I'll have to work extra and will be on Scratches Duty, leaving me no time to blog, do housework, riding, or get stuff done around the place. But hopefully we can get these damn scratches outta here and FAST. I don't like it when my "kids" are sick. I can handle grumpy, but not sick.