2006-10-27 04:12:50 · 14 answers · asked by Roberto S 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
They can act in ways that will make them die. A friend of mine that has only one horse has a pasture that touches another person's pasture. The other person had several horses, but moved all of them suddenly. Later that evening the filly ran through the barbed wire fence looking for them and had to have lots of stitches after she was finally caught. It could have been a lot worse though, barbed wire shouldn't be used with horses, -period-...but it's an example.
2006-10-27 12:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jezebel888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses like most domesticated animals can die of loneliness just like humans die of loneliness
2006-10-27 04:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...just like with any animal (human included).
We used to keep a small radio tuned to a classical station in the barn with the horses. (we worked with previously abused/neglected animals) That way, they could hear a human voice and didn't get so down. The classical music also calms them.
We also had a few barn cats that kept the horses company. Even an australian sheperd dog for a while.
2006-10-27 04:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by KoKo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE. JUST LIKE HUMANS, ANIMALS NEED TO BE AROUND THEIR OWN KIND. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD A HORSE, AND HE WAS THE ONLY HORSE WE HAD. ANYWAY, WE BEGAN TO NOTICE HE WOULD BE LOOKING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, ACROSS THE FIELD WHERE HE COULD HEAR OTHER HORSES, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE A TEAR IN HIS EYE. THIS HAPPENED EVERY DAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE DECIDED TO BUY ANOTHER HORSE TO KEEP HIM COMPANY. NO MORE STARING, NO MORE TEAR IN IS EYE. SO I DO BELIEVE A HORSE CAN DIE FROM LONELINESS.
2006-10-27 04:45:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but they can die if their owners try to coerce them into doing stuff they don't wanna do, case in point the guy in my state of Washington who was having 'relations' with his horse and the horse crushed him oh wait your question was can horses die out of loneliness? I thought you said something else, sorry.
2006-10-27 04:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by FoxyFoxy, Kickass Drama Queen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok horses are not considered pack animals..i know lots of people with just one horse..being raised on a ranch i know for a fact horses can die from lonliness my uncles mare had a colt they were together 12 years when the mare died of old age the filly grieved until it was nearly starving there was other horses in the pasture but it just missed her mom after giving it vitamin shots and staying with her a radio in her stall she finally came around its been 5 years shes still alive but she is proof that animals do grieve and will die in sadness hopes this helps
2006-10-27 04:26:51 · answer #6 · answered by little_outlaw_angel 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes they can. They stop eating and get depressed. Usually only happens when the horse is used to being around other animals or after they lose a foal.
2006-10-27 05:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Donna13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think thay can die out of lonliness. They would like a companion, but most of the time a loving owner can easly be one.
Lydia
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PS. It could happen but there should be no need for it.
2006-10-27 06:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by Cow Girl Hart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are pack animals and do enjoy the company of another animal even a goat in the pasture will do. As to die I doubt that
2006-10-27 04:15:03 · answer #9 · answered by cin_ann_43 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well it is not actually the loneliness that kills them....they are a very social animal and there is a strong bonding instinct.....they tend to live longer and healthier when they have a companion....but to say loneliness kills them is not really correct....i have seen horses get depressed when they are seperated.....
2006-10-27 04:16:19 · answer #10 · answered by brandon l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋