hi all, this morning in a card school way out in the sticks i beat the hosts hand for the pot. as he was a farmer and of course short for the full amount he threw in the keys for his 4x4. i laughed it was a piece of crap. the only other thing he had of equal value was a 3 yo mare with papers. i accepted. he delivered this afternoon and my missus (a horse lover, grew up with them) is about to come home from a double shift and find a 14 hand horse in our backyard: i have the money for a hiring a paddock, but not the inclination. so my question is would it be more equitable to keep a horse well fed and looked after in a 15x6 foot back yard or to sell it off to a knackers yard.? i do love horses but i live in a council estate. and is horse flesh rendered for glue environmently friendly and more importantly cost effective? please help.
2007-03-02 09:20:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
edit: i'm in ireland. i have mountains and fields all around me, i can saddle her up and bridle her tomorrow thats no problem.
2007-03-02 10:21:12 · update #1
They saw you coming, a 14hh pony is less valuable than a 4 x 4. And he's too small for your wife to ride.
Expect to get less than £200 from the meat man.
People, this is a troll question, he's trying to wind you up.
2007-03-02 09:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need at least one acre of grazing per horse. If you cannot or will not supply these requirements, then instead of selling a healthy, 3 year old mare, especailly one with papers, to the knackers, sell her to someone who will enjoy her and give her a good quality of life. If you buy a Horse and Hound magazine, then look in the classified adverts at the back, you will find dealers advertising who will buy the mare from you.
Either that or advertise her in your local free ads paper. Depending upon her type (thouroughbred, cob etc) and whether she has been backed or not, you would probably be able to get a thousand or two for her.
Please don't send this little horse to a knackers yard, she would more than likly make a really nice little horse for someone. There are a lot of people who would be willing to take this little horse on - myself included if I could afford to pay for her.
2007-03-02 09:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by MyNutmeg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are in the UK., just put an advert in "Horse & Hound" and the poor animal will be off your hands in no time. In the meantime, make sure it has plenty of water and feed (get a sack of general coarse mix without oats as they are heating) and, if you can't ride, take it out for a walk now and then. At 14 hands though, it is not a horse, it is a pony.
Whatever you do, don't have a healthy animal put down. If you are desperate, contact the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) and they will look after it for you and rehome it.
2007-03-02 09:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT!!! Who cares where you live. That horse is a living thing! And You should be the one sent to a glue factory not that poor horse! Horses and any animal for that fact are NOT DISPOSABLE! And no a lot that small is not big enough for that horse and if you and your "missus" are such horse people you would know that and that a horse isnt disposable like that or any other way!
2007-03-02 09:37:38 · answer #4 · answered by country_gurl07 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The grass will be a foot of mud in no time. The horse will eat anything it can get a hold of out of boredom, and some even eat glass. Best to find a good home for it to stay at until you can find a good buyer for it. Unless it is falling apart, meaner than snot, or has no teeth, don't send it to a meat market. Someone that is hungry will appreciate it if it is.
2007-03-02 12:37:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't sell the horse to slaughter or for glue. If you don't want it, put an ad in your local paper to sell the horse to someone who will give it a good home.
Keeping it in your back yard is also not a good idea, as horses (especially ones as young as this mare) have lots of energy that require lots of room to burn it off. keeping her is such a small confined area can lead to destructive & dangerous behavior.
Please find a good home for her.
2007-03-02 09:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by jamie c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly first of all you may desire to analyze with the owner what and how generally they feed. You don’t wanna replace the feed of a horse too without postpone or it fairly is going to colic. in my view I feed 3-4 circumstances daily(morning, after journey, night and mash basically in the previous 10) I supply wrap(or hay) with morning and night feed, horses no longer on straw with get hay greater generally so as that they have something to chew on. I muck out as quickly as daily after the horses have been put in pasture, and lay a sparkling mattress of straw.
2016-09-30 03:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by carol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sell it to someone who wants the horse if you are saying you are living in a council propety it against the tennancy agreement to keep live stock in your garden your in the uk i will buy the pony and keep him do not sell him to the knacker yard i have two horses already of my own
2007-03-02 09:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not want the horse, I will take it off your hands. I'm a horse rescuer. Just let me know.
2007-03-02 09:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why would you sell the horse for glue you idiot if you don't want it sell it back to the guy you won it from..
2007-03-02 09:24:40 · answer #10 · answered by Denny O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋