All equines will drink more water when it is clean and warm, even in freezing temperatures: Donkeys are stoic, meaning they hide pain; when our donkey shows signs of colic, sadly, in way too many cases, it is time to dig a hole and bury our precious donkey. For this reason, it is a life-or-death… Read More Importance of Clean Water for Equine Health
Thinking about throwing your Christmas tree over the fence for your donkeys? Donkeys evolved from the desert; donkeys are foragers who seek out wood and will eat just about anything they find. Donkeys are stoic, meaning they will hide their pain until, in many cases, it is too late to save their life. Preventative care… Read More Are Christmas Trees Safe for Donkeys?
Donkey, Horse, and Mule owners must be careful when summer ends and fall begins grazing on green, lush grass. In some cases, the risk of laminitis and hoof abscesses increases more than that of spring grass. Why is fall dangerous? Pastures that are overgrazed and stressed from a lack of water and nitrogen can increase… Read More The Dangers Of Donkeys Grazing In The Fall
Did you know donkeys are exotic equine and evolved from the desert? One of the donkeys’ gifts is the ability to survive in the desert. Donkeys’ metabolism helps them survive and thrive on low-sugar and protein forage; wild horses cannot survive where a wild donkey can thrive. Donkeys gain weight really fast. The first thing… Read More Donkey Pasture Diet and Care
Donkeys are the exotic desert equine. Donkeys evolved from the desert. Their metabolism is built to survive on desert forage sticks, sagebrush, roots, and green-rich grass. Please do your homework before committing to bring two donkeys into your life. Donkeys will always do best when living with another donkey, same-sex geldings with geldings, and jennies… Read More Learning the facts about donkeys
Looking for hay with the lowest sugar for your donkey, mule, or horse? Donkeys evolved from the desert. Donkeys need hay testing 10% or lower in sugar and protein with portion control to avoid obesity and slow death. Please understand that all forage hay and straw can be high in sugar. Many factors play a… Read More What Hay Has The Lowest Sugar
Donkeys evolved from the desert; donkeys need low-sugar/protein hay. Portion control is essential for donkeys as they love to eat and can become obese quickly, leading to serious health issues. Donkey health issues are caused by obesity, laminitis, hoof abscesses, white line disease, hoof crumbling, fat in the blood, and insulin resistance. American donkeys are… Read More Donkey Diet – Consider A Track
Donkeys are not horses with long ears; they are donkeys. Donkeys evolved from the desert, and they love to eat wood. Donkeys will seek out roots, dig holes, bark, and leaves. Make sure you keep toxic leaves and trees away from donkeys. Donkeys are stoic and hide pain and sickness. Sometimes, it is too late… Read More Donkeys Are Wood Eaters
Donkeys evolved from the desert, making their metabolism different from that of the horse. They thrive on low-sugar and high-protein forage. Donkeys living in the wild walk up to sixteen miles per day searching for food and water. Creating a Paddock Paradise track is a game changer for the health and life of donkeys, mules, and horses… Read More How Do I Give My Donkey Exercise
Donkeys evolved from the desert, meaning one of their gifts is to survive and thrive on low-sugar/protein forage. When donkeys are fed the wrong foods and given the ability to graze twenty-four-seven on pasture and brush along with fruits, cereal treats, oats, and even vitamins, they can gain weight quickly and become obese. The photo… Read More Donkeys Are High Risk For Equine Metabolic Syndrome
Donkey Care Winter Diet, Shelter, Blanket… Read More Donkey Care Winter
Donkeys evolved from the desert. Their gift is to survive on low-sugar and protein forage and use every calorie. Donkeys are stronger than horses the same size. They have pointy hooves made to survive in dry climates with rocks. Donkeys’ long ears are made to hear their donkey buddy up to 60 miles away in… Read More Donkey Facts
Congratulations, you own a donkey! Donkeys evolved from the desert and have pointy hooves to walk on hard ground full-time. Donkeys have been given the gift of surviving on low-sugar and protein forage. Please understand that if you give your donkey the wrong foods or too much food and the opportunity to graze full-time, they… Read More What Do I Feed My Donkey
Hello Donkey friends and lovers, I have been getting many e-mails and FB messages asking me about Barley Straw for donkeys. I am hoping this blog post will clear things up for you. Here is the UK Donkey Sanctuary Straw Article Thinking about Straw: Please remember if we are lucky enough to find barley straw… Read More Thinking About Straw For Donkeys
Clean water and salt are some of the most important things we can provide our donkeys while living in domestication. Why? Donkeys, mules, and horses will drink more water if it is clean. Provide warm clean water during freezing weather. Rio our Mammoth donkey and Rocket Man (miniature donkey) will back up and poop in… Read More Donkey Drinking
Champion 90 Lose salt with minerals, Lose Is Better GOD bless you and your family, two and four-legged! Melody Johnson, Trainer/Owner Donkey Whisperer Farm ®
Donkeys evolved from the desert. Let’s think about what food sources are in the desert. When we feed a donkey like a cow or a goat eating green lush grass and brush the donkey gets too much sugar and or protein creating diarrhea. The donkey poop should be hard. Stress is another sign of diarrhea.… Read More Why Does My Donkey Have Diarrhea?
SPRING! In many parts of the world Spring has arrived and with it bulbs are blooming and birds are singing. It is a joyous time as we all stretch our wings from a long winter slumber, BUT, Spring is also the arrival of one of donkey’s worst enemies…GRASS! If there is any health threat that… Read More Spring Grass Is Dangerous
Donkeys are considered an exotic equine. Donkeys evolved from the desert, one of their gifts is the ability to survive and thrive on low sugar and protein forage. No oats, vitamins, sweet feed, alfalfa, grazing twenty four-seven is needed. When donkeys are fed the wrong foods or left to eat twenty-four seven the hooves rot… Read More Maggot Therapy and Rehabilitation Of Domesticated Equine
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