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Firstly I really want to thank all who answered, publicly or privately to my
question about that weaver. You all are simply *great* out there!
Then - we think we licked the problem for the moment, we bashed in a 1'x1'
hole into the massive stone wall between that new buddy and my in foal mare
(who's a real Teke - quiet, calm and unfazable even by a crazed young
male...LOL!) and put a grid over. Now he can see her, smell her and she can -
when she wants to - lift her nose up and nuzzle him. Change of psychological
state was an absolute face-about, he's like he was before (when we visited
him to have a look-see what we would take into our barn), calm, quiet, gentle
and sane. Though naturally right now engaged in a really heavily flirtateous
affair with said mare. He abruptly stopped weaving and eats again (actually
he is tucking it in, fast and hard! Hearing him munch is a sweet music).
We are currently setting up a stable situation of two paddocks with a shed
each, one for him, one for my in foal mare (it's because we have to move the
mare, we want her to foal in an open-to-paddock shed, instead of the box), so
we hope that when we move the two simultaneously the peace of mind will be
for keeps.
I still will follow several of the good feeding suggestions you gave me, as
he currently is severely underweight too, and vet says that his thinness
certainly has added to his nervosity quite some. He's now on 1/2 cup of
vegetable oil per feeding, magnesium supplement and teaspoonful of iodised
salt in addition to normal feed, oil will be heightened to 1 cup eventually.
He gets free fresh cut grass, grass hay and as grain a mix of whole oats and
broken maize (together about 6 pounds grain per day now, before all that
started he was fed on 3 pounds of this and was chunky, given the little work
he does). We exercise him a bit more right now too, apart from pasture time,
might gain weight a bit slower because of this, but we don't want to take
chances. The salt has been a say-so of our vet, as he sweated himself through
daily and severely for three weeks and drank little and this week it showed
in his bloodworks. Our usual min/vit/salt supplement wasn't enough for this
kind of behaviour. He now is drinking normally again and even within the two
days looks already much better.
And - LOL - needless to say, but SUCH a relief, barn is quiet again!
So again, thanks to this group!
AT
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