Kelly Murray wrote:
> Well,
> Maybe talking about pregnant horse pee will take our minds off of the
> adhesions for a moment>
> Kel
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wally" <wallamara@hotmail.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
> <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: PREGNANT HORSE PEE?????????EKKKKKK
>
> > Give me a break!
> >
> > I don't care what it's made of at the moment.........
> >
> > if it helps me I'll take it!....I may not DRINK the stuff, but hey in
> > it's processed form (tablet, gel..) I'll take it thanks all the same! I
> > have ENOUGH to contend with at the moment.
> >
> > Jo
> >
> > At Fri, 1 Jun 2001, GSOS/HMC wrote:
> > >
> > > Not only is it horse pee...but do you know how they collect this and
> what happens to those cute, sweet, adorable little babies after they are
> born? There are many websites educating folks about this. There is one
> that is particularly impacting. The rescue in my area has a gorgeous cream
> draft...she was a PMU foal out of Canada. Her name is Hope. One of the
> most stunning horses I've ever seen and sweet too. She and a large group of
> foals were brought into the USA and delivered to adopters. There are
> organized adoption runs several times per year. Unfortunately, not all the
> foals are this lucky.
> > >
> > >It's a sad thing when a foal is orphaned...I counsel folks with
> orphans...but sadder still when a foal is intentionally ripped from it's
> mom. I've raised some myself; orphans, not the PMU foals.
> > >
> > >Visualize this; It's night time, pitch dark and black outside. The
> coyotes are howling and this howling is slowly getting louder as the coyotes
> approach the property. The crickets, owls, dogs, and other animals making
> their nightly noises. You are a foal. Alone in the world. Instinctually
> you know you need a protector. You can't fend for yourself. You have a
> babies body, mind, soul, and spirit. You need warmth, comfort, protection,
> safety. You are a lucky little foal because a nice person rescued you from
> the slaughter man and brought you to their house. Your human family plays
> with you all day, nurtures you, loves on you, feeds you buckets of soothing
> warm milk. About 7:00 at night you begin feeling nervous...you've just had
> your last comforting bucket of warm milk...maybe you've been taken into the
> barn and locked up for safety, maybe you are left outside in your stall,
> maybe you even have the company of a goat, sheep, pig, or another horse....
> The noises getti!
> > ng louder
> > > are frightening you more and more...your instincts tell you to find mama
> and seek the comfort and warmth of her udder...take a few comforting slurps
> of warm milk...nuzzle with her to abate your fear...There is no mama for
> you...it's you and the darkeness and a handful of other animals who butt you
> away from them. In response to your fear, you develop habits as a means of
> self-soothing...you chew on the wood rail, you chew the hair on the other
> horse's tail, you sway your head back and forth like an elephant at the zoo,
> you eat, and eat and eat,....or maybe you have no hay at night, you whinny
> and cry...or maybe fear prevents this instinctually knowing that the
> predators will pinpoint your location...I could give you countless
> scenarios...you are chastised gently by your adopters...it's not your
> fault...you are an infant. You need your mom's comfort. If you can't
> satisy your needs, this leads to frustration which can lead to all sorts of
> behaviors...you know the story. It!
> > can be d
> > >angerous for the owners depending upon the habits the foal relies on for
> self soothing.
> > >
> > >Anyway, just thought I'd put a plug in for the PMU foals who need us.
> They are really very sweet. My heart goes out to every one of them. There
> are also horses bred here in our country on a large scale, just for their
> milk...their foals are taken away at birth and the mare is sent off to nurse
> an expensive horse; for instance a thoroughbred destined for a racing
> career. I have the numbers somewhere. These foals can have a real rough
> start if they survive and if they are offered up for adoption...There are
> many physical and psychological as well as social problems for these little
> guys.
> > >
> > >There have always been alternatives to premarin. Recently one of the
> drug companies came out with a replacement that I believe is based on
> vegetable products. This is from a pharmaceutical company and requires a
> script. There are also product in the health food stores as well. I've
> used several of them. They even have a substitute for cycrin=progesterone.
> >
> > --
> > You will never never know.......if you don't give it a go :)
> >
>