Charlie’s Angels will be holding a vegan bake sale at The Green Edge (Wardell St, Enoggera) next to the polling booth on Sat 28th April, from 11am – 2pm. And it happens to coincide with the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale happening at the same time. Come along to try some delicious home-made baked goods (banana [...]
Posts Tagged ‘horse’
9 Apr
Jumps Racing Continues Despite Ongoing Deaths
“In New South Wales jumps racing is a crime” (RSPCA media release, Jotilla Dies in First Jumps Race of the Victorian Season.) One might question, then, how horses are different, or deserving of less treatment, in Victoria or South Australia. Charlie’s Angels is perplexed as to why there is ongoing debate about jumps racing when [...]
24 Mar
Feeding Horses Lawn Clippings
You’ve probably heard it said that you should never feed your horse lawn clippings. But have you ever wondered why? Here’s afew reasons to consider: Basically, any sudden change in diet can lead to colic and laminitis/founder. Grasses mown regularly have dangerously high levels of highly fermentable carbohydrates (which can lead to colic and laminitis). [...]
22 Mar
Update on Sienna
One of our most recently rescue horses, Sienna, is making some positive progress. We have treated Sienna with two lots of antibiotics for a chronic wound on her spine at her rump and are now following up with topical treatments, both from the vet and with Manuka honey. She is also on herbs to help build [...]
11 Mar
Copper Sulphate (Bluestone) in open wounds: a cautionary tale
Copper Sulphate (also known as Bluestone) is used regularly by horse owners when drawing out abscesses in hooves and treating proud flesh, for example. But Copper Sulphate is not always appropriate and in this case it has nearly caused the death of our latest rescue horse. What we’d like to highlight in this post is [...]
8 Mar
Sienna: Our New Angel
Charlie’s Angels welcomed a new rescue horse into our clan last weekend. Meet Sienna. Sienna is a 20y.o. Thoroughbred mare who has been surrendered to us. She is underweight, her hooves are not in good shape, and she has a very deep sore on her rump right on the spine near her tail. The vet is quite [...]
5 Mar
Horse Care after Floods
Re-posted after the January 2011 Qld floods…..Extreme weather conditions such as flooding bring challenges to horses and their carers. We asked Brisbane Valley Vets, Dr Bill Roughan, what we should be looking out for. Seedy toe and hoof abscesses. Hooves and wet weather do not mix! Bill says they’re already seeing quite a few hoof [...]
23 Feb
See us on Totally Wild!
Charlie’s Angels Horse Rescue will be featured in a second television appearance on the children’s show, Totally Wild, coming up soon! The story, entitled Bojangles Rescue, will be going to air on Tuesday 28th February at 4:00 pm on Network Ten and features Bojangles himself, his foster mum, Jo M, and President, Jo S. Tune in to see [...]
20 Feb
Horse Looking for a Home
Good trail riding horse needs forever home. As written by his current owners: ROHAN – 14.2h 11yo bay quarter horse/pony. Due to an injury a forever-home is wanted for Rohan. He was our daughter’s show jumper but developed sidebone after an accident (x-rays available). He can no longer jump or do anything involving tight turns [...]
