Our little foal, "Kokopelli" (nicknamed "Koko") is a Premarin foal. We picked him up from the Spring Hill Rescue Organization in Brandon, VT on 9/26/05. He's a beautiful little bay quarter horse, and was about 4 ½ months old. He loaded onto and off the trailer with ease. As soon as he arrived at our house, he stepped easily into his new stall. He acted like he was finally home. He was greeted with fresh clean water and second cut (more protein and nutrition) organic hay. I'm feeding him organic oats and a good quality vitamin and mineral supplement, and a flax meal supplement. Just like with my cat, dog, and human family, Koko will be living a "green living" lifestyle, tailored to a horse's needs. I've made him a homemade bug repellent using organic tea tree oil and water in a spray bottle. He's not afraid of the spray bottle, and it is definitely deterring those pesky critters. I'm researching a couple of herbal de-worming pastes as opposed to the chemically laden ones, and homeopathic and nutritional alternatives to vaccines. I want to build Koko's immune system so that he can fight off whatever illnesses he may become exposed to, just like the rest of us.

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