Mare's Nest Animal Sanctuary
A No-Kill Animal Shelter, "For oldsters and strays"
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The Mare's Nest Animal Sanctuary is a home of last resort for unwanted dogs, cats, horses and donkeys. Most of our residents have behavior or health problems that prevent them from being adopted. Some of them are oldsters whose people could not take care of them anymore. Right now, we are filled to capacity - 22 dogs, 13 cats, 11 horses, and 2 donkeys. All of our animals romp and play as much or as little as they want in 5 acres of pasture (horses and donkeys), 1 acre of dog enclosures or a 40x40 Cattery.
| Latest News October 10, 2010 Susie the Pony has slowly been turning into Susie the Bony Pony. We estimate that she is in her late 30's. She has been diagnosed with Cushings Disease, which means it is hard for her body to regulate its own temperature. These days, Susie wears a sheet to protect her from the chill at night. She is on a daily dose of Pergolide for the Cushings disease, and she gets iron and vitamin supplements. She also gets Probios which helps her more efficiently digest her food. October 6, 2010 We got an enormous load of hay delivered - thanks to Kevin, Kris, Adam, and Justin Mills for all their hard work unloading and stacking the hay. This should get us all the way to February. September 1, 2010 It's allergy season again. Loiuse, Funny Looking, BigFoot, Yitzy and Adventure Pants are all on a low daily dose of prednisone, and a twice daily dose of Benadryl. They are all doing well - the maddening urge to scratch themselves raw is totally under control. July 21, 2010 Tinky died this morning after a well-fought battle with Mesothelioma. Her last 4 days were spent exactly as she wanted - roaming the farm, sleeping in the sun, walking in the woods, and hanging with mom. I was with her at the end. She wagged her tail, and left this world behind. April 13, 2010 Earl is a redbone coonhound mix. He had a huge old callous on his right back "hock" (or elbow) from his previous life where he must have been tied out and slept on a concrete pad. He managed to scrape it in some way that caused it to get infected. The vet had to debride a lot of tissue and sew the healthy edges back together. As you can see from his picture, he is a giant squish. The folds on his neck hide a old scar from where a chain was embedded in his neck. Earl has food issues - he eats his own food and then runs around eating everyone else's food. His weight was getting out of control, so now he has his own comfy compound with cushions to lie on and his own controlled portion of food. Earl will be on antibiotics for a few weeks, and the vet says he will be as good as new!  April 3, 2010  November 1, 2009 HB is a 29-year-old ex-racehorse. (Yes that IS old for a horse, but he is doing very well, even with navicular.) He has an abscess in his right front foot. We soaked it for 2 weeks and it was not getting better. Dr. Sarah from Canon Hill Vet Clinic came out to the farm and dug it out. HB was VERY relieved that all that pressure in his foot was finally gone. We soaked it for another 2 weeks for good measure. He is still sore, but he will be good as new once his foot has time to grow in. Here he is with some friends and his foot in the bucket.
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