Also humans care for horses. Same with any animal that has been domesticated over the last 10,000 years. It sucks, but without us they might have a difficult time.
Aside from a deeper sleep, horses will lay down for a lot of reasons. The important part to note is horses are prey animals, so they have evolved to do a lot while upright. Laying down is actually a big sign of feeling safe, and something they may do in fields with other horses they get along with, in a stall if the bedding feels good to them and there is enough room, etc.
The problems are when they are unwilling or unable to get up, that can be a sign of anything from an injury to sickness or a neurological issue.
My wife is the knowledgeable one, this is just s bit of what ive picked up.l
Edit: wife says if the description is accurate, just a silly horse being silly, and since Sugar looks well cared for… yeah just a silly horse doing silly horse things.
and from what I hear will keel over and die any chance they get.
I’m no expert though. but not being able to throw unwanted ingested items seems like a pretty big design flaw
I really don’t know where you are going with this. They don’t go out eating plastics and whatever either. They get sick because they’ve eaten something contaminated (what happens way more often on the wild) or because they failed to distinguish the food (what also happens way more often on the wild).
There is also the Chincoteague pony herd, which is a wild herd on the Assateague island off the coast of MD & VA. The herd has been established for almost 300 years since they swam off the wrecked Spanish galleon La Galga in 1750.
Yeah this is probably unhealthy.
Also humans care for horses. Same with any animal that has been domesticated over the last 10,000 years. It sucks, but without us they might have a difficult time.
Its perfectly healthy.
Aside from a deeper sleep, horses will lay down for a lot of reasons. The important part to note is horses are prey animals, so they have evolved to do a lot while upright. Laying down is actually a big sign of feeling safe, and something they may do in fields with other horses they get along with, in a stall if the bedding feels good to them and there is enough room, etc.
The problems are when they are unwilling or unable to get up, that can be a sign of anything from an injury to sickness or a neurological issue.
My wife is the knowledgeable one, this is just s bit of what ive picked up.l
Edit: wife says if the description is accurate, just a silly horse being silly, and since Sugar looks well cared for… yeah just a silly horse doing silly horse things.
Just to point out, but we have a word for “silly horse doing silly things”, it’s “horse”.
Not glue?
All too true…
Just really big dogs who like to play
and from what I hear will keel over and die any chance they get. I’m no expert though. but not being able to throw unwanted ingested items seems like a pretty big design flaw
They are… oddly sensitive in some ways, and incredibly resilient in others.
kinda wish I had a horse. I hear they’re expensive to maintain though.
Can confirm.
Expensive every month, expensive to treat, expensive to shoe, expensive to house/feed/etc.
We are actually looking at property to do some farming, and a chunk of it will be for retired horses.
love the enthusiasm! wish I could afford a farm… and if I did have one I wouldn’t bet on it.
In a wild area untouched by humans, there is not much “unwanted” you could get from grazing.
There is lots and lots of “unwanted” food that will kill a horse in most natural habitats through the world.
Which they’ll instinctively not eat
I really don’t know where you are going with this. They don’t go out eating plastics and whatever either. They get sick because they’ve eaten something contaminated (what happens way more often on the wild) or because they failed to distinguish the food (what also happens way more often on the wild).
Horses do really well without humans.
BLM estimates there are around 33338 wild horses in Nevada alone.
There is also the Chincoteague pony herd, which is a wild herd on the Assateague island off the coast of MD & VA. The herd has been established for almost 300 years since they swam off the wrecked Spanish galleon La Galga in 1750.
that’s a pretty accurate number for an estimate
*precise
that’s the one! could be accurate too