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Discussion on Cleaning Trailer After Horse Rescue
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Member:
bucky
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 4:40 pm:
Hello,
My husband assisted with a horse rescue thursday night. He hauled 8 of 30 poor starved, diseased horses that were kept on 10 acres.  Why do people like that think they need horses?
Anyhow is just spraying the inside down enough to clean it out and should I be concerned about bringing something to our property if we just spray it out in the field?
Thanks.
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Member:
hwood
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 6:33 pm:
That's just it, Mandy . . . the people DON'T think . . . and don't feel . . . and are ignorant horse abusers . . . and should be kept naked in a round pen with no food or water for three days of every season of the year . . .
Can you clean it at the end of your drive or on the road? and then rinse everything down with lots of bleach or disinfectant?
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Member:
mitma
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 6:48 pm:
Mandy,
Depending on where you are you might be able to take the trailer to a portable car wash type place... wash it well with standard autopaint tolerant soap and water, but THEN, I would wipe every surface (or mop) with a DILUTE BLEACH SOLUTION... and, kiss your husband for the wonderful job he did on Thursday night!!!
Martha
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Member:
leilani
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 7:17 pm:
Mandy,
What a wonderful man. The horses thank him.
You could also use chlorhexidine.
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Member:
hpyhaulr
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 9:48 pm:
Amen, Holly
Amen, Martha
Amen, Leilani
Mandy, you must be one amazing woman to have attracted such an awesome man. Water DOES seek its own level.
Disinfecting a trailer is no small job. We pulled the mats out and powerwashed with chlorine bleach and then air out for days if there is anything suspect on the trailer. Normally, when there are critters on board we used non toxic chemicals (Imus greening the cleaning industrial line) but this is a different situation which calls for drastic measures. God bless.
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 - 10:33 pm:
Hello Mandy,
Remember it is a two step process, first all organic material must be washed out, then a sanitizing solution applied. A light bleach solution works well for metal surfaces but for wood surfaces I would choose a quarternary ammonium salt like A-33. It is effective and economical but you may have to have to get it from your veterinarian as I don't know of any commercial sources.
DrO
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Member:
imogen
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 2:32 pm:
Mandy, it's probably different in the US but here in Ireland you can get quarternary ammonium salt products in the agricultural co-operative store.
All the best
Imogen
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Member:
zarr
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 5:03 pm:
Mandy, just came here from Yahoo news and the story of a tortoise that was taken from his backyard and severly tortured.He will recover and his young autistic owner smiles again plus they caught the ****** that did it and I hope he shares a cell with Vick and the ones in Holly's round pen. God Bless you and your husband wish there were more of your stories than the others.! Cindy
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Member:
zarr
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 6:42 pm:
Go to
www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/08/17/news/mtregional/news06.tx
this should take you to the story about the horses Mandy's husband help save ! Cindy
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Member:
bucky
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 8:41 pm:
Thanks for your advice, I have never heard of A-33.
Here is another article about it. Pretty close to the same.
https://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2007/08/17/features/56features.txt
I would have gone but I am pregnant and husband wouldn't let me. Between that and all the forest fire smoke we are getting I probably would have sat on the ground and cried the whole time anyway.
Can you bring back a malnourished horse to healthy working condition or do they always have problems?
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Member:
zarr
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 9:39 pm:
Mandy, the pics are heartbreaking so much damage to the mares trying to nurse and the little ones not getting near enough so many injuries so they don't have a lot of hope for some of the worst cases. Am part of a group that is responding with funds for hay and meds good people on the ground also so most should pull thru and your husband is wise and caring! Cindy
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Member:
hwood
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 - 10:06 pm:
Yes, Mandy . . . Always there is hope, and many malnourished, neglected horses have been brought back from the brink of death. Not all make it, but many do. Life is not something we can control. We do our best and leave the rest to the One Who created Life.
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Member:
leilani
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Posted on Sunday, Aug 19, 2007 - 12:02 am:
I read both articles and it just breaks my heart. There are no requirements in any county, state, etc., that you have to have animals. If you can't take care of them, don't have them. It just makes no sense...
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