You are already down to the wire here, what with the 'I only have TEN days' worth of feed left', and so for some of the least-desirable horses, you may need to strongly consider euthanasia. You may not be able to find safe homes for ALL of them, and some potential buyers will (realistically) be looking to buy for the Mexico slaughter market. It's going to take time to vet potential homes, which means you HAVE TO start looking now.
Instead of using these signal boosts to put off the inevitable for a handful of days, use them instead to find as many potential homes as you can.
I know that this comment will be painful, but it might be a relief for someone to say, right out loud, "This can't continue. For the welfare of the horses, they need new homes."
I know it may seem cruel, but I feel like it's necessary to say the obvious. A few editing clients aren't going to pay for that many horses' feed, much less vet bills. They're just not. There is no way to write a bestseller, guaranteed, because you would have done that already if you could.
I've been in the unhappy position of rehoming an animal I loved, but could not keep, and it is incredibly painful. But it is LESS painful than euthanizing the animal or having the animal be removed by the humane society.
And maybe, if you are able to sell your current farm, and downsize, you could keep one or two of the horses. I don't know. I hope so. But what I do know is that you're staring down the barrel of ugly options, and I would hate to see inaction/denial force you into the worst of those options.
You are already down to the wire here, what with the 'I only have TEN days' worth of feed left', and so for some of the least-desirable horses, you may need to strongly consider euthanasia. You may not be able to find safe homes for ALL of them, and some potential buyers will (realistically) be looking to buy for the Mexico slaughter market. It's going to take time to vet potential homes, which means you HAVE TO start looking now.
Instead of using these signal boosts to put off the inevitable for a handful of days, use them instead to find as many potential homes as you can.
I know that this comment will be painful, but it might be a relief for someone to say, right out loud, "This can't continue. For the welfare of the horses, they need new homes."
I know it may seem cruel, but I feel like it's necessary to say the obvious. A few editing clients aren't going to pay for that many horses' feed, much less vet bills. They're just not. There is no way to write a bestseller, guaranteed, because you would have done that already if you could.
I've been in the unhappy position of rehoming an animal I loved, but could not keep, and it is incredibly painful. But it is LESS painful than euthanizing the animal or having the animal be removed by the humane society.
And maybe, if you are able to sell your current farm, and downsize, you could keep one or two of the horses. I don't know. I hope so. But what I do know is that you're staring down the barrel of ugly options, and I would hate to see inaction/denial force you into the worst of those options.
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