Username: Sandy Hoofprints
Name: Eira (Old Norse, meaning 'merciful')
Gender: Mare
Colour: Palomino tobiano
Eye Colour: Dark seafoam green
Genotype: ee/Ata/ff/Toto
Fear: Her greatest fear is small ponies, it may sound funny at first, but for her it is very real. She unfortunately had a bad experience in a previous home, where she was kept in a very small pasture with a shetland with a penchant for evil. She is a submissive mare, and small for a mustang, and in such a confined space the short fuse of the shetland had her cornered, bitten and double barrel kicked regularly. With just a look from the shetland she would cower back, meaning she could not have access to food, water or attention until the shetland was finished. The owner was partly uneducated, but also uncaring and ignorant, even joking about what a wimp Eira is, when she was clearly suffering. She came into our custody when the old owner wanted rid of her, and she arrived with ribs showing and fear in her eyes. She is still a shy girl who is taking her time to slowly come round to being handled. We have had to very slowly introduce her to our most gentle mustangs. For now she has a friend in
Nia.