Looking after you Horse

Looking after your horses properly is vital to keeping them healthy and to get the best out of them. But there are some important things you should know.

Firstly, you do not have to look after your horses every day. As long as you don't do anything with them, they will just exist. Sounds weird but if you imagine - my best friend LucyLou has over 3300 horses. There's no way she could look after them all! So if you don't have time - it's OK.

Secondly - your horse always needs food, water and to be groomed whenever you 'wake' him. He also must be put to bed at night. A lot of people make mistakes with feeding because it's not very clear.

This is a standard method I use for all my horses:

1.5 hours in the meadow
Saltstone (if you have one*)
Then do whatever you need - lessons, rides, races etc
Stroke
Carrot (if needed**)
Water
Feed (details in a bit***)
Groom
Bed (Put in the box if it's less than 10 degrees and he has no blanket)

*You can find Saltstone and other items like blankets when you put your horse in the box. This can take a quite a few attempts. I put new horses in the box for 2.5 hours a day, each day until I get the items I need. Blankets mean they can sleep in the meadow in any weather. Once you've found a Saltstone, you will always have one for all your horses for ever.

**Each night, your horse MUST go to bed with at least 20% energy, otherwise he will lose health and morale overnight. So, if you've stroked your horse and he still has only, say, 14% energy left, give him a carrot.

***Your horse has to stay at a weight that is right for his height. If your horse gets too fat or too thin, you will get a warning and will need to adjust his feed. So, when you get to feed him, the info tells you how much food he's already had (by being in the meadow) and how much he needs in total. For example 4.2/13.3 Which means he's eaten 4.2 pounds of fodder but needs 13.3 pounds in total. That's a difference of about 9 pounds. So feed him 9 pounds of fodder. He also needs oats. Just feed him the amount the box tells you to.

That's enough for now! Good luck.

Lucy

Sleipnir frenzy

Well it's been a while since we've seen such excitement on Howrse. The announcement that it would (for a few days at least) be possible to win a Sleipnir in a Horn of Plenty has seen sales of 'Instant Pass Horses' go through the roof, with them selling for up to 50,000 equus. Crazy money. But great for players who were selling them and making huge amounts of money.

One or two interesting facts about the current 'special offer'. Firstly, many of the Sleipnir's seem to have gone to either players who have been on the game for a very long time, or, players who have only been on a few days. Hmmm. Also, it seems that the number of passes you buy doesn't increase your chances of getting one. I know one person who spent 61 passes and got nothing whilst another bought just one, single pass and got one! Maybe it's just luck.....

Patsy

Sleipnir crazy! update 2

Six million equus and it's a done deal! So, today, Sunny Sunshine paid a record amount for a horse. The huge bid for the Divine, fire Sleipnir simply wasn't challenged in the final hours before the auction ended.

So, Sunny Sunshine has a second Sleipnir and loonytoones59 is considerably richer!




Update: I sold my black Sleipnir recently for 8 million equus! How prices have gone up in recent months. We are just waiting for the first 10 million equus Sleipnir now....

Patsy

Sleipnir crazy! update 1

Says it all really.

The Howrse Helper

Sleipnir crazy!

As we write, there are 5 hours to go on the most amazing sale we've seen on Howrse. A Sleipnir is for sale in the auctions. The current price for this eight-legged, Divine horse is 6 million equus! The highest price we've seen a Sleipnir sell for previously was around 4.5 million equus.

Admittedly, it's a fire Sleipnir which are the most sought after, but this is still an immense amount of equus to pay for a horse - however rare and special.

So LucyLou and Patsy will be glued to their PC's (well, one PC and one Mac actually)as the auction reaches it's climax.

We'll post the final figure this 'mega' Sleipnir sells for, soon. Oh and if you want to buy one - start saving. Now!

Patsy

UPDATE:

horseegirl22 has asked if anyone has a screenshot of an 'Invoke' button on a Sleipnir's page. Well we have found one, courtesy of Inner Chorus. And here it is:

Howrse Riding Level 1 - Answers and info

Once you've been registered for 1 day on Howrse (your first day is known as day 0), you can begin to take your riding levels. These are a series of questions that, if answered correctly, give you certain bonuses. Passing Riding Level 1 entitles you to your first job - a groom.

You need to get 100% of the answers correct to pass.

Riding Level 1 - questions and answers

- An adult female horse is called a:

Mare

- Horses primarily eat:

Grass

- If a horse is afraid, it's first instinct is to:

Flee

- Horses usually live how long?

25-30 years

- A horse can learn to mimic basic human speech:

False

- Horses can provide their owners with exercise and companionship:

True

- Horses can live happily with goats, cows and sheep:

True


- If a horse is under 14.2hh, it is called a:

Pony

- Horses are not herd animals:

False

- Horses can learn to do simple tricks:

True

- Which of these is not a gait?

Skip

- Horses have how many nostrils?

2

Lucy

Unicorns - Handy Hint

Breeding a Unicorn is very exciting. But did you know that if want to try and breed a Unicorn, you MUST breed at exactly 6.23am or 6.23pm Game Time? You have just the time between 6.23(am/pm) and 6.24(am/pm) to breed and if you miss it, you'll have to wait a whole 12 hours until you can tray again.

Now, you're still not guaranteed to produce a Unicorn foal when you breed at 6.23(am/pm), but if you don't breed at these times, you will definitely never produce a Unicorn foal.

It's believed that you have a one in six chance of producing a Unicorn foal, so be patient. However, someone I know bred their Unicorn 20 times and never produced a Unicorn foal!
UPDATE: As of 20 April 2011, you now have a 1 in 5 chance.

So good luck. You might need it.


Patsy