I want to move to Houston am I crazy?

[wankel7]

Oh you have horses. Didn't notice.

There are so many better places to pasture your horses than Houston. Ew.

What about Kentucky?

[whitegoldens]

We have dogs, llamas, ducks, goats, sheeps and emus!

[abcde]

Originally Posted by whitegoldens

We have dogs, llamas, ducks, goats, sheeps and emus!

I don't know about the llamas, ducks, sheeps or emus, but have a goat and dogs - I will share this:

The longer I live here (tropical climate), the more I can understand why the wild horses thrived on the plains like they did. Dry w/ lots of open space to graze and run. Dry.

With the horses anyway, a multitude of problems come with wetness, primarily hoof and skin problems. We never have a freeze to kill pests, and water borne viruses, and mold/mildew/fungus thrive everywhere.

I wind up throwing away (very) expensive, (hard to get) bales of alfalfa during rainy season because of the mold. Maybe Houston does not have that problem, and I'm sure that access to feed is a lot cheaper and easier, too.

Water troughs have to cleaned all the time because the algae grows in one or two days, and become breeding tanks for mosquitoes. With dogs, there is the heartworm problem here. These are problems I did not have in So Cal. Seems goats, like cats, thrive everywhere and anywhere.

Perhaps others can chime in who are more knowledgeable on this subject. My suggestion is to study how others with your same animals live in the Houston climate before you move. Some species might have develop unique problems when put in humid conditions.

Best of Luck to you and your animals.

[abcde]

Originally Posted by abcde

Some species might have develop unique problems when put in humid conditions.

oops, too late to edit, I meant:

Some species might develop unique problems when put in humid conditions.

I forgot to mention some positives:

My animals love to drink the rainwater. Sometimes I catch the runoff from the roofs. My tap water here is very salty.

No blanketing, ever. That's kinda nice. But I have mud everywhere, especially bad during rainy season.

Free snacks of banana and mangoes when in season. Free bamboo to munch on, too. But I unable to grow a regular garden of watermelon, carrots, etc (plants in the ground get torn up by wild pigs).