Archive for the ‘Horse Tips’ Category
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Causes of Itching
If your horse seems to be scratching a lot, it's important to find the source of his discomfort before you are able to provide some sort of relief.
Worms, spread by flies, can be a source of itching. Stomach worm spreads via intermediate hosts of various species. The infective ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, a horse with chronically weepy eyes must be the most sensitive sort of fellow.
Runny equine eyes are usually evidence of a sensitivity to environmental irritants, such as dust, ammonia and insects. But because individual horses reactivity to irritants varies, the same ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
If your horse has been acting up under saddle lately, it may be his only way of telling you that his back hurts. The below behaviors are often associated with back pain:
Bucking during upward transitions, particularly transitions to the canter or lope. The push and lift required to execute a ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Worm all new horses on arrival at an agistment facility for roundworm and tapeworm and keep them isolated for 24 hours after dosing. Give a treatment for encysted small redworm in winter.
Try to graze young horses separately from older horses. Youngsters are likely to have the highest parasite burdens and ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Remove droppings from the pasture at least twice a week
Do not overstock pasture, allow around 1.5 acres per horse
If possible graze horses with sheep or cattle. They act as natural vacuum cleaners, as horse worms will not develop in them.
If possible, rotate pasture annually. Resting paddocks will allow the winter ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Identifying why a horse chews bark is difficult, as there could be many reasons. Chewing bark is natural behaviour in that, in their natural environment, horses will browse surrounding vegetation. However, if your horse is stripping the trees bare, it could be due to boredom or frustration, particularly if there ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
When left to their own devices in the wild, horses spend almost all their time eating and foraging for food. Life for the stabled horses is very different, he has to rely on us to serve up his daily rations.
The hay and feed we conveniently provide meets nutritional needs far ...
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