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When my old mare had this problem i turned her out but covered all legs with aqueous(think thats how its spelt!!) cream to create a barrier and then washed off when brought in and dried legs. I didnt bother with any fancy vet cream (as per vet advice!) and bought my cream from the local chemist...

its a hard choice to make putting any horse to sleep i had to make that decision with my mare however hers was down to illness and quality of life. There was a horse at my old stables that had one eye he had an accident when younger and lost it through that, the owner never rode him again as he...

Marely is'nt 3 till the end of next month but we are hoping he matures very quickly and fills out!!! He is the mares first foal so we have nothing to compare him with!! to be fair my friend did phone the stud when he was born to complain he was a runt!!!! hes standing just a little under 15.3hh...

Picture if it helps!!! spent to long downloading on to photobucket could'nt edit above post!!! This is Marley taken this week

Does anyone have any idea re the above????

Hi peeps i aint been on here in ages due to loosing Bracken, however after sometime away from the horses i realised i needed them back in my life!!! My friend has given me her youngster on full loan to get back into the swing of things!! am just after a little bit of advice really!! Her...

Thank you for all your kind responses, Bracken went as peacefully as they can go and is once again re-united with her foal in my sig. I shall try to pop on here to keep up with people and their babies/horses but at the moment its a bit to soon. Thanks again Rachel x x x

i do hope she does recover and stays sound. Bracken was PTS yesterday, from the moment i got to the yard in t he morning and even up to the second the needle went in she had perked up soooooo much that i started to change my mind, for her sake though i did'nt. its a tough decision to make at...

Hi This is going to be my last post, i have had to make the decision to have bracken put to sleep and this will be happening on wednesday. i wanted to post in here as although i have not been on a lot lately the year bracken went to stud everyone was so kind with their words and help that i...

thanks for the replies i cant use a twitch on her as it turns her into a raving lunatic even under sedation!!,and she know the food tricks all to well!! up to now i have managed to keep it cleaned up she does fight me though so i dont push her to far, she is on antibiotics anyway, i think she...

ooops thought i had re-sized these :-( i will try syringing it as dont like the thought of her having glass in the wounds. am going to go back up there in next half hour so will try as many of the hints as possible!! thanks all

some pics!! what was her stable her eye she has more cuts and bumps over her but she is still alive so i really cant complain. she also is not homeless!!! the yard owner has given me another stable to use!!

his foot got stuck between the accelertor and the brake :-( and with it being an automatic it kept going :-( am just trying to upload some pics so damage can be seen!! he was very lucky as well. i will give it a go and see if she falls for it!!

was leahurst that said to clean out all the wounds and there are quite a few of them :-( with salt water is possibly because she was covered in glass from the rear window of the car :-( so they probably want to make sure any slivers are flushed out, shes not bad with cotton wool on any other...

will give that a go but am not going to hold my breath on it working!! she probably knows that trick but is worth trying incase she doesnt!! thanks :-)