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My 15 year old Welsh Section D has been lame on and off all summer. She came in from the field lame on her left fore a few months back and as it was the day after she had been shod I got the farrier straight out to look at her. He could find nothing wrong and after resting her for a few days...

From what you are all saying I think the obvious answer is not to take the chance, I have had him too long and gone through too much with him to put him at risk now. I can alleviate his boredom but I do know that there is no antedote for acorn poisoning and I was lucky this time, it would be...

There is only one pony that I could put with him and his owner doesn’t want him on the small paddock at this time of year, all the others would bully him, including my mare, it makes me wonder why he is missing them really. He can’t have hay because of his poor teeth and secondly because he is...

Does anyone know if acorn leaves are harmful at this time of year, my 27 year old gelding struggles with eating grass because his teeth are poor and he was seen eating acorns shortly before he was treated for suspected acorn poisening, he didn't have full blown colic, he was bright but obviously...

Thank you so much for your quick reply. I am new to this site and still finding my way around, at present trying to remove foal from Brannyman as he is far from being a foal at 27!! Yes I am still keeping an eye on my mare and will look for the link on acorn poisening, my vet seemed to...

I have also had problem with Equest Pramox, didn't realise until reading on this site but my welsh cob seemed off colour when ridden 2 days after wormer, she sweated up very quickly which is unusual so stopped riding her and have given her couple more days off, last night she still seemed warmer...