Recent content by claribella

I think it depends on the fitness level of the horse. We could go all day if we wanted when my mare is at her fittest but at the moment we do about an hour or two. Shes been off for a couple of weeks due to injury so I will be building her up again as of today. The hacking around here is quite...

I get quite painful hands and find that if I regularly take apple cider vinegar with the mother and turmeric with cracked black pepper and oil, that helps no end. I also feed it to my horse who was stiffening up but its helped her no endd too. Definitely worth tryin:)

Fedelius do it:) Other than that Id ring your insurancve company and ask:) Make sure you get it in writing if they say its ok just incase

I wouldn't use cod liver oil just cause its not natural feeding fish to a horse. If you want an oil then go with linseed. I also use turmeric with a mix of apple cider vinegar with the mother and Ive just put my mare on Gold label ultimate which has made a difference. Ive tried flexi joint which...

I read something about this the other day. A vet came on the forum saying that its this time of year that worm counts can come back with inaccurate results so we should leave it until after may. That was his words

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Its time for me to buy a new hat as Ive had mine for over the five year mark now. I currently have a Harry Hall skull cap which is measured at 6 7/8-7 or 56-57cms. I want to get one of the legend plus ones that they have out as I hack a lot and in the summer months I get a sweaty head which then...

What exactly is she is being fed? Its surprising how many feeds have sugar in them and sometimes alfafa can heat some horses up. It sounds to me like there is something in her feed that is heating her up so it may be worth looking into that. The other thing I would say is I wouldn't worry too...

My mare was dead fussy with fast fibre, linseed, speedi beet and after months of putting it off, I finally bit the bullet and bought a bag of thunderbrook, pooping myself that I could have thrown forty quid down the drain. Thankfully she loved it! And has done eversince. The first feed that shes...

I have an arab x who is fed on thunderbrooks base mix. After going through so many feeds and then looking into what is actually in these bagged feeds, I am pleased to have found something that is totally organic and wholesome but also keeps weight on her which is something we have previously...

I would definitely get some hoof boots and put them on some of the time until the growth can keep up. You sound a bit like me. I ride less in the winter and so much more in the summer so the hoof growth slows right down and then it needs to realise that you are doing more in the summer and needs...

You could try turmeric. Its a natural antihist, anti inflam. If you are on fb you could join the 'turmeric users group'. Doug is a vet and recommends it to his clients. Worth a try. Its worked wonders for my mare not for the same thing though but it might be something to try.

Last winter we had five on three acres (am on a livery). Everywhere turned to mud fairly quickly and the horses were very unhappy. My girl didn't maintain weight, atleast one would come in lame everyday, they looked miserable and even when one of the horses was sold on and two were moved off for...

Could you look at finding somewhere where he could live out 24/7? There are a lot of people on the turmeric users group on facebook that are having amazing success with cribbers. I use turmeric but for joint issues but it healed my mares sarcoid and runny eye in the process. It might be worth a try.

I found that equimins flexi joint was good and made a difference although I switched to turmeric and phased out the equimins and shes fine on just the turmeric:)