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It is not unusual to put liquid steroid into feed. It probably just means it is the same form that would be injected. Be careful of the amounts though as steroids will trigger laminitis at high levels.

Be careful with the steroids as they can trigger laminitis.

Glad to hear that your horse is ok. What is the current understanding on causes and preventative measures for GS. I honestly can't remember it being that much of a problem 15 years ago and it's not something I hear about in the US at all.

Does he catch himself with a back foot when he lies down?

I have found that one of the major causes of thin soles is that the farrier carves them away in order to put a shoe on :D

Won't help in the short-term but increase omega 3's and vitamin E in the pony's diet, this will help her immune system and will be missing from the diet unless she is eating fresh grass.

4 feeds of grass hay per day in small mesh hay nets (approx 2% of body weight in forage), 2 feeds of vit/min supplement with a few soaked timothy/alfalfa hay cubes to soak up the supplement. They get hay first at 7am, 'grain' feed at 9am, hay at 12.30 and 4.30pm, 'grain' at 5pm and last hay feed...

They would be called hay cubes, maybe timothy/alfalfa cubes ... probably. Sorry I can't really do a search from here easily, otherwise I'd post a link.:o

Ah I understand better now. Yep haynets for 9 would be awful hard work. Can you find grass cubes rather than pellets in the UK? The cubes count as long-stem forage whereas the pellets don't (the hay is more chopped up). You would still have to soak them and I guess that they would freeze if the...

This. If she has a nice bed to roll in she can dry off faster that way than with a cooler. With hay to eat she will create alot of heat and dry very quickly. If she has a proper winter coat I doubt that she would even be wet to the skin.

You'd be better off putting haylage in haynets scattered about the field to make the horses move. Did the vet say what the likely cause of impaction was? If dehydration then make sure that their water is clean and not freezing cold.

As a YO I would be talking to the new livery and emphasizing being clean and tidy. She would get one last warning after that and then bye.. bye.. because she is putting other people and horses at risk, not to mention my yard. Not keen on a rodent problem thanks. I would also ask her to...

Here in the US Tetanus is a core vaccine that has to be given every year. The rhino/flu vaccines are only effective for about 6 weeks.

What is your definition of barefoot vs. trimmed?

How deep is your bed? If you want to deep litter (which personally I hate), it has to be at least 8" deep. If you are not deep littering and taking out wet which is a pinky/red color, it means you have left it too long. If the sawdust is that color it can't soak up any more pee. Does your...