Recent content by cshw

Hi Dovorian, Old thread I know, but did you ever get an answer about your horse's sire? We've just bought a sports horse gelding by the same sire, and I am struggling to find any info on him. Thanks!

Gosh, what a nasty lot of people you are in the main. I joined Horse and Hound forum very recently, but have now decided to leave it alone. Incidentally, I am a Vet, who's been qualified for 24 years, and unlike the vast majority of respondents, I would never pass judgement on this situation...

I feed Silvermoor Recreation haylage to my Shetland as he has dust allergy problems. He's been fed it for 3 winters and has been absolutely fine. Silvermoor Recreation is supposed to be OK for laminitics. I do however weigh what he gets, as it's very easy to significantly overfeed small ponies...

Another Gillies vote here! I have used them about half a dozen times. I have total confidence that they would cope with any emergency, their lorries are spotless and luxurious and their drivers all handle horses very well. I've travelled yearlings and stressy old arthritic horses with them, and...

Ditto the flushing with diluted hydrogen peroxide in a syringe. Last year I had a yearling with an abscess that kept discharging pus for several weeks, which was quite alarming in such small feet. Dilute hydrogen peroxide syringed into the drainage hole dislodged some bits of hard cheesy pus...