Recent content by EHart

Just to let everyone know that horse is fine, I haven't been giving her enough feed for the work she has been doing which is why her weight hadn't changed nothing to do with a serious illness; she hasn't got any. She has dropped weight because of the change over from stable to field (no...

Yes and everything is fine. Nothing wrong with her I've just not been giving her enough feed for the work she's been doing.

Thanks for clarifying that!

So you've never heard of thirds? Bread crumbs? Of course I am responsible for her care but the owner is saying this isn't serious and no mention of a vet coming out. I am going off what she says as she has had the horse since she was a foal and has the last say in anything I do with the horse.

We both are the keepers of the animal. Even though i am loaning her, the owner deals with the horse everyday as well as me. I will be getting the vet out asap. I wrote on here to get advice as I was being told that it wasn't a serious matter and she just needed more weight on her.

She picked up eating again as normal which is why the vet wasn't called out. The owner sees her everyday as she owns the farm which is another reason why the vet hasn't been called out. She has been eating fine and wolfing her food. I was told I wasn't feeding her enough through winter which is...

Why would this be a wind up? I haven't just fed my horse bread, it is included in the diet! Which I know is perfectly normal for a horse

Thank you for the advice. Just to clarify I am loaning the horse and have expressed my concerns to the owners who own the farm I keep the horse on and they have never mentioned the vet and never said it was anything serious, just for me to get her weight back up which i have been trying to do...

Vet has not been out as she picked up eating again but just didn't put weight on. She has lost a considerable amount of weight in the last month however never shown signs of stress or weakness until the last few days. That is why i posted on here. Also owners of the horse and the farm have never...

Hi! I'm wondering if anyone can help; I am loaning a 4 year old mare - cob. I have had her since November (but have had previous horses) and I am very close with the owners. She hadn't been fed anything apart from grass and hay and she was on the skinny side so I started with horse and pony...