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Thank you, this is really helpful! Do you know what type of EP he had? Thank you

Hi, A bit of a rare one, but one of my friends horses has contracted Piroplasmosis (Babesia Equi Theileria) while competing abroad. Does anyone have any information or treatment stories? Thanks!

Hi, A bit of a rare one, but one of my friends horses has contracted Piroplasmosis (Babesia Equi Theileria) while competing abroad. Does anyone have any information or treatment stories? Thanks!

When she was looking for a new yard she said to me ''I just won't tell them about [horses name] cribbing''

We do not have a contract in place. We are a very small, private DIY yard. She was told by the yard owner many times that she needs to stop or at least try and prevent her horse cribbing. I painted cribstop on the posts originally and he just carried on. We ran electric and offsets on top of...

One of our liveries has cribbed on about 20+ fence posts between 4 fields. This has made them loose and the tops very damaged despite my efforts to put offsets in (£100 of my own expenses), he still manages to do it. The cribbing was never mentioned when she moved to the yard. She is moving off...

I wouldn't risk it after reading a vet report on it!

I was told at least 6+ weeks. Harrowing disturbs and brings Equine Grass Sickness and Atypical Myopathy bacteria to the surface. A lot of horses get EMS after recent harrowing.

Hi all, I need a horse transporting from Martigny in Switzerland to Cheshire. Has anyone got any contacts or good transport companies to use? Also what documents are required for entry to the UK? Thanks!

He's turned out for 12hrs daily in winter 24/7 in summer. I'm reluctant to put a singular post in the field as I don't want a churned up patch, plus when he's at the other end of the 8 acre field he goes to whichever post is closest.

I have tried to explain all of this to her, but she is very guarded and defensive. I'm running out of ideas and I don't want to spend anymore of my money on her problem horse. Apparently he's cribbed since he was in racing 12+ years ago! Edit: I have given her some ulcer powder months ago and...

No he's not been treated or examined for ulcers as she says it's too invasive and that he's not losing weight anyway.

He does it all year round. She's not really 'into' talking about it and quickly goes on the defensive. She says that he's always done it so he's not going to stop - Which I do understand, but she's not open to any type of management for it. Due to the fields being so large he has 5+ posts in...

He does it randomly throughout the day. We have dry mud-free large fields with plenty of grass so he's not going hungry and he's not lonely as he has a few field mates too. Luckily the top of our stable doors are metal so he can't damage them but it doesn't half make a racket! She did not...

At a dead end... How do I stop a liveries horse cribbing on our fence posts?! He's wrecking the top of the posts as well as loosening them and it's driving me crazy! We've put offsets on each post as well as electric wire and he still manages it. Help!