Recent content by holeymoley

I have an ifor williams 403, built and delivered brand new to me in 2014. The one listed in the file says launched 2008 which is the year I think they brought out the new style. Which specific production/build date does it include?

Mine has been fine for the last fortnight or so. It could be as we have moved to a smaller field and I’ve removed his muzzle in the last week- coincides with my thoughts on the cause being the restriction of food entering the gut, or it could be the Aviform. I think perhaps a bit of both, I...

Does anyone have the new style Wintec with Hart? I’m looking to start my youngster and unsure whether to go for the new style wintec wide with hart so that we can adjust as he will definitely change shape. Or whether to get a leather and just keep changing as we go. He is a traditional gypsy...

I’m glad it’s not just mine, my youngster has the attention span of a gnat and can lose patience. Sorry, no tips, would a haynet help? I don’t like pandering them with food but farrier only takes so much. I think you have the same farrier as me! Poor soul, my oldie’s getting stiff behind to trim...

Sounds like a normal day up here in Scotland. Miserable. Everything's wet.

I have a youngster like this too. It's really nice to have an 'old head on young shoulders'. I've always been quite unflappable myself (or so people have told me!) and my older boy is pretty much now the same so I thought he was following suit with him. He has had a little spook at things out...

Mine had a good sniff and turned his nose up the first time. I just mixed it in really well after that, if you stir it for a while it disintegrates in to whatever else you feed. Mine has just moved fields, still muzzled but eating away when I go to catch him instead of standing at the gate...

The thing that would be in my mind is what happens if horrible people move to the livery yard and make it unbearable again? Also, how do you feel having to play by any rules after having your own place. It’s a real tricky one!

Mine had Suregrow until around 2 years old and then he just got quality hay and a token of fibre cubes and chaff when the others got fed.

Please definitely keep Lyme disease at the front of the line. A horse at our yard got it and it didn’t have a happy outcome I’m afraid. They didn’t know when he had the infected tick, whether it was this year, or last year or a few years ago. I can’t remember everything that happened to him but...

That’s interesting thank you. He’s been injected with Osphos 2 weeks ago for his arthritis. It’s still early days so I’m not sure if that’s working or not. I think xrays of the hooves are probably the way forward. After his laminitis I used to get them done annually to see how things were inside...

Thank you, he gets tested annually. Last tested at the end of April and didn’t have it. I took him barefoot January 2024 after 18years with front shoes on. It did take him quite a while to transition. We moved yard and have quite a walk to the field on tarmac so I opted for shoes back on.

So this only lasted 2 days… back to squirts. I’ve upped it so we’ll see if that helps. I wonder if others suffering from this wear a grazing muzzle/have ems/underlying conditions. I’m beginning to think he’s not got enough going through the stomach and gut throughout the day. If he’s kept in...

Just a little update on mine, his gut went a bit awry after a dose of NSAIDS. I bought the Aviform and it's fantastic, it's really dried him up. It's mainly bentonite clay but it's really worked.

Thank you, he is a prat. We had another day in yesterday and I thought he looked better again, certainly walked out stable better. I turned out him in arena with youngster and they had a bit of a wild playtime! He was cantering and bucking which I thought was great to see but I'm sure I seen a...