Recent content by Jambarissa

Agree cydectin is the way to go. My hairy beast got them and it even got rid without clipping. The cpl site has a link to the vetinary research on Belgian drafts, get your vet to read and they'll hopefully give you a script.

Great idea for a thread. Fave old thing is a grooming kit box, the cantilever type. It is a plastic one that's about 30 years old and as good as new, incredible build quality. Fave new thing is probably welly toppers, I have skinny legs and end up with wellies full of hay - my house is so...

For immediate, cheap and temporary I found the awful porous mats (like the playground rubber crumb) sold as stable mats work well. Floats on the top until it gets wet but then sinks just enough to give decent footing.

Nope, need the ground to dry out because we only have the one (huge) field so need to give it a fighting chance. Out 10hrs a day at the moment and spending maybe the last hour of that waiting near the gate. I'm not too fussed about temperature just rain, we have minimal grass but they're...

We've gone up to £7.50 from £5.50. I've enough to do me til the end of the month then I'll only need to buy in a few cos they'll be out (please god). Expecting the price to have gone up again if they have any at all. I am eyeing up 15kg plain hay chaff at £8 a bag and wondering whether...

It depends how desperate you are. My neighbour is a builder and the son uses the 3.5t flatbed ( horsebox size) as his everyday vehicle. There's a couple who only have quite a large mobile home too. It would limit where you could go but if you're prepared to use taxis or public transport when...

It's that time of year again. My cobs have proper cob shaped heads, chunky but not long, small ears, huge forelock. I usually use the stretchy ones with the soft mesh and forelock hole but they don't last well and on a few occasions rotate so one eye is covered! Suggestions for good cob fly...

My small cob gets very itchy in spring, I'd say she's grass/sugar sensitive even though that's not considered a real thing. Antihistamines, cetirirzine at 12 tablets a day for 600kg horse, you can buy packs of 365 fairly cheaply online. Anti inflammatory diet - I did a lot of research...

Do you know what type of pressure your horse reacts best to? A hackamore applies nose and poll, transcend and lightrider tighten round the nose, Dr Cook round the whole head but mainly felt on jaw. I've tried them all on various horses, my favourite Dr Cook style (forgetting what that...

Yes we had previcox then forced onto the more expensive eqicox when it became available. As a medicine it was a game changer for many years, old retired mare moved so much better that even her top line developed.

Deosect still has instructions for making it into a fly spray and is incredibly good value - you need about a tablespoon per litre of water. My mare would always drop and roll when I applied it which was extreme behaviour for her so put me off! I have tried everything, Tritec 14 and Asorbine...

I also tried the global herbs version.

I've used on 3 horses, one with quite sever reactions to flies. No effect I could see. Worth thinking what you need. Are you trying to prevent bites, stop them landing on eyes/ears/sheath, stop horse becoming itchy? My very tasty cob needs barriers in the form of rugs and ointments, and...

If I ran one of these I'd reassure owners by having the full video available or putting a tracker on the dog so they could check how long and how far he'd been walked. I too don't mind the idea of a dog field, for certain dogs it's perfect.

We have 2 doggy daycares who use the farm tracks and our fields (not a footpath!) to walk the dogs with no control. Reported them several times, police not interested because no one was hurt and its private land. I wear a camera now and next time we have an incident I'll put it on local...