Recent content by kerr26

hi, am looking for a bit of advice about having 3 horses sharing a field shelter. i moved my pony 7 wks ago to share a field with a friend other 2 ponys, but the others are hogging the field shelter and mine seems worried about going in it with the others. he has always been used to his own cosy...

hi, i decided to keep riding when i was pregnant, but just stick to hacking. i had never ever fallen off on the roads before but due to very bad luck when i was 12 wks pregnant the pony very uncharacteristically spooked bolted and then slipped, with him landing on top of me, right on my stomach...

my old mare had a sarcoid on her leg, but it doesnt really sound like what you are describing - it grew very quickly and was oozing pus but it was more from the outside which was ulcerated, it didnt burst just kept growing. i remember at the time doing a lot of research into sarcoids and im sure...

thanks for all your advice and suggestions, going to check out the internet for horseware/mark todd/weatherbeeta see if i can find any bargains. (rambo duo as well that sounds ideal). now my boys going to be living out this winter want to make sure hes snug as a bug!

i find oster and moser clippers both good (tho expensive but you could maybe get some second hand) using a 7f or a 5f blade, or maybe even shorter depending on the thickness of the coat. they seem to last well and not heat up too quickly. (a prob i find with some cheaper clippers is they get...

ive got equimats, they are great. quite pricey but got mine cheaper as they are seconds (a couple of mm out here and there, but this has caused no probloems at all)

thanks il look into those. last year i had one which coverered his neck as well with a kind of stretchy material joining the neck bit, but was thinking this year of getting one with a detatchable neck cover.....

hi, am looking to get a new turnout rug for my 13.2hh welsh sec b for the winter (was going to see if being organised means i can get a bargain :) can anyone recommend a good rug? have had some good ones and awful ones in the past so am intersted in anyones opinions. thanks

horselib - thanks for the websites - have had a good look and they were very informative. cobmad - good luck for fri. my pony still just as lame on danilon and boxrest. was hoping for a slight improvement :(

3-4 times a week in the summer :) but only once a week in the winter :(

hiya, im just looking for a bit of advice please. i have a pony which has been lame on and off for a couple of months, the vet said poss v mild laminitis or otherwise the onset of arthritis in his front legs. have been doing lots of research into arthritic ponys and tbh my ponys symptoms seem to...

hi horselib, thats interesting what youv said about arthritis, esp about conformation as he is pigeon toed and over at the knee, and generally quite wonky knobbly looking front legs! he hasnt had a very hard life really , no endurance etc just hacking and a bit of jumping, though due to his...

hiya am new on here but saw this post and wanted to add a comment as rthis sounds really similar to my pony at the moment. have had him 6 yrs without any problems, lame on near fore leg, no heat/swelling/strong pulse. unreactive when hoof was tested. only diff with mine is that he is overweight...