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Hi, At the moment, I'm confident he hasn't eaten any because I've sectioned it off, but the field is now becoming quite boggy and I'm under pressure to open it up. Everyone around the yard tells me "oh it's ok he won't eat it" or "mine eats it and he/she's fine". Was wondering just how much of...

My experience was that my pony had to have antibiotics in the end to get rid of the infection. The vet resisted for a while, but it was quite an aggessive bacteria - the first antibiotic didn't work... The abscess tracked around the white line all the way round and took ages to go. Even when...

Does anyone have an experinece in poisoning by mares tail or horse tail? How bad is it etc etc? Any comments welcomed

Definitely call the farrier - if he's a good one! My vet and farrier recently had a joint consultation with my horse. They bounced ideas off each other and treatment decided upon has been successful. The farrier sees feet every day; they know what they're talking about.