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I have been reading posts on splints and wondered- Is a fractured splint bone the same thing as throwing a splint. My five year old mare had a splint appear (about as big as half a grape) just inside below knee. My mare has not been lame, and it does not seem to hurt her when I press it. It...

When I show my ponies (in hand) we never seem to get in the top three. I completely accept that there will be reasons for this, but how do people get to know why they have not done as well as the winners. Often the judge will say it was a very difficult decision and/or there was very little...

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I read in a couple of articles about how you can predict when your foal is imminent (within next 36 hours) by taking the mare's temperature using a digital beeping thermometer, at the same time every morning and every night. e.g. 6 am and 6 pm. If you commence this for a couple of weeks before...

We use barley straw for bedding. I would love to use shavings but we have nowhere to put the dirty ones after muck out. The farmer where I dump the manure, will let me build a muck stack with straw, but not a shavings one. Problem is my cob eats her bed. She actually seems to prefer the barley...

I have used many of their products. They will tell you what they contain if you ring up and have given me fantastic advice in the past. Their laminitis prone liquid is amazing in my opinion and helped me to get a very poorly pony back on its feet and out in a small paddock. Use it constantly and...

It may not be relevant but I had the same trouble with a cob and a shetland (other five were all fine)We discovered that our haylage was too rich for them. My cob had big itchy circles around her eyes, her muzzle, runny eyes and nose; her neck was itchy, her tail and particularly any area that...

Are pears OK for horses to eat please?

I have recently bought a mare who was running out with a stallion. She has been scanned in foal and from scan and form of foal that was palpable, the vet thinks foal due around end of June. However the stud says that in September she stood for stallion she was running with and let him cover her...