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I give my boys a clean with damp baby oil rag. Their stallions but still get that black soft stinky stuff in the sheath. I was a little surprised when out of curiosity I felt my mares udders and there was also the same stuff in-between the two udders. Again just used a soaked baby oil rag to...

Thank you popsdosh, much appreciated.

It was £15 to change the ownership of the Donkey (http://www.horsepassportagency.co.uk/). It's pretty easy doing it online compared to the Shetland pony stud book society where you have to send the passport back in the mail with £20 (I have three shelties). The microchip of the Donkey is with...

I mean you have to change the ownership of the passport within 30 days, I've just done that tonight online. But do you have change the microchip or can I just leave that in the last owners name. There's next to no chance of him getting lost so don't see the point of paying to get that changed

Hi there, I just bought a mini Donkey and wondered if you legally have to change of microchip or can I just get away with changing the passport and leave the microchip? Thanks.

59 miles from home, about 1 hour 15 minutes travelling time. It can take 2 hours 15 minutes if I hit going through Aberdeen at the wrong time. It's it crazy to go that far? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes, I'm my own boss as it's my own land and ticks all the boxes you would want for horses. I go up...

I have 3 shelties and I give them 3/4 scoop (big round scoop) of a mix of Speedi-Beet and Top spec cool conditioning cubes, add a little sunflower oil and vegetable oil for more calories and water for it to be soak up. I do that 2 times a week, but there not working so you may need feed more...

Thank's ester. It's mad with amount of food we have, I've had to give the odd thing to nextdoor as nears out of date. She also insists on getting long life milk in the winter incase we get snowed in for a week or two, that hasn't happened since I was a wee lad :). I'm sure it would be fine...

Both freezers all ways full of stuff ester. The problem is that it's just me and her now, Dad passed away in 2002 and my sister left the house about 7 years ago and then my brother about 2 years ago. She's all ways made big meals and set in her ways, there's no room to store the left overs as...

I know this is a odd question. Would it be ok to feed left over soup to young adult Shetlands? As the winter approaches my mum will often make homemade soup and there's often leftovers after a couple of days which she pores down the toilet. Instead of this would it ok to give to my 3...

Thanks for that happyclappy, JLD, oldie48, He is a nice boy but being a stallion he can be a bit bossy when leading, it will take time but we'll get there where I let him be a bit showy and listen to me at the same time. His passport just says DOB 2009 so can only say he's 6 years old. When I...

So would you folks say my 13'3hh Cob is just right? (see pics) He's been on 3/4acers of grass since 15/3/15 and before that 1 1/2acers since 6/7/14. I'v started to give him give him 2 hard feeds a week from mid November. Weight tape and Wormer dates: 6/7/14 484-498kg 1/9/14...

Hi Bede, I wormed them both on the 1st of September. In hindsight I should have done that around now with the first frost, according to the weight tape he's 490kg from just the back of the withers to the back of front legs. I give him 2 Panacur sachets =600kg, I know that was a bit over kill...

Thanks Pinkvboots, I think you're right, I'll just wait off and see how the winter go's. I didn't think to ask the previous owner if he rugged him but it was July when I got him so I wasn't really thinking about the winter and my heart was ruling me that day. Grass shouldn't be a problem as...

Hi Enfys, Yeah there's meant to be 2 photos, not sure how you cant see them. (I'm new to this site) He's a Cob, 13.1 hands and before I got him in July he was used to go carting about. I bought the cart and harness as well but have not done anything with him yet. I say he's a bit overweight...