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One of my Arab's is so fussy he will eat something for a bit then say no thanks, but I have been feeding oily herbs now and he eats all of his bucket feed and is far less fussy I think.

Sent my Arab's nuts so I don't touch it now!

The frozen weather can cause colic often because they don't drink as much so causes all sorts of issues, Arabi has had colic twice both impacted caused by lack of fluids we think because of a virus. But I'm extra careful in the cold weather and give them warm water to drink and a few warm wet...

Sounds like ulcers it can cause some horses to be very aggressive.

Omega rice is quite conditioning but you don't have to feed loads of it.

Emerald grass tastic is just grass but much finer than graze on I find it might be easier for the young ones to chew.

We haven't had snow it was just the frost freezing it solid it was like tying a broom handle 😅

Alot of therapists for horses now use laser acupuncture on animals, Arabi has had it the cranial therapy lady used to do it combined with shiatsu and the cranial stuff, it does help him but you have to have it quite frequently. The nerve release therapy Yasmin did was the most effective for him...

This looks quite good has anyone used one?

Prolite do a poll guard for the bridle I did have one somewhere.

The rope I tie around my hay is like that at the moment trying to tie it is not really possible 🙈

Mine have been out as well but I've brought them in tonight it's-5 and it's so rutted and frozen solid, although they tend to stand on the hardstanding they we're looking a bit fed up, they were quite eager to come in and have a hot short feed mine love buckets of warm water as well.

When Arabi was diagnosed with hock arthritis and he had a bit of wear to the suspensories it was all treated but his canter still wasn't great so my vet put steroid in the si joint, quite often if there is issues lower in the hind limbs it makes the si sore it really made a difference and he...

Louis grows hair on his legs like a yak in winter it looks really odd when his clipped thet look like big wooly leg warmers but at least they keep him warm. I clip the legs in spring but just run the clippers down the leg so just takes the really long hairs off to keep him comfortable.

I would also think digging is the least of your worries as most dogs love using them as toilets.