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    Vet thinks she feels tumours

    So vet was out yesterday to dose my mare for fluke as she is extremely underweight and wont improve. She was checking if she was in foal when she found a lump, and then more and more, she mentioned tumours and my heart sank. Shes being scanned monday morning, what else could it be? ulcers...
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    Fluke worm/Liver fluke, anyone had a horse with it?

    Vet dosed her for fluke yesterday. Will they come out in poop?
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    Fluke worm/Liver fluke, anyone had a horse with it?

    Basically I bought a horse 4 month ago, she had a body score 2. She had no topline or condition at all, dull coat, grumpy and always dehydrated. She has also had oedemas on her stomach. Ive had her teeth and back done. A couple days ago I had an old horsey man out the other day and he said he...
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    mare hates work

    Thank you everyone for your advice, its roads she hates she rides fine in the field but obviously with this weather i cant ride her in the fields again yet:( hopefully she will be in livery soon so we can vary what we do!
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    mare hates work

    I have only ever turned her round for home once, i had completely had enough of her mucking around and cried the whole way home lol but once i got home i called her old owner who then came down and hacked her then i got on and took her out again this time not letting her get the better of me...
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    mare hates work

    Shes been checked over by the vet, had her teeth done and her back just a month ago. I think she just know that her old owner wont take her crap, she said she was never a problem with her, i think the folk i bought her off have sickened her :/
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    mare hates work

    She is 11, has been used for hacking and hunting but was out of work for a few months before I bought her. Ive been riding for about 6 years on and off but it is not just me she refuses to work for its everyone, except an old owner that i am friends with(owned her about 3 years ago, sold her...
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    mare hates work

    As the title says, she hates it! Doesnt matter what it is wether it be hacking,lunging or arena work she just doesnt want to do it. Shes had her back and teeth done recently and shes still the same. The only thing so far i have done with her that she has enjoyed is going to the beach. She...
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    Build a stable from a "Shed"

    What about a steel container? I have seen loads of stables made from containers and you can get them cheapish :)
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    which lense for equine photography?

    Hi folks, firstly thank you for your advice. I think ill try find a better quality second hand lense as being 16 its going to be pretty hard to muster up another several hundred... Ive already got a job taking photos for a local hunt that im doing pretty well at, just looking another lense...
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    which lense for equine photography?

    Hi guys :D I currently have the NIkon D3100 and the Nikkor 18-55mm. I would like to progress further in photography(equine in particular) as I hope to take it up as a sideline job. Im looking for a telephoto lens but not sure which one, I have a budget of max £250 for a new or used lens...
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