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if you have automatic refilling systems turn them down, if its the same thing as a loo has i.e a float/ball cock whatsit, turning the screw will make the fill up stop quicker, that way there will be less water standing and they should drink it and replace it before it goes to yuk. as to fish -...

to add to another posting... Saline solution for washing wounds - a teaspoon to a pint of previously boiled water - I keep some in an old Coke bottle so I have it on hand i do the same but put mine in ann old squeezy washing-up bottle that way i can squirt into hard to get at places like under...

get the vet, if only to rule out him realy hurting himself or you by falling, i was fallen on by a big horse i hired out for a trek, we had been going at a gentle canter down the beach and the shallowest puddle made him fall like beechers brook, thankfully it was on a beach of quite soft...

i would tend to agree with the other posters, a lot of horses will not be happy being seen lying down, but do it when no-one is around, some are OK, and some would if they could almost sit on their owners knee & fall asleep like a pet pup. a horse will only lie down if it feels relaxed...

You can buy screw in insulators to go into wooden posts or tie on insulators to go on just about anything, that way you can buy tall skinny posts from a wood yard, over here in France a lot of the farmers use the twisty metal rods sold to reinforce concrete with tie on insulators on, a sort of...

my opinion on horse insurance is.............. its a load of expensive cr*p, over priced and with more holes than a haynet, probably worth it once a blue moon, i had so much grief from mine over a minor injury & when her renewal came through with so many 'NOT COVERED' that it was...

dogs seem to have a built in death wish for what not to eat or chew, my cocker spaniel disconnected my Internet by chewing but not completely breaking a power lead, 1 more tiny nibble and he would have gone up in a blue flash! i worked for a vet as a kid, just a general goferr. here is a quick...

i have a cocker spaniel chestnut & 2 white GSD, 1 long haired and 1 double coated, i could knit with what they lose, i have killed off sooooooooooo many hoovers and quite a few Dyson's too. a hoover then a rub with a damp mop then another hoover works a little better, the trainers idea or...

MY LOT (sorry no pics) would have to be the Bart Simpson...... "i didn't do it, no one saw me & you can't prove it." or the Oliver stone Watergate quote..... "i have no clear recollection of that incident" or annonymous "who? me!"

hi, here we go again the ongoing battle with those horrible little b*ggers, we have done the collars, powders, shampoo, drops, sprays, pantomime & STILL THEY COME BACK!!..... ARE THEY SPONSERED BY READERS DIGEST OR SOME DOUBLE GLAZING FIRM, does anyone have a new angle? a new product? i...

same here, i asked at all the local vets etc for a small /med male dog less than 6 months old any type........ you would think i would be killed in the rush right? nothing - zero - sod all so eventually i get a **cocker spaniel (sort off) pup from an advert, cheap to good home needs to go...

an old recipe was oat meal or barley meal slightly cooked with hot water from the kettle and left to cool, added to the feed, it is very soft and megga high in calories, also linseed either as cake or more liquid form. milk powder is good if they will/can take it. glucose powder? soya...

my mare has the dreaded cushings too. i would agree with the postings in general - if all forms of treatments have been tried and the horse has no joy in life left then time to let it go... but if it still has a spark of fun, gets attention, has friends, then wait, assuming it is an old horse...

fly/tick/louse/ pests here in France a lot of us use fly repellents sold for cows. you just pour the dose along the spine and it soaks in, similar to dog flea drops really, **BUTOX & VERSATRINE, in pour on formulations are the main ones used, they also deals with ticks which are serious...

depending on what the feed is it might be that he is just not that hungry or that the dry weather is tickling his throat putting him off hard feed? try feeding after sunset or later when its much cooler, or try a more juicy food? or both? but -yes - some horses -& even us humans - can...