Recent content by Sianio

Thank you for your advice, I have my saddle fitter coming out so we will go through the suggested options. I’m hoping to avoid a new saddle but aware that it might be necessary! So we’ll see what we can do with adjustments. My horse’s muscle gain is all in the trapezius so it might be that a...

I might try the le tixerant, it’s come up in a couple of my searches. Thank you for the recommendations! My challenge is my saddles can’t be any narrower in front as she then becomes incredibly stuffy. When I was trying saddles she completely refused to even walk in several of them. I’ve got a...

I have a mare who has no girth groove, and as she’s gained a lot of topline over the last couple of years she is now basically round! She also has a big shoulder action. Due to this, her saddle is slipping back while I’m riding, particularly in canter, and sometimes I’m having to get off...

I do have some Sedalin, but riding is potentially a no even with that as if I come off it’s too big a risk of her hooning around! We don’t lunge in circles anyway but assuming the risk is extra strain I might replace lunging with groundwork. Thanks for the tip!

Hi everyone. I’m quite experienced with bringing back into work after serious injuries (operations, tendons etc) but that’s not the situation I’m in so would appreciate any tips or advice! My horse has been on box rest for a little over 3 weeks after a field injury that needed stitches. Before...

Definitely sounds hungry - my horse can’t graze short grass and just started to show this last week. She doesn’t tuck up but gets jaw pain. I bring in early with afternoon hay so she’s not out all day with no food. If it gets really bad sometimes also give a bit of hay before turnout with...

Completely fine, she has a mix of soaked hay and haylage due to asthma. Grazes completely as normal until around this time of year when grass gets too short. When this happens, we bring her in at lunchtime and give extra hay. Luckily it only lasts a few weeks our yard, in fact I have to work...

Hi everyone. My horse is 13 and has a severe parrot mouth. She’s always managed fine with twice yearly rasping but now has started chewing on leadropes and seeming a bit more uncomfortable. Also her incisors are starting to break off leaving the pulp exposed. She has been referred to a dental...

Thanks for your reply, it’s a great point about releasing making other problems more obvious. The physio does a lot of work releasing the neck and shoulder as this is where my horse is noticeably reactive - she works a lot with fascia and ultrasound as my horse is super sensitive and has hated...

Hi all, I’m looking to see if anybody has had similar symptoms to my horse. Over the last 18 months she’s developed some strange symptoms which I explain below and I’m thinking of having the vet investigate but it would be amazing if I knew where to start rather than paying for a wide range of...

Ah yes, I used to have a share horse there. Thanks for your reply. Lovely for hacking, as you say! I loved Edgwarebury but they sadly aren't keen on my horse, I was honest with them that sometimes she's a bit temperamental and they are looking to have straightforward horses there. But for the...

Hi, just nosey to find out where you ended up? I have my horse at Mote End but would like to buy another as she has lots of medical issues and can't work for some of the year, sadly I can't keep two at Mote End without a lottery win so I'm looking for somewhere close by and cheaper! I like...

This is a great idea - she gets really grumpy/impatient with the steroid bit and it makes her cough so at the moment we're trialling a higher dose of the dilator and less steroid - but always good to have options! Two week antihistamine trial is going well in that my very fussy feeder hasn't...

Can you increase the inhaler dose? My horse is only 15.3 and my vet (Royal Veterinary College) started her on 20 puffs of both blue and brown inhalers twice a day, they say this is a normal amount for other asthmatic horses in the area. We also have her on 20 antihistamines twice daily. They did...

Thanks everyone! My vet actually advised against a nebuliser but I can buy one that fits into my current inhaler system so no reason I can’t give it a try. We are certain with my horse that it’s pollen-triggered due to the pattern of her bad spells and the fact that I can school as long as...