Recent content by stroppymare153

these look very similar to the Premier Equine ones - great design, nice stiff mesh that stands away from their eyelashes but soft binding round edges so as not to rub sensitive little ears :) (on sale at the moment too - under a tenner :))

ooh, lucky you! :) I'd worm count and probably get a tapeworm blood test. No point in giving unnecessary wormers. The blood test is about 20quid so more expensive than a wormer (especially paying callout as well) but mine are a nightmare to worm and the vet is out regularly anyway so its...

we've loaned out two, first time in each case it didn't work out but not in a bad way - just mutual decision after a couple of months. With each one though the 2nd loaners have been amazing. First one bought the horse as soon as she had the insurance money from her other one (:() and she now...

Keep them in pairs. Wrap one up completely, leave a tail about 2ft6" long on the second one. Then wrap the tail around both rolled up bandages once or twice. When the tail is only about 4-6" long fold it up at a right angle and tuck it into the section that wrapped round both bandages. Does...

Nothing will speed up hair growth. If cornucrescine (or anything else) actually made hair grow faster they'd have put it into fancy little tubes, changed the perfume and be charging £30 a pop for it in Boots! :) Adequate biotin is necessary for good quality hair (strong fibres, resistant to...

One of ours is - together with a loss of use mark. He is grey so the Farmkey lady said the brands had to be left on longer :( Barely managed to get all the marks done - he was a total git - so I can only assume he did find it painful!! But, although it seemed to scar quite badly - like a...

:( I loved that horse (BHM). She was such a little star.

JC - do you get gold plated grass??? (claiming age-related bluntness privileges :D)

Hope you get to the bottom of it without more unscheduled dismounts :( Would be interested to know how it goes. good luck.

Normally, they do all the eyes, teeth etc first and then move on to the running around stuff. Is it just in the school that she does this? How is she hacking or out at a show? Does it make any difference if the weather is sunny or cloudy? Don't discount her just getting bored and taking...

Not as silly a question as it sounds... Did the vet check her eyes when she had been standing at rest in the stable or after she had been running around?

OP - silly question... Are you sure it's sweat? Could it just be stable stains? Just seems odd that she's not sweating on her neck/chest if she is too warm. What about her armpits (for want of a better description :o)

rubbish! - if that were the case about 90% of horses would have ulcers. Sorry to be so blunt but it is myths like this that mean we have so many obese horses & ponies. There is a small show pony on our yard at the moment who was having 5.5kg haylage a night so she didn't run out. :eek::eek...

aarrggghh!! so much for a 1,2,3 for WFP :(

Well all jobs have a downside!! At the risk of sounding harsh, it was your choice to open your home up to others! Equally, if you have those rules then liveries should abide by them - they can choose to leave if not happy.