Recent content by Tempest

I've posted extensively on this one and explained the protocol there http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/sh...rue#Post1530856

I'm a frequent visitor to the USA and to be honest and as a generalisation, I'm absolutely appalled at the state of the majority of horses feet there. With decades of ownership and training horses, I ordinarily ALWAYS start looking at a horse at its feet and if the feet are poor I can't get...

An abscesses is a serious infection and is often persistent. Hoof abscesses are pockets of pus that form in response to bacteria accumulation. The bacteria gain access to the hoof through any breach of the capsule, such as a tiny crack or a puncture wound in the sole or separation or damage...

Though relatively uncommon in the UK, stomach ulcers are very common in the USA and due in the main to different management. So exactly as ST88 said. So this is a generalisation but ..... If your horse is getting good turnout and forage feeding and not getting huge portions of grain in a...

I'd strongly urge you that you immediately stop giving him pony nuts and its absolutely critical that if he's got any weight on him that you get it off and quickly. He wants absolutely minimum feed. Hay only (definitely NOT haylage) and soaked overnight and trickle fed rather than in big...

Basically they're enlargements of the digital flexor tendon sheath and don't cause lameness at all. They are cosmetic defects only ordinarily. If the horse is lame then it needs further investigating to check it not just fluid round the tendon and that its not something more sinister. If you...

a heck of a lot of horses fail flexion tests and personally it wouldn't necessarily put me off at all. really the vet should have done all the tests required and then made comments pertaining to suitability and specifically relating to the flexion test. Of course it may well be though that as...

the horse tends to dip the back and hold it rigidly with muscles in partial spasm. If its rested for a short while, it goes but only temporarily. Rest treatment to be effective is 6 months

mullen kimblewick - plenty of room for the tongue but with the curb action if and when you need it.

Mine are bandaged and then have quilted travel boots over the top of the bandages.

Get the vet to undertake a proper examination but at that age it would be very unusual for the undecended testical to appear now and the likelihood is that your horse is indeed monorchid. Because the condition is inherited, the only case for not castrating a cryptorchid is when it is suspected...

I well remember posted about a horse with a prothetic leg on another site on April Fools Day. Got to say I think its entirely inappropriate and absurd.

The best thing to do is to go to an agricultural suppliers and let them know your acreage and what you are looking to erradicate and let them know you have horses and they will ensure you have the right thing and instructions.

I'd endorse what Henryhorn said, do a lot of groundwork longreining before you daughter gets on him and also keep him on longreins when first under saddle. She shouldn't be sitting on board hanging on to a saddle in case he explodes! Rather the horse should be going well at all paces and...

Nose bleeds are quite common. If its from 1 nostril its likely to be in the nasal passage and if its from 2 from the nasopharynx. If its a one off then don't worry about it and if it persists or becomes routine after exercise you might want to get it investigated as there may be a little...