Recent content by whiteflower

We have a lami only who needs weight gain, we feed alfalfa with no issue at all. However with alfalfa pellets as said above, I would be careful feeding them dry, I have had one get choke from feeding them dry but that was from a bucket not trickle fed from a ball

When you say metabolic issues are you talking EMS ? Are you concerned about her weight from the extra hay ? Just confused as to why hay would be such a problem for her if she's out on grass anyway, although would understand if she was overweight. Also it's not great they have gone against what...

This, I'm sure there is a genetic element but Im suspicious that a large element of some of the symptomatic horses, especially those that develop symptoms later in life may be down to management, posture and how they are ridden. I myself had one that developed mild KS later and I'm convinced...

We had ours done by a specialist equestrian planning person, took the stress away, they knew the pitfalls and issues and ours went through straight away. We were lucky but if it looks like you may have some issues it's worth getting someone who knows how the planning departments work involved...

We have had success with fibergest no starch for weight gain for a very fussy eater who needed a low sugar and starch diet. It's fed in small amounts and doesn't need to be soaked, mine refuses linseed and everything else was above the sugar and starch level I could feed

Anyone have water running down the walls and out of a window edge ?? It's a weird one, we have checked the roof, sealed the rivets and the window edge and still can't find where the blooming water is getting in ! It's a small trickle but amounts to a lot of water in heavy rain ! We have painted...

If you search for it you will see my replies on other threads, it didn't work for us and I wouldn't do it again

Same for us, used Charles Britton and great service

I also wouldn't leave 6 months, there is potential for the gums to get irritated and become sore and unable to eat. Mine is seen every 6 months and gaps cleared and filled with putty, which often stays in for the whole 6 months ! This allows the gums to heal underneath without getting inflamed...

Not experienced the keratoma but had one with collateral lig damage and poor foot balance, we tried remedial shoeing but after them being pulled off constantly I opted for barefoot with a really good farrier trimming, took about 6 weeks to come sound and been doing great for 3 years since

As pointed out by Maya above, the 'guidance' does not list every single business that must close, it's just an overview, the full legislation is available to read and I guess what the BHS and bef will be looking at in detail

I don't believe the BHS have updated their advice yet have they ? (Or has this literally just happened ?) Last update I saw this afternoon was they were still waiting to put out their guidance

I've just read through it best I can, in relation to training it refers to conditions in other parts of the act but I am unable to find them, are you able to link to these subsections you have read which seem to be conditions linked to 'teaching' ??

I never thought mine would cope barefoot either, he used to wince over stones. I totally overhauled diet and learnt all I could. 2 years with no shoes now and canters over the stoney turnout area and been hacked those whole 2 years. I brought boots initially. We remedial shoes for 2 months and...

I have a horse that had massive side bone in both front feet and was not the typical breed to get side bone (tb) it was only found after lameness investigations and there were multiple fractures in both feet and poor prognosis. I decided against remedial showing with the prognosis poor and went...