hopscotch bandit
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As title. My horse is having soaked feeds (mix and speedibeet, chaff) due to a dental issue. I'm thinking before long I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get this tooth looked at again, every now and then I get an indicator all is not well with the way she is chewing and she has started dunking her hay again but not all the time. She is still eating apples and carrots and pony nuts including herbal treats and doesn't seem to have an issue but about every fourth or fifth day will roll it around her mouth. She has no swelling, no lack of appetite, no foul breath and appears hungry when she is fed and apart from leaving a bit of hay (which I've over wet) she eats everything put in front of her. Still interacting with other horses next to her in the paddock and interacting with me fine, is not resenting me approaching with the bridle, or running off when I put it in her mouth, so every indication its not hurting her.
The fractured part of the tooth (upper premolar) was removed which left a tooth which was then packed. THe vet said the tooth showed on xray as looking strong and healthy and may not necessarily need to be removed. The vet said leave a few months before we check it again but has never bothered ringing up to check how she is or anything. I was thinking of waiting until Feb time and getting a 'winter MOT' which includes teeth inspection, soundness, eyes, lungs, heart etc.
In the meantime I am thinking of going down the route of steaming my hay to make it softer rather than dunking it under the tap which iv'e always done, I don't want to soak it as I know she won't eat it. But she loves her snackaball with a passion, does anyone know if there is any brand of 'nut' out there that is softer or anything that I can give her as a replacement to a nut that is small enough to fit into a snackaball but not loaded with sugars like mints, or cut up apples? She's on one bute a day.
Does anyone actually produce a 'soft nut' or by definition are nuts expected to be hard!? lol At least I can say I'm doing everything feed wise then to look after that tooth.
The fractured part of the tooth (upper premolar) was removed which left a tooth which was then packed. THe vet said the tooth showed on xray as looking strong and healthy and may not necessarily need to be removed. The vet said leave a few months before we check it again but has never bothered ringing up to check how she is or anything. I was thinking of waiting until Feb time and getting a 'winter MOT' which includes teeth inspection, soundness, eyes, lungs, heart etc.
In the meantime I am thinking of going down the route of steaming my hay to make it softer rather than dunking it under the tap which iv'e always done, I don't want to soak it as I know she won't eat it. But she loves her snackaball with a passion, does anyone know if there is any brand of 'nut' out there that is softer or anything that I can give her as a replacement to a nut that is small enough to fit into a snackaball but not loaded with sugars like mints, or cut up apples? She's on one bute a day.
Does anyone actually produce a 'soft nut' or by definition are nuts expected to be hard!? lol At least I can say I'm doing everything feed wise then to look after that tooth.
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