Fingerontheneckstrap
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Hi everyone,
Bit of a long winded spiel but a friend put her childhood mare into foal and she’s now about 7 weeks in foal. She has moved to my yard for grass livery as we have more land for her to graze on and is more or less in my care for the summer. This mare has some mild arthritis in her hocks (I wouldn’t personally have bred from her but that’s none of my business!) and was on the equine america powder supplement “buteless” long term prior to being covered by the stallion, however was taken off it a few weeks prior. Mare has started to stiffen up a bit behind again due to hard ground, nothing major but I’d like to give her a bit of pain relief.
I was looking at the Bute-less tub and it says nothing about pregnant mares, so I emailed them and they said their vet said that the supplement is safe for use with pregnant mares. However, in the ingredients it contains boswellia which I was always told to not give to mares in foal. I emailed again to clarify regarding the boswellia and they reiterated that the vet said it was safe. So I wanted to ask you guys your thoughts? Are there any alternatives I could give her that are safe for pregnancy? Have you used it with a mare in foal?
Me and her owner would love to continue using the Bute-less if I could as this worked in the past according to her owner, but obviously if it is not safe I will swap for another. I don’t want to get a vet involved just yet as she’s not in any visible pain and seems happy enough but I don’t want her to get to a stage where she’s uncomfortable and may need to be prescribed actual bute as her arthritis is only mild.
Bit of a long winded spiel but a friend put her childhood mare into foal and she’s now about 7 weeks in foal. She has moved to my yard for grass livery as we have more land for her to graze on and is more or less in my care for the summer. This mare has some mild arthritis in her hocks (I wouldn’t personally have bred from her but that’s none of my business!) and was on the equine america powder supplement “buteless” long term prior to being covered by the stallion, however was taken off it a few weeks prior. Mare has started to stiffen up a bit behind again due to hard ground, nothing major but I’d like to give her a bit of pain relief.
I was looking at the Bute-less tub and it says nothing about pregnant mares, so I emailed them and they said their vet said that the supplement is safe for use with pregnant mares. However, in the ingredients it contains boswellia which I was always told to not give to mares in foal. I emailed again to clarify regarding the boswellia and they reiterated that the vet said it was safe. So I wanted to ask you guys your thoughts? Are there any alternatives I could give her that are safe for pregnancy? Have you used it with a mare in foal?
Me and her owner would love to continue using the Bute-less if I could as this worked in the past according to her owner, but obviously if it is not safe I will swap for another. I don’t want to get a vet involved just yet as she’s not in any visible pain and seems happy enough but I don’t want her to get to a stage where she’s uncomfortable and may need to be prescribed actual bute as her arthritis is only mild.
