Not if you knew my horse sorry. I tried all the calmers around and they made it worse - this is the only one which reduced the spooking from 85% to 10%. Prior to this situation, all the supplements un changed, I ran out of calmer, for a week due to covid, and the spooking returned, lunging hacking, came through and started back on and it went back to normal so I know it works.
The horse is on trickle feeding, I am only giving grass sprinkled out in the paddock to give the horse something to nibble on, I could not have kept the horse out there with nothing or he would have got ulcers. All the forage wa slow calorie and the horse was exercised 6 times a week. it was only when it was in the starvation paddock which is 20meter circle it had those items. Last thing I need is for it to have hardly any grazing to graze on while it was recovering from the injury. It would have charged about hungry and put itself back on box rest.
Yes almost guarantee but not 100%I will need the calmer sorry, when I first got the horse it had no supplements at all, it was mega spooky and made hacking unpleasant. It is very sound reactive and sight reactive a typical spooky horse. We used this calmer and the spooking dropped from 85% to 10 %. The horse is now out with its group and seems much more relaxed so honestly the vet and I think it was the pony nuts and mag, along with the situation of being boxed to round pen. Vet up tomorrow so may no more.
To ad since the horse is now out, all the grass, treat ball, hay ball the lot has stopped as the horse does not need it now.
Vets now told me to leave her 3 days no riding or grooming. Magnesium out her system now, still nervy, jumped back away from me when I put her body brush on her.
backs away when I try put lead rope on to catch her, tried to give her a polo earlier, she blowing at it eyes wide touched it and jumped back polos shatter on the floor. Horse is now out in the field with the others, I am at a loss now, vet wants to come up next week and has a few ideas, regumate etc, taking her in to surgery etc.
it is really getting me down this, she calls to me when she sees me but then changes, trainer on board pats her on neck after riding she jumps out her skin. I can't keep doing this, she is making no effort, nothing bad has happened since the first noticeable incident of personality. I am so upset to see my horse so scared of everything and everyone. Taken all supplements off except calmer and flexi joint - behaviourist is is an option. I just don't want to be near the horse when I get this reception.
This - I'm surprised your vet doesn't think it could be ulcers. The behaviour sounds ulcery and injury / box rest / change of routine / stresshead are all possible causes of ulcers and your horse has gone through them all? Could it be that the calcium in Equifeast helps calm the ulcers (but it won't heal them), hence the improved behaviour?
The horse is on haylage due equine airways disease. vet is restricting calories of too much haylage, anyway horse out now with the group. the horses have haylage when they come in of an evening
tried soaked hay all different times from over night to hay and hour and damp hay and the equine airways disease flared up and a 10 day course of ventipulmin as the bad coughing returned.
Its obvious you have no trust in Equifeast, but I have used their products for 5 years and had great success. So have others on this yard. I got the message you won't recommend them, but please their product might work for others. Their calmer is mag free, something most others are not so it is pointless me trying others.
He does get wary if he sees me with a hammer and then put it away or any other yard tool like strimmer then I go to the stable. When the trainer was up yesterday, there was less issue with the trainer, than first thing this morning with me backing away suspicious looks, till I grabbed a handful of haylage then he reached out an took it. SO yes to your answer if he sees me . Making sure hands are clean when I go over near the stable.
I am sure they would love to read your comment.
No it was heras type fencing. There has been improvement in the last day, so magnesium is coming down to a normal range
Because I want some privacy, that's why, is it really so hard to understand???? Obviously it is. Same as the OP.
Oh come on Birks. When have I been mean to you?
