Icing/hosing for laminitis

[Mule]

it’s all done very clinically, no big buckets of blood, just a catheter, tube and bag, exactly as how it looks when humans donate

Phlebotomy is a recognised treatment, and is the only current treatment for true iron-overload in horses

Well that's no fun

 

[Zuzan]

You are all making the crazy assumption that horses know/do what is best for them.

In many years of observations, I feel this is inaccurate.

For example - if they knew what was good for their health, they wouldn't be stuffing themselves on grass/hay in the first place.

This isn't a valid explanation as the hay / grass / fodder we feed is not the fodder they evolved to live on .. the problem is our management of horses and their fodder.

 

[tristar]

I mean I didn’t say that what they were doing was cruel or ignorant...if it worked for them then that’s great! However you wouldn’t catch people doing it now, and I guess there is probably a reason for that.

possibly letting blood cools the system, removes toxins