Kafairia
Well-Known Member
Just trying to gauge what its like. Have heard mixed things like any calmer out there.
Bare in mind this is our issue. With guidance from nutritionists and our vet, my TB is on an extremely high calorie diet, with conditioning cubes and equijewel. He drops weight in colder weather (winter majorly) and a root cause couldn't be found. He holds weight fine when there is plenty of juicy grass for him to eat, but that's not all year round. Vet believes it to be down to him being very fine. To make it worse, he HATES to be stabled. Nothing helps, sometimes he eats nothing for a whole night (0/4 haynets) so making him stabled and to get on with it isn't an option! He has to be on this much feed and energy otherwise he drops into the body score of 2/5 band. This is just background, his weight is manageable like this (he's looking much better than last year!) so if anyone was to sensibly suggest cutting his feed rations.
Magnesium calmers (NAF) sent him absolutely uncharacteristically mental, he has never reared or bucked with me before (okay, minor hops that's it) but he rodeoed on that!
I'm not looking for a spooky fixer or anything. Generally, he is a brave boy and just eyes things once and realises nothing happened. Just was wondering if Valerian may take the edge off his stressy behaviours. Perhaps make him a little less worried in his stable for grooming and stuff when other people are on the yard! And maybe take the edge of his endless speed energy during ridden work and help him relax a bit.
What do you think?
Bare in mind this is our issue. With guidance from nutritionists and our vet, my TB is on an extremely high calorie diet, with conditioning cubes and equijewel. He drops weight in colder weather (winter majorly) and a root cause couldn't be found. He holds weight fine when there is plenty of juicy grass for him to eat, but that's not all year round. Vet believes it to be down to him being very fine. To make it worse, he HATES to be stabled. Nothing helps, sometimes he eats nothing for a whole night (0/4 haynets) so making him stabled and to get on with it isn't an option! He has to be on this much feed and energy otherwise he drops into the body score of 2/5 band. This is just background, his weight is manageable like this (he's looking much better than last year!) so if anyone was to sensibly suggest cutting his feed rations.
Magnesium calmers (NAF) sent him absolutely uncharacteristically mental, he has never reared or bucked with me before (okay, minor hops that's it) but he rodeoed on that!
I'm not looking for a spooky fixer or anything. Generally, he is a brave boy and just eyes things once and realises nothing happened. Just was wondering if Valerian may take the edge off his stressy behaviours. Perhaps make him a little less worried in his stable for grooming and stuff when other people are on the yard! And maybe take the edge of his endless speed energy during ridden work and help him relax a bit.
What do you think?
