magnetic boots and snack balls

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the vet came today and couldn't find a reason for Daisy being lame so has prescribed another week's box rest and then he'll reassess.

One of my friends leant me her magnetic boots to put on her legs. Do you think this might help? Where isthe best place to get some on the internet?

What is the best lo calorie feed to put in a snack ball? She loves her snack ball but doesn't usually have hard feed so I don't want her to get fat. She likes something that rattles in it, her happy hoof doesn't work because she can't tell its in there

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becky
 
Hi ya

I use NEW equine magnetic boots (you can prob order from derby house saddlery online). My horse wears them on his back legs in the field. I don't know if they help, but any such thing that might help is worth a go in my opinion.

How about grass nuts for the ball??
 
She's only 1/10 lame, I'm not leaving her standing in pain. I don't know what the vet said because I wasn't there, I just have a note from him. YO dealt with it for me but she's gone out for the evening so I can't speak to her until tomorrow. I know that lots of you will think that its a huge no no to not be there when the vet comes but at the same time I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate your child's teacher having a day off just a few weeks before their A levels.

Mickey what are grass nuts?
 
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Urmmmm I BELIEVE that these are high fibre nuts that you could use - I know that my horse had these in his ball some yrs ago....sorry I can't remember the exact details, my brain has gone!! Ask you feed merchant??
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I find that horses sweat up very easily in the NEW boots as they are fluffy inside. I'm after some Equilibrium magnetic stable boots at Badminton, especially as they have moveable magnetic strips.
I'd personally just stick some cheap high fibre cubes in the snak-a-ball, mine has her usual working nuts but only because the Baileys website says they are suitable for box rest and she isn't going loopy or getting fat(ter)!
As for what carthorse said, I don't know the situation and what the vet has/hasn't done but my horse has been lame for three months now and we still don't know why, a couple of weeks won't hurt! It's a lot cheaper to see if a short time of box rest will help that jumping straight in with the expensive diagnostics.
 
No problem with not being there ,we all have to work and if you feel he is getting better thats good.A few days ago you said he was very lame so if he is only slightly lame maybe box rest is enough.Just thought it strange the vet was just seeing how it went without knowing whats wrong.
Hope he is fully fit soon
 
she is much better than she was but she seems to have plataued out now, not getting better or worse which was when we decided to call the vet. If I'd been there I would know more but I got the impression from my friend that because the lameness is now quite mild that the vet couldn't pinpoint what was causing it in quite the same way that he would have been able to if her pastern was the size of a football
 
well i have just ordered some NEW tendon boots for my horsey who is a bit lame, as I would have to turn him out (otherwise I would have bought some stable boots), so I can let you know how he gets on (they should be arriving today)
 
I like the veredus stable magnetic boots, am going to invest in a pair myself. I would also recomend high fibre cubes, quite a few companies make them.
 
As I recall you are a fellow member of the hairy beastie club.

Cairo has magnetic straps - you can get them from a company called Magnetic based in Ongar. For hairies these are great - the straps are designed to stay on 24 x 7 and do not rub feather or cause sweating.

Cairo had worn his non-stop for a year before I took them off when he went to the AHT for cancer treatment. I just run my finger round under them every few days to make sure nothing is causing a problem. The great thing is if you have a lot of feather, you won't even know they are there as they are hidden.

Snack balls - lowest cal cubes you can find is what I use on my boys.
 
As a report on the NEW mag boots: I have had a pair for a couple of yrs now, never had any problems with my horse sweating in them.....
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One of my friends leant me her magnetic boots to put on her legs. Do you think this might help? Where isthe best place to get some on the internet?


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As far as I know there is very little actual evidence that magnets help at all.
 
But if the horse starts to come sound over the week before the vet is next due, dwi hopefully won't have to pay for blocks. TBH at this stage I think you need to be trying to help the horse to recover as cheaply and quickly as possible. If the horse doesn't get better before the re-assessment then maybe start thinking about making the horse more lame for nerve blocks.
 
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