EmmaJaneWilliams
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I have a very nervous and excitable mare, I wondered if anyone could recommend a good calmer that isn't going to knock her out!!
Nervous and excitable Mare - Suitable calmer
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spacefaer
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different calmers work on individuals - I had a very opinionated mare for whom steady-up worked brilliantly.
I love magic for my current guys.
the best tho - I've had great success with nupafeed - it's expensive but really works if you perservere - can take some time to get into the system, depending on how magnesium-deprived your horse is.
one of the best calmers I have found is grass - it's amazing how much more sensible my lot are with a belly full of the stuff! lol!
I love magic for my current guys.
the best tho - I've had great success with nupafeed - it's expensive but really works if you perservere - can take some time to get into the system, depending on how magnesium-deprived your horse is.
one of the best calmers I have found is grass - it's amazing how much more sensible my lot are with a belly full of the stuff! lol!
MontyandZoom
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I use magnesium oxide from natural horse supplies. It has definately made a difference to my fizzy mare!
Hippona
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You may need to look at her diet all round as well....
I cannot give my lad any form of mix whatsoever....cool/veteran/pasture.....they ALL send him deranged and excitable to the point where he is a pain in the butt.
A fibre/oil diet may help....I now use Alfa A oil and Blue-chip only, no need for calmers any more.
However...the best and cheapest calmer I ever used in the days before the current diet was Magnitude by Equine America....it costs about £18 for a 6m supply.
Good luck
I cannot give my lad any form of mix whatsoever....cool/veteran/pasture.....they ALL send him deranged and excitable to the point where he is a pain in the butt.
A fibre/oil diet may help....I now use Alfa A oil and Blue-chip only, no need for calmers any more.
However...the best and cheapest calmer I ever used in the days before the current diet was Magnitude by Equine America....it costs about £18 for a 6m supply.
Good luck
Kenzo
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Has she always been very nervous and excitable?
What breed is she and what diet and work load is she on?
What breed is she and what diet and work load is she on?
MurphysMinder
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We have a very excitable mare, she has been on Relax Me this season and it really does seem to take the edge of her, so much so that she is doing well in lead rein show classes, whereas she has previously been a very fast jumping pony
Janette
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Ditto poppymoo............
my mare was bolshy and opinionated.
She cannot tolerate mix at all - of any sort. If she needs concentrates then it has to be in a cube. However - she gets Alfa A and Alfa Oil in the dead of winter plus a feed balancer when she is being fed.
She is definately better for being out at grass as much as possible.
I changed yards from a more formal yard/dressage orientated routine to a more relaxed farm with a lot more turn out.
result - a more chilled out mare who needs no calmers at all - not even to compete.
my mare was bolshy and opinionated.
She cannot tolerate mix at all - of any sort. If she needs concentrates then it has to be in a cube. However - she gets Alfa A and Alfa Oil in the dead of winter plus a feed balancer when she is being fed.
She is definately better for being out at grass as much as possible.
I changed yards from a more formal yard/dressage orientated routine to a more relaxed farm with a lot more turn out.
result - a more chilled out mare who needs no calmers at all - not even to compete.
Pearlsasinger
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You may need to look at her diet all round as well....
I cannot give my lad any form of mix whatsoever....cool/veteran/pasture.....they ALL send him deranged and excitable to the point where he is a pain in the butt.
A fibre/oil diet may help....I now use Alfa A oil and Blue-chip only, no need for calmers any more.
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Ditto this^^^^^^ I had a mare who could not tolerate any cereals or sugar and had to be fed a fibre only diet. But we have one now who cannot eat alfalfa without going completely mad.
It can take quite a bit of trial and error to sort out the problems.
Good luck!
You may need to look at her diet all round as well....
I cannot give my lad any form of mix whatsoever....cool/veteran/pasture.....they ALL send him deranged and excitable to the point where he is a pain in the butt.
A fibre/oil diet may help....I now use Alfa A oil and Blue-chip only, no need for calmers any more.
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Ditto this^^^^^^ I had a mare who could not tolerate any cereals or sugar and had to be fed a fibre only diet. But we have one now who cannot eat alfalfa without going completely mad.
It can take quite a bit of trial and error to sort out the problems.
Good luck!
CastleMouse
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I feed my lad NAF Magic, and find that it is quite effective
Brummyrat
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Totally agree with reviewing her feed, I don't feed my horse much but what he did have was one of the cool/leisure/pasture mixes, from when he was just backed and doing bits of work until about two years ago, aged 17, when Spillers brought out a new Competition Mix (with magnesium apparently) and I did the trial. Everyone on the yard laughed at me when they saw the oats as he used to rear in the yard when I first got on and was SO hyper. Ive been on the Comp mix ever since, he's a different horse, still has his moments when we're on grass but on the whole he's so much more relaxed.
EmmaJaneWilliams
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Thank-you all for your advice, I'm going to arrange for some-one to come out and review her diet and hopefully we can get somewhere!!