Improves digestion Because of this, using apple cider vinegar for horses with laminitis can help to reduce the risk of it reoccurring, along with proper care. How much apple cider vinegar should I give my horse a day? Daily dosages are 50ml per day for Adult Horses, or 100ml for Read more…
Loin: A thin horse’s spine will stick up and he’ll have a ridge down his back. This is the first place you’ll notice weight gain or loss. Ribs: You should be able to feel — but not see — a healthy horse’s ribs. Tailhead/Croup: In a too-thin horse, the tailhead Read more…
That’s because an old injury causes him to choke on the solid foods that most horses enjoy, such as grass, hay and oats. No one knows for sure how Felix was injured, though it’s likely that his esophagus was damaged as a result of an accident or abuse. Can horses Read more…
Alfalfa cubes can be fed as the sole source of forage and digestible energy to certain classes of horses. Can you feed horses cubes? Most horses will properly chew forage cubes. However, for any horse that is new or naïve to forage cubes, tends to bolt their feed, or with Read more…
Symptoms of poisoning in horses may include: Abdominal pain. Constipation. Diarrhoea. Straining. Rectal prolapse. Weight loss. Restlessness. Unsteadiness. How do horses get poisoned? Horses can get sick after ingestion of toxic plants or chemicals. This can damage the gastrointestinal tract, researchers found. Here we list 3 examples of poisoning. When Read more…
Large Strongyles. Large Strongyles Large strongyles, otherwise known as bloodworms, are parasites known to be the most destructive and deadly of all equine parasites. As immature larvae migrate through the horse’s blood vessels, they begin to destroy arterial walls, block or rupture blood vessels, damage circulation, organs and tissues. What Read more…
There are some equine enthusiasts out there that believe that the carrot tops are toxic to horses and may cause colic. This is not true, however, you will want to make sure they are free from pesticides. What is this? Quantity of carrot tops fed to horses, just like any Read more…
A mare (mother horse) forms a unique bond with her foal (baby horse) as part of the birth process, and this bond remains strong no matter how many other mares and foals are nearby. What is a mother horse called? Dam: The mother of a horse. Dam sire: Also known Read more…
grandsire. The grandfather of a horse; father (“sire”) of the horse’s dam or sire. What is a father’s horse called? Sire: The father of a horse. A horse becomes a sire after one of his offspring wins a race at a recognized racetrack. Spell: When a horse has been given Read more…
It’s from a card game called Napoleon, where the best hand you can have is called a Napoleon, shortened to a nap. Where does the word nap in horse racing come from? NAP is actually short for Napoleon and comes from a card game iof the same name. The game, Read more…