While horses are 100% vegetarian, they do eat animal products from time to time, and on rare occasions, even meat. Horses do not normally eat meat. Their digestive systems evolved to accommodate a high-fiber diet made up of grass and other plants. However, horses can safely eat meat in small Read more…
Horses are grazing animals and mostly eat hay and grasses. They also like legumes like peas and beans, fruit such as apples, and even carrots. Sometimes they are fed grains such as corn or oats. What do horses eats? Horses are naturally grazers, they eat little and often. Their natural Read more…
Commercial feeds made for other animals, such as chickens, cattle, sheep and goats are simply inappropriate to feed to horses. Horses have specific dietary requirements which these feeds cannot satisfy. What foods should not be fed to horses? Here are eight foods you should never feed your horse: Chocolate. ©russellstreet/Flickr Read more…
Peanut oil is prized by cooks because it withstands high frying temperatures. Due to its cost compared to other vegetable oils, peanut oil has not gained a foothold in the equine market, though there is no reason to believe that horses could not benefit from it just as they do Read more…
“A multitude of potential diseases can be spread from birds to horses, although few are directly transmitted,” noted Laura Petroski, B.V.M.S, a veterinarian for Kentucky Equine Research. Mosquito-borne diseases such as the Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan encephalomyelitis and West Nile virus serve as examples. Can you get diseases from bird Read more…
Chickens that roam the horse pastures can also cause health issues for your equine partner. Sanitation issues from chicken droppings can pose health problems for horses such as infection from Salmonella, botulism, candidiasis and histoplasmosis (fungal infections) and even streptococcus. Can you have chickens around horses? Not only is it Read more…
The main reason for pulling or clipping the dock of the tail is to present a tidy tail top. This also can really flatter a horse’s butt, which can really show off your horse in the ring. Why would you pull a horses tail? Tail pulls to the side are Read more…
Mares that are not in heat may swish their tail near a stallion. In other mares, it can be a sign of heat and receptivity. In some cases, it may be a prelude to kicking or a sign of abdominal pain (colic). Tail swishing is also a behavior that horses Read more…
So what are the signs we can look out for to know if this is happening to our horse? Inflammation of the coronet band. Rings on the walls. Flare. Flat soles and thin soles. Bone loss. What makes a horse tender footed? Weather-related changes, especially periods of rain followed by Read more…
From this it is known that the betting that is well known nowadays, whether it is betting on horse races or any other kind of betting, comes under the heading of gambling that is prohibited according to Islamic teachings, and there are no religious texts that permit it. Are Muslims Read more…