A loafing shed is used to provide a place for your horses and other livestock to find shelter from harsh weather elements including rain, snow, sun, etc. Loafing sheds, sometimes called run-in sheds, can also be used to store tack, feed, and other supplies you need to care for your Read more…
For those who are looking to buy a good collagen supplement for horses, Custom Collagen offers a formula that is available in larger amounts. Our Equine Support Collagen Care comes in 10-pound pails and 20-pound pails. This collagen blend is the highest quality available. There are no additives or fillers. Read more…
Customers have found it an effective treatment for rheumatic pain, sports and exercise injuries and general muscle aches and pains. The natural ingredients used have anti-inflammatory and decongestant properties which can help to reduce swelling and target muscular pain. How do you use horse balm on humans? Apply Cydonia Horse Read more…
Code 500272. Cydonia Horse Balm contains a blend of natural analgesics for the instantaneous relief of pain due to fatigue, injuries and swelling as well as rheumatic pain. Antiinflammatory and antispasmodic properties of the constituents help to alleviate muscle cramps and muscular pain. Does horse balm work? Customers have found Read more…
Vitamin D is key to keeping a horse’s body functioning properly. It helps maintain plasma calcium concentrations and promotes calcium and phosphorus absorption from the intestine. Can you give vitamin D to horses? Supplementation with 800 to 1000 IU of vitamin D per kg of dry diet has been found Read more…
The areas most frequently radiographed include: The front feet, all 4 fetlocks, the hocks, the stifles, the carpi, the neck and the back. Radiographs can tell you if arthritis, degenerative joint disease, OCD lesions, or mineralization in soft tissues is present. What’s included in a 5 stage vetting? Five Stage Read more…
The stomach and small intestine of a horse are called the upper gut where most of the protein, fat, vitamins and minerals contained in feed are digested and absorbed. How do horses digest vitamins? The horse’s small intestine is 50 to 70 feet long and holds 10 to 23 gallons. Read more…
Whiskers, or, vibrissae, are different from regular hair both in their anatomy, their location, and their purpose. While it is not technically HARMFUL to trim whiskers, doing so does reduce the animal’s ability to use these specialized tools as nature intended. Do horses need whiskers? Horses have special tactile sensory Read more…
The muzzle is the part of the horse’s head that includes the area of the mouth, nostrils, chin, lips, and front of the nose. What is the muzzle on a horse? Consisting of a webbing basket that fits over the lower half of the horse’s face, the grazing muzzle allows Read more…
Therefore, horses have thick tails to keep warm. (The thick mane also helps by keeping the ears warm . . . an animal loses a lot of heat through its ears.) Are horses tails just hair? The tail of the horse and other equines consists of two parts, the dock Read more…