Do Horses Like the Taste of Salt? If your horse is finnicky about using a lick, the issue likely isn’t that your horse doesn’t like the taste of salt. Horses have an instinctual craving for salt and will seek it out on their own. Rather, it’s likely the source of Read more…
You can add fresh lavender sprigs to your horse’s stall or grazing areas to help keep insects away. Is lavender safe around horses? Essential oils that are safe for horses include, but are not limited to: basil, bergamot, chamomile, eucalyptus, frankincense, geranium, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint, and tea tree. What is Read more…
Researchers don’t know a lot about what horses taste, but it’s assumed that they share the same four basic tastes we do – sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Although all horses are individuals and have their own preferences, in general they prefer sweet and salty flavours, and dislike bitter or Read more…
Many essential oils repel horse flies and are safe to spray on your horse, such as lavender, lemon, citronella, sage, bergamot, cedarwood, lemon eucalyptus, lemongrass, peppermint, geranium, sweet orange, and rosemary. What essential oil keeps flies off of horses? Certain essential oils are useful when it comes to fly control, Read more…
Good herbs for your horse Six commonly used herbs. Stinging nettle. Comfrey. Dandelion. Garlic. Valerian. Meadowsweet. What herbs are good for horses gut? In these cases, the use of soothing, healing, anti-spasmodic, astringent and anti-inflammatory herbs such as slippery elm, chamomile, mint, fennel, aniseed, valerian, meadowsweet, marshmallow, liquorice, rosehips, flaxseed Read more…
What is this? Butterscotch – Butterscotch hard candies are another sugary treat option for horses. Many horse owners enjoy giving their horses a couple of butterscotch candies each day. What are horses most favorite food? What do horses eat? Grass – horses love grass. Hay or haylage – keeps your Read more…
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) has a soothing effect on nervous symptoms in horses and dogs. The lemon-scented medicinal herb has soothing effects on the nerves as well as on gastrointestinal ailments. Can horses eat fresh lemon balm? Many herbs, including Lemon Balm, can be fed as an Infusion, this helps Read more…
How To Feed Lemon Balm. This product can be mixed with your horses daily feed at the following amounts: Small Horse (Under 450kg) – 30g per day, this can be split between feeds or given at once. Large Horse (450kg+) – 40g per day, this can be split between feeds Read more…
Do Horses Eat Sugar Cubes? Sugar cubes are mainly used to sweeten our drinks, however, many horse owners feed them to their horses as treats! Although they are not the healthiest horse treat available, many horses love them. They can, however, be dangerous for some horses. Is it okay to Read more…
Peppermint oil has a cooling, soothing and anesthetic effect on the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestines, which makes it one of the key herbs to choose when dealing with horses prone to colic, gastric or duodenal ulceration, smooth muscle spasm, trapped gas, digestive cramping or poor appetite. What Read more…