Likewise, horses fart so much because their diet is mostly plant-based, and their fibrous food gets digested through fermentation in the back half of their digestive tract. Is it normal for horses to fart a lot? Normal horses produce tremendous amounts of gas as a byproduct of the breakdown of Read more…
Hay belly is most commonly caused by feeding horses a low-quality forage that leads to gut fill and extended digestive times. To alleviate hay belly, owners are advised to check their forage quality and change to higher quality forage, as well as evaluating other aspects of their feeding plan. How Read more…
Horses are designed to graze, and that means that eating from the floor ‘fits’ their ‘design’. Eating from the floor encourages natural respiratory drainage, exposes him to less respiratory irritants and prevents these from being inhaled. Should horses eat from ground level? Why feeding hay and grain from ground level Read more…
Overfeeding leads to problems like obesity, laminitis, and colic. Healthy horses need a very simple diet of good pasture or hay. They only need supplements if there is a shortfall in nutrition. Knowing your horse’s weight, the weight of his feed and using slow feeders keeps you from overfeeding them. Read more…
In pasture situations, horses usually graze 12 to 20 hours a day. Because fresh grass has an abundance of moisture (70-89% water), more fresh forage must be eaten to achieve the same amount of dry matter intake as hay, which has much less moisture (10-15% water). How many hours a Read more…
The American Horse Council estimates there are 7.2 million horses in the United States. Each year there are over 170,000 unwanted horses. How many horses are mistreated? Between 700 and 800 racehorses are injured and die every year, with a national average of about two breakdowns for every 1,000 starts. Read more…
The market size of the horse racing track industry in the United States was valued at over three billion U.S. dollars in 2020, reflecting a decrease over the previous year’s size of almost five billion U.S. dollars. The sector was forecast to reach 3.68 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. How Read more…
Horses learn to pee on hay because they don’t want to be splashed with urine, and hay is very good at preventing pee from splashing up and around your horse’s hooves and legs. How do I stop my horse from peeing on hay? Ways to Stop Your Horse from Peeing Read more…
Horses like the cold Their performance declined outside this temperature range, but declined the most as temperatures went higher- the horses preferred 4 to 12 degrees over temperatures above 20 degrees. But they really liked the 12 to 19 degree zone. What temp is too hot for horses? Avoid riding Read more…
4. Can a horse drink too much water? A horse can, in fact, drink too much water, particularly if he suffers from certain health conditions, such as equine Cushing’s disease. Such ailments can cause a horse to exhibit polydipsia, or excessive drinking behavior. Can a horse colic from too much Read more…