Only catch horses that belong to you. Do not attempt to catch a genuinely wild horse. In the United States, wild horses and burros living on public lands are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. Can you take horses from the wild? For years, wild mustangs were Read more…
Horses are notorious for surviving with minimal amounts of sleep. They only sleep for around three hours within a 24-hour period but never rest for large periods of time, but younger foals may sleep more than adult horses. Do wild horses sleep at night? Horses only doze when they sleep Read more…
Horses are particularly destructive animals and can ringbark a mature tree overnight or even completely remove it in a matter of days. Livestock also erode and compact the surrounding soil and often contribute to the declining health of a tree. Can horses be around trees? While trees provide a good Read more…
grass. In simple terms, horses eat grass and hay or haylage, but salt, concentrates and fruits or vegetables can also enhance their diets, depending on the required work regime and available feed. What are horses favorite vegetables? Horses enjoy celery, corn, lettuce, squash, sweet potatoes, and turnips. Vegetables are excellent Read more…
red clover. Slobbers, or slaframine poisoning, is the excessive drooling that happens to a horse after ingesting Rhizoctonia leguminicola, the fungus that produces slaframine. This fungus is most commonly seen in red clover, white clover, alsike clover, and alfalfa. What causes excessive drooling in horses? This excessive salivation usually results Read more…
Cold weather can bring a number of environmental conditions that can increase the likelihood of developing colic during the winter months. Increases in grain, poorer quality hay and straw, lowered exercise levels, and freezing water can all contribute to the origination of colic. Can horses get colic from being too Read more…
Give them a wide berth – at least a car’s width – and pass slowly. Avoid any actions likely to spook the horse such as splashing them with puddles, sounding your horn or revving your engine. Watch out for signals from the rider to slow down or stop. How do Read more…
Colic can be a serious and life-threatening condition if there is any compromise to the bowel or the blood supply to the bowel. For this reason, contact your vet for a colic that doesn’t resolve on its own (without drugs) after about an hour. Should I call the vet for Read more…
Gas colic (sometimes referred to as ‘spasmodic colic’) is defined as mild to moderate abdominal pain in horses that either resolves on its own or with a single visit and medical treatment by a veterinarian. Mild gas build-up within a horse’s digestive tract is thought to be one of the Read more…
a thick white or yellow discharge is often a sign of a bacterial infection. However, this may also indicate fungal infection in some cases, or even african Horse sickness which is viral but can cause white frothy discharge. What does yellow snot mean in horses? Thick, yellow, pus-filled mucus may Read more…