Pine Tree is Poisonous and Harmful to Horses. Can horses be around pine trees? Whether she’s actually eating the bark or just pressing on it with her teeth to crib, as long as the tree, such as a pine tree, isn’t toxic to horses, it will merely bear the brunt Read more…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced on Wednesday all the post-race drug tests from Churchill Downs on May 6-7, 2022 came back clean, including for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. Are all Derby horses drug tested? While he said he could not comment on the Read more…
Whist fencing is the best way to protect young trees from horses and other large livestock, there are many imaginative ways to protect them from small livestock. These include: plastic tree guards and bamboo stakes. stacking used tyres over the tree. using an old drum, kept in place with a Read more…
Trees channel water up from the ground through a system of “capillaries” in the trunk, and horses could be aiming for that moisture—destroying the bark in the process. “Horses don’t always eat the bark,” she said. “Sometimes they just strip it and leave it to get to the center of Read more…
They’re trying to grind down their teeth. Dirt contains hard particles, such as small rocks or sticks. These particles help file down a horse’s teeth in a more natural, even pattern. Horses kept in a pasture often don’t need to have their teeth floated as often as their stabled counterparts. Read more…
Semi-Quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1/4″ gullet, and Quarter Horse Bars usually have a 6 1/2″ to 6 3/4″ gullet. Designed to fit the average horse, one of these two widths will fit approximately 80% of horses comfortably. Full-Quarter horse bars usually have a 7″ gullet. What size Read more…
Because they don’t have anything else to eat or maybe they just like the taste. It depends. Wild horses I cold climates often can’t find enough grass to stay alive under the snow and ice, so they resort to eating ANYTHING remotely edible, including bark, twigs, evergreen leaves, roots, lichens, Read more…
Semi-Quarter horse bars usually have a 6 1/4″ gullet, and Quarter Horse Bars usually have a 6 1/2″ to 6 3/4″ gullet. Designed to fit the average horse, one of these two widths will fit approximately 80% of horses comfortably. Full-Quarter horse bars usually have a 7″ gullet. What size Read more…
The oak tree, particularly its leaves and acorns, has been linked to toxicity in horses, along with colic, and even death in some horses. While some horse enthusiasts feel that leaves and acorns from oak trees are safe in small amounts, it’s advisable to protect your horse from any potential Read more…
Anabolic steroids have been employed extensively in equine practice over the past 25 years. Why are steroids used for horses? In equine veterinary medicine steroids are commonly used for a multitude of conditions including allergic skin conditions, airway disease, anaphylaxis, brain and spinal cord injury, autoimmune diseases and shock. Oral Read more…