A lump under your horse’s belly is referred to as a ‘ventral midline swelling‘. It’s common in pregnant mares and due to its size and the pull of gravity it can look more serious than it is. Fly-bites can also cause a swelling on the stomach. What does a cancer Read more…
jog trot. The jog trot is a type of gait that is sometimes required at horse shows. It appears to have been so named because the horse’s often jolting movement is certainly “jogging,” and the gait itself is actually a kind of careful, deliberate trot. Is trot the same as Read more…
Horses are kept stalled at night, but are turned out during the day. Each 12×12 horse stall requires 3 bags of shavings per week, at $6.50 per bag. Total weekly bedding cost: $78. It takes you about 1.5 hours per day to clean the stalls, so you spend 10.5 hours Read more…
The greatest concern for horse owners is the presence of black walnut or butternut in the bedding material causing laminitis or founder in horses. What shavings are bad for horses? Black walnut shavings are a toxic bedding for horses. The innermost wood of the black walnut causes toxicity after oral Read more…
Moldy or dusty straw should never be used as horse bedding. The other potential problem with straw bedding is if the horse consumes a large amount of straw. Plants that are grown for seed (grain) production are very mature at the time of harvest. This means that straw is very Read more…
Unfortunately, improperly maintained bedding might contribute to health issues of the horse, causing allergies and respiratory disorders. What is the best bedding for horses with allergies? Horses and ponies with allergies and asthma will be safe on Sorbeo. Rest assured that dust-free Sorbeo harbours no mites or spores which make Read more…
Horses can have sensitivity or allergic reactions to particular types of wood, that’s why it’s so important to know exactly what’s in your shavings. Can horses be allergic to bedding? Respiratory allergies occur when a horse inhales an offending allergen – either from dusty or moldy hay or bedding or Read more…
Although straw has very little buffering capability itself, it is still beneficial for gastric health in the sense that it increases chew time and therefore greater saliva production. This is important as saliva contains bicarbonate which helps to buffer acidity in the horse’s digestive tract. What happens if horse eats Read more…
Minis are prone to three distinct types of colic: fecaliths, enteroliths and sand colic. The root “lith” means “stone”. Fecaliths are accumulations of long-stem feed, twine or hair and manure that create a hard, rock-like obstruction in the small colon. These obstructions cause gas to build up and cause moderate Read more…
“If you notice your horse eating its straw bedding, that’s also fine,” she added, “though may be a sign you don’t feed enough hay.” Further, Pratt-Phillips pointed out that “because straw is so indigestible, it’s a good source of heat in the winter.” How do I stop my horse from Read more…