Chewing on objects is typically self-medication for the horse. Chewing, or self-medicating, is most likely due to discomfort – stemming from physical and/or mental stress from lack of forage. Chewing activates saliva production, which buffers gastric acid. Why is chewing important for horses? The time spent chewing plays an important Read more…
eight. Twelve horses were expected to compete, but four scratched before the race, leaving a field of only eight. In addition to his record-making odds, Donerail won the Derby with the fastest time recorded to that point. What horse won the Kentucky Derby in 1913? Donerail1913-1915: The Kentucky Derby Makes Read more…
In Jeremiah 12:5 God says to the prophet, “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?” We all long to live life Read more…
about 2,400 B.C.. The earliest evidence for the presence of domesticated horse is from Early Bronze Age contexts at Newgrange, Co. Meath dating to about 2,400 B.C. (Van Wijngaarden-Bakker 1975: 345) (Fig. 1). Did the ancient Irish have horses? Remains found at Lough Gur, County Limerick, and Newgrange, County Meath, Read more…
How fast. The fastest horse ran 43.97 mph. The fastest cat ran 31 mph. What animal is faster than a horse? Capable of going from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than three seconds, the cheetah is considered the fastest land animal, though it is able to maintain Read more…
At Medi-Vet, we carry a variety of medication and treatments for horses and large animals. This includes anabolic steroids for horses, heifers and more. Can steroids be purchased legally? It’s only legal to purchase anabolic steroids with a prescription from a doctor. However, there are safe and legal alternatives to Read more…
Equine herpes virus (EHV). Equine influenza virus. Gastric ulcer syndrome. Laminitis. What are the most common areas of disease in the horse? With over 1.2 million pets insured and 42 years of experience helping to ensure the health of pets, we reveal the most common health problems affecting horses.The Top Read more…
Horse urine may contain a large amount of calcium carbonate that looks like a whitish-green slurry. Horses fed high alfalfa diets tend to have more crystal content in their urine. What does green pee indicate? Green urine sometimes occurs during urinary tract infections caused by pseudomonas bacteria. Is green urine Read more…
You can refill the max stamina bar and heal the horse by feeding it with cooked meats like cooked bear meat or raw meats, crops, packaged food, fruit, or berries. You can feed the horse by dropping food items in front of its head and the horse eat automatically. You Read more…
Horse owners love “barn smells.” Leather, shavings, liniment, hay, tack, that sweet horse smell … it is all part of barn life. Most people accept the smell of ammonia as just part of the deal. How do you get the horse smell out of a barn? White Vinegar. White vinegar Read more…