Bring Your Own Horse or Mule. The use of privately-owned stock on the trails of Bryce Canyon is permitted in certain areas and at specific times. Stock is defined as horse and mules, llamas and goats are prohibited. Can you Read more…
The toxin within branching ivy that harms horses is triterpenoid saponins. It also contains polyacetylene, which is toxic to horses. Both these toxins will cause skin irritations as well as gastrointestinal illness. All parts of the plant are toxic, but Read more…
Horses devoted to the vice typically have one or two preferred places to crib in the stable or pasture. Cribbing is not only destructive to wooden structures such as fence rails, stall and feeder ledges, and post tops, but it Read more…
Oxibendazole is an active ingredient used in veterinary medicine (dogs, cats, horses and cattle) against internal parasites. What does Oxibendazole treat? OXIBENDAZOLE. ANTHELCIDE ® EQ Paste safely and effectively removes and controls various internal parasites, including large strongyles, large roundworms, Read more…
So the licking and chewing is just that simple reflexive response to deal with the salivation resuming after a period of dry mouth and lips. So, in a sense, licking and chewing do reflect relaxation, but specifically as a result Read more…
Assuming you feed your horse a nutritionally balanced equine diet, complete with plenty of roughage in the form of forage — good quality grazing grass or hay — then her bark eating may be a sign she’s bored. Or she Read more…
Horses chew on one side of the mouth at a time; large horses chewing 60-80 times per minute. How many times does a horse chew its food? The type of feed a horse eats greatly affects the time spent chewing. Read more…
Anything that causes irritation to the nasal passages, skin of the face, foreign bodies or ticks in the ears, and even mouth irritation may result in this behavior. Horses commonly shake their heads when flies are bothering their face, or Read more…
Skull length can range from 7–28 cm [31,32]. What is the size of a skull? The average skull thickness for men is 6.5 millimeters, and the average for women is 7.1 mm. The average front-to-back measurement is 176 mm for Read more…
A stud chain is a lead line that has a chain on the end of it that attaches to the horse. it works similarly to a curb strap except it is used by someone who is handling the horse from Read more…