A horseshoe is a protective charm for home and can be of any colour. Today one gets painted horseshoes in many colours – black, metallic, gold, silver, steel or red. What is the best paint for horseshoes? Acrylic Paint: This Read more…
Founder is the common name for laminitis, a condition of the hoof in horses and donkeys. Within the hoof, there are structures called laminae that attach the hoof wall to the coffin bone. When a horse is foundering, these laminae Read more…
To reduce the amount your horse box walks, try these: Introduce a calm, frustration-free lifestyle. Feed your horse lots of fibre and reduce the sugar and starch in his diet. Increase feeding time, without giving more feed. Getting your horse Read more…
bridle. Horse Bits 101: How Bits Work and Basic Bit Terminology. Bits attach to the bridle and the reins and rest inside the horse’s mouth. What holds a bit in a bridle? function in bridle The bit is a horizontal Read more…
A horse should eat one to two percent of their body weight in roughage every day. Horses who spend much of their time in stalls aren’t doing much grazing, but their natural feeding patterns can be replicated by keeping hay Read more…
On average, a horse can swim for about 30 minutes before tiring. However, if a horse is fit and in good condition, it can swim for substantially longer. What is this? As for distance, horses can usually swim for about Read more…
Since the horse’s ears’ anatomy has no lower passage that will drain the water, it will build up inside them and cause discomfort and infection. What happens when water gets in a horses ear? Also try to keep water out Read more…
Feathering. Feathering or feather is the long hair on the lower legs of some breeds of horse and pony. On some horses, especially draft breeds, the hair can almost cover the hooves. What is the hair on the fetlock called? Read more…
Drawing agents such as Epsom Salt and Animalintex can be used to reduce swelling. To treat horizontal stress and pinching the crack is debrided often using a motorized Dremel tool. Necrotic, infected and undermined tissue is removed. The unstable back Read more…
Microchips are implanted by licensed veterinarians, who sterilise the area of implantation before administering a local anesthetic at the insertion site. A 14-gauge needle is then inserted under the skin and into the ligament to inject the chip, which is Read more…