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wart/sarcoid/tumor

Faberge — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:05:59 GMT

Marble has had a wart looking thing on his sheath since i got him two years ago however it has doubled in size in the last 4months, its still only the size of a 20p coin. It still worrys me so we were ment to have the vet look at it when the first foal was born however with charlie we didnt really have time to get marble in. But we talked to the vet about it and he said it could be a tumor or sarcoid both would need removing and if it is a tumor it will need a referal and we couldnt afford the €2000 for that. So basically i have been terrified, so i was wondering does anyone have any experince with this type of thing. Molly had a sacoid but hers was on her stifle and treatment with indian mud got rid of it in 2 month however indinan mud cant treat marbles

Kissing spines

Faberge — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:32:22 GMT

Hi since molly was diganosed i have been searching the internet for info and so far i have found very little so what i was hoping is that anyone who has had a horse with KS or knows for a horse with KS could they post any info and hopfully we can kinda make a database

wood pellets

brightbay — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:38:09 GMT

I have seen the previous postings from some time ago about the wood pellets. We have a very messy mare and am wondering whether any of you still use the pellets and whether you have noticed any savings- time and money! I have checked out the Liverpool Wood Pallets web site - which type do you order- ? How many bags a week do you go through?

If you dont use them anymore can you say what you didnt like about them.

I have been trying to see a bed of it before I buy but have yet to meet someone round here who uses this type of bedding so your feedback would be great.

Thanks

Atypical Myopathy

Bornagainhorsewoman — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:44:55 GMT

Hoping that the info Madz shared on various fora recently will help a little lady at our yard who was rushed off to veterinary hospital. Her owner found her lying in the mud and reluctant to get up. She could hardly walk but no apparent injury, etc. Laminitis was considered as she was so stiff but she's never had it before even in the lushest grass and then one of the liveries mentioned AM. Owner wasn't certain and was consdiering giving her painkillerws and leaving her in overnight (as she's not insured having been bought to sell) but with me & DM joining in with the concerned owners and DM calling up the symptoms on her phone (thank god for internet phones!) she called the vet, mentioned the concern and the vet was straight out. After 45 mins to run a blood test she was being loaded on to a trailer and shipped off to the hospital where the vet was hopeful that they had caught it early enough to hope for a good outcome.

In amongst this Tehya had a mild bout of colic and Apache had to have a puffy cut on his fetlock hosed, cleaned and ointmented...the joy of horses.

Get well soon little girly.

Melanomas

Jersey Girl — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:32:52 GMT

Hi all

I noticed when i first got Azer he had lumps round his glands. I assumed they were grass lumps an thought they cant be that bad else the vetting would have picked up them.

With filling out a bit they have become less prominant.

The vet felt them when he did his jabs in June and suggested they were melanomas but learning he had just turned 7 he dismissed it and told me to keep an eye.

I had the vet out for his hip (he wasnt crossing over on his backs to one way on a tight circle) so i asked the vet as a few people had pointed them out

He again (different vet) guessed at melanomas. They are solid no liquid at all to put a needle in to see what you get he said unless they get bigger leave them alone or he may scan them though he decided not to as he's not got back to me.

I know they are usually benign and im reluctant to have them removed as I would like to show him but also think they cant be helping with rounding and bending (he's less happy to bend to the the side they are on).

Just wondering if anyone else had known melanomas in horses so young (he must have got them as a 5/6 year old as he wasnt long six when i got him) and if you were me would you push for a scan as I am mindful it could be something as simple as a pip that's had tissue harden around it) and it could help his way of going but also dont want the scars and the stress for him.

PS we checked his botty nothing at all :)

Tips for a soon to own a grey horse owner?

Silke — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:01:40 GMT

I'm sure I'll run into this. You know...the yellow/khaki camouflage.
Of course, in winter...washing is out. (Especially when he's living out.)
Do I want to ride a dirty looking horse? Not really.

So what do you do?
I've used shaving foam before, but that doesn't always work and I'm usually afraid the soap gets on the skin and makes them itch.
What about pumice stones? Anyone have experience with those? Do they work?
Any other tips?

Poo

Mrs Moo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:25:59 GMT

Right, lets talk poo can we?

Marny started coming in at night last wednesday, he's on shavings as he's a messy sod and tends to gorge himself if on straw.

Thursday morning, nothing out of the ordinary, the tramp had trashed his bed as expected, a few poo's trampled everywhere, normal for him.

Brought him in Thursday pm, went to poo pick the field - nothing, not a single dropping. Could only see one in the remains of his bed Friday AM.

Nothing in the field again Friday, so gave him a bran mash - 1 poo about an hour later, nothing else after that. Vet Saturday, he's not impacted, no temp, a little tucked up, normal tummy sounds and his general demeanor is normal. She suggested we lunge him a few times a day, feed him little with plenty of salt to make him drink and give him a bran mash every other day and keep an eye on him - 3 poo's Saturday, nothing again yesterday and one poo over night last night - If he's not regulated by tomorrow they'll come out again but vet thinks it's the change of routine thats upset him, that he's got himself a bit stressed out which is causing the constipation??

Anyone else had any experience of this??

Acorns

Pads — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:37:50 GMT

Has anyone experienced acorn poisoning and if so what were the symptoms?

Joint suppliments

Pads — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:48:40 GMT

I have been advised Cortaflex or Naf Superflex.

What would you reccomend ? :)

Liver Enzymes

oscarwild — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:40:16 GMT

Well as you guys know Gucci had a swelling in ther throat months ago and went through some bloods which showed up high liver and muscle enzymes. These have gone down and liver ones were borderline normal. So we left her 6 weeks and retested. Unofrtunetly they have gone up again but not as high so it looks like something is definitely niggling at her so we are waiting to make sure her blood clots and then she will undergo a biopsy.

Does anyone have any information on liver enzymes and what can cause them. She at present doesnt have liver damage just high enzymes and the bile acids which do with functioning is slightly higher than they should be.

Immunity lotions and potions...

Ditsy Mare — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:26:40 GMT

Has anyone used any of the immunity type products? Like the NAF pink powder and Global herbs bits?
Reasons I'm asking, I might have found a sarcoid on Bistos side earlier (gonna take pictures and ask the vet) and wondered if the reason he's so sick and sorry is because he's low... Are there remedies or tonics I could give him to try and pick him up?

If he stays lame i'm going to cut my losses and retire him for the winter in the next few weeks and if it's a sarcoid i'll also get it tied off while it's still small, but he also occassionally gets a cough or snots and I just wonder whether he's still not right if you know what i mean? He's well in himself but he always has a small ailment no matter what?

I don't expect many replies... Just thoughts on the matter, but him permanently having problems is really starting to get me down. Poor lad. :(

No Bute

brightbay — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:22:28 GMT

My boy is only 8 but is stiff through his pelvis and sometimes drags a back leg. I was clipping him today and he was really grumpy when I pressed this area. It is a long term problem due to a conformation fault and trotters legs! He has been investigated by the vet and on vets advice is maintained by remedial farriery/ lateral extensions for support.

He has oil in his feed- and joint supplements but does anyone have any other tips for easing any pain and stiffness he might have. I have seen buteless supplements which seem to tick the boxes for what I need but dont know anyone who has tried this. A lady in my local tack shop said her horse was the same and she feeds a veteran mix even though the horse is only 8 and this seems to work.

Any ideas? I just want to keep him sound and pain free. Bless him- he never lets me down and will go forever so i think i owe it to him to keep him happy.

Crusty Bumps

Ditsy Mare — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:09:09 GMT

I took Apache's rug off today for the first time in a few weeks as it's been so miserable and he's got a circular patch probably about as big as a spread hand around the top of the hair direction change above his stifle that's all ruffled up... and it's clearly very sore and he's got like crusty bits on his skin...

He occassionally gets something very similar across his rump when he's unrugged but only very lightly and it clears right up but doesn't normally appear to hurt.

Wondering if it's similar to rain scald but caused possibly where he's got a bit hot under his rug? It is a cotton lined rug and is only a lightweight.

Any suggestions as to how to treat it? Was thinking hibiscrub and a good scrub of the area but not sure if that'll make things worse when I have to rug him again... thoughts? lol. Or if there's anything i could rub into the skin to try and treat it? Can try and clip the area off to get to it if i need to but seems quite mean as it's clearly ouchy!!
Thanks guys.

Songh's Injury (not for the squeamish)

KER — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:17:08 GMT

I know there are a lot of you on here that are on my facebook but i thought i would do a bit of a blog to show you all Songh's injury and hopefully at the end a nicely healed leg, although im still waiting on that part :doze:

Just under two weeks ago i went to feed her in the evening out in the field after lunging her that morning, she was stood at the gate so i didnt think anything by it and that she was just waiting on her food. I gave her her tea and went down to do the other three, when i came back up she was still stood there which i thought was rather odd. I bent down to get her feed bucket and noticed some blood on her hoof, looked up to her fetlock, nothing. Then up to her knee where there was more blood but still no cut, looked up again and saw a little scrape but couldnt see how that bled so much then looked right to the top of the leg and lifted the rug to find this

She had cut through the skin, the flesh and right into the muscle. Had to get the emergency vet out who did his very best to stitch it back together but it was rather tight and he wasnt hopefull about the front part staying together as he had to double stitch it from them already pulling out twice when he was there. This is how it looked when he had done, the white stitches are where it was double stitched

She was giving anti biotic injections along with the usual pain and anti inflammitory injection too. The following morning the leg had ballooned up and was looking like this

The decision was made to take all the bandaging off and just use a small dressing to cover the wound, this then enabled me to cold hose the rest of the leg twice a day and get it looking more normal! I started to clean around the wound twice a day as it was oozing constantly from being so deep. I started using warm water with tea tree ans lavender oil once a day and diluted hibi scrub the other time. She was put on a very high dose of arnica tablets to see if this would help with the swelling.

After a few days the wound started to break down like the vet thought it would and was looking like this

I asked the vet to come back and have a look at it and remove the stitches that had pulled out as they were still attached to one bit of skin, by that afternoon they had all come out so he to remove them all apart from the very back and front ones

Since then i have continued with the bathing twice a day but also applying pure Australian Emu oil to the skin around the edges and it really has been keeping the skin moist and its looking much healthy around the edges with the bottom flap almost completely re-attached. I have now also started putting manuka honey into the main bit of the wound and trying to get down to cleaning it only once a day so it is getting time to repair but sometimes i still have to do it twice as its such a hard place to keep dressed and the dressing keep slipping/coming off. She has finished all her drugs now so i really want to keep everything clean. I will take some more pictures and add them soon for those who are interested in following this. Well done for getting to the end, even i cant be bothered to proof read now so i apologise for any mistakes :hehe:

Oh and also this goes to show why horses should be insured, she is the only one of mine not so im dreading the vets bill :(

Fatty foods!

Ditsy Mare — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:40:32 GMT

Lol... as the name says really... have any of you had to use fatty weight gaining foods and what did you use that had the most effect?

Bisto is currently getting (bare with me...) 2 x cups of conditioning cubes soaked down, 2 cups of fast fibre soaked down (switching to either veteran vitality or calm and condition), a cup of barley rings soaked down, 3 large scoops of sugar beet and oil twice daily. This is essentially a full medium sized feed bucket... with all the water it weighs a bluddy tonne!!!

The barley rings are a new addition as i wasn't happy with the weight he was at... but any other suggestions? Holding off with the equijewel types for the time being but thinking it might have to be started sooner than later, although am hoping the barley will do it. :)

Faaaaanks!

Bute

sparkle — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:46:38 GMT

I just thought I'd let you know that they have introduced a new rule that the horses who are on long term Bute have to be checked every 6 months now.

I phoned my vet for another prescription and I'm just in the time frame for a box but the next one she will have to have a visit. 2 local vets were struck off because they werent aware of it :w00t:

joint supplement

ROOOOOOOOOO — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:16:12 GMT

any advice on joint/arthritic supplements.there are soo many to choose from.or is there a human one which you can give horses like there is in other medicinal things which seem to be far cheaper.thankyou

Equi-Jewel

Ditsy Mare — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:24:31 GMT

Has anyone used this? How did you find it? It's been suggested today as a last resort if Bisto looses weight this winter as something to get the fat on him... Just wanted some opinions really. :)
Thanks!

Ringworm

Zychrono — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:01:54 GMT

What a pain! Smurf has it on her face :angry: I spotted it fairly quickly though so hopefully it won't get to spread to Fargo & the 3 cats & 3 dogs & 3 humans!

I'm seeing to it every morning with a betadine wash (scrubbing each scabby bit with a soaked cotton wool pad), leaving 10 mins, rinsing with water on cotton wool. Then applying clear vinegar & water (again by cotton wool). Finally a layer of tea tree cream on each baldy/scabby bit.

Anyone else have any tried & tested methods of getting rid of it quick?

Indie's eye

Indiangel — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:49:24 GMT

she's got a very swollen eye and cut her back leg (also ripped her fillet string right off one side - the ring and everything) I have no idea how she did it, the only thing we can think of is that she was probs trying to get into the boys field (she does this a lotttttttt), maybe got her back end stuck on something, ran forward and tripped (it is on a hill) or something - her front legs are fine, no heat - nothing. I briefly thought she may have been kicked, but the cuts don't correspond to a hoof at all

My vet put some dye in it to check she hadn't scratched the surface but it was so swollen he couldn't see it all, she's due flu & tet so when he comes out for that he'll check it over again cos hopefully the swelling will have gone down by then

it hurts her a lot but she's had an anti inflammatory, no bute cos we don't think it's really necessary right now

she's on box rest till next week, poor girl!

I took these pics as I was waiting for the vet, the mud does make it look darker but the swelling is all above and around her eye (which is pink naturally remember)

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Castration costs

Mrs Moo — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:39:44 GMT

Right, my change in circumstances means total rethink on the horse front. Decided that G is having his nuts off once the flies subside.

For those of you that have had your horses castrated recently, how much did it cost?? I think my vet is talking the p***

Static

Missjobloggs — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:47:24 GMT

Any idea's how to get rid of static in horses?? Alfie is full of it and is now starting to get a bit unsure when you take his rugs off:w00t: I now start to roll back his rugs to take them off, which has helped but any other idea's?? It happens with his fly rug and his Amigo light weight rug, All my other boys are fine and they wear all the same rugs but Alfie is just full of it:w00t: Have thought about wiping him or his rugs with a tumble dryer sheet ?do you think this will help ?????

Best shampoo??

Missjobloggs — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:27:05 GMT

For a static & poo stain pony!!!What more could i ask for :w00t: I did try cowboy magic but really did not see a lot of improvement? i think i got better results with washing up liquid;) But thought i would ask if there are any other products which are good for greys?

Stud girths

Faberge — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:37:26 GMT

This is an 53" stud girth if anyone has one can you please pm me needed for 2 weeks time

Coranet Band Split Which Carries On Down The Hoof!!

Rosieshowjumpers — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:33:26 GMT

hiya i have a bay dutch warm blood mare and from her coranet band she has a split, which then carrys on down to her hoof. But where the split goes from the coranet band down to the hoof it turns from a split to a slight whole. i have even changed my farrier as to start off with we thought he was doing something wrong, Can anyone help.

Has Anyone Seen Anything Like It??

Thanks

Rosie Showjumpers

Weight gain!

Ditsy Mare — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:43:37 GMT

Right.... *touching wood* we seem to finally have cracked a suitable feed for Bisto that doesn't make him choke.

Now my question to you is what other things that can be really soaked can be fed for weight gain? He can't have large quantities as it causes him to choke but he's currently getting a handful of chaff, 2 handfuls of fast fibre soaked to quite a large quantity, a huge dollop of oil, mollasses and apple juice. :roll: Spoilt neddy i know - but he won't eat the oil otherwise. I've been suggested Blue Chip which i don't mind trying but wondering if there are any other simple straights or something i could try first?

Claire suggested Equimins (or equivit) Body Builder - has anyone else used this and can it be soaked?

He can't go out on lots of grass cos he chokes on it and i'm too wimpy to try him on hay/haylage in case he chokes on it... :crazy:

Is it lucie bricks that soak to a large quantity and create like a grass type substance? Thinking maybe of leaving him with something else in his field to nab as and when he fancies. He also has a horselyx in his field as that has oil and mollasses.

Trying to get the weight on him before this winter!

Heeeeeelp! ;)

Tongue Not for faint hearted

Faberge — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:32:04 GMT

Ok i only just found out my best friends pony went lame at the show in cavan and so was left in the stable on Sat evening the pony put her tongue trough the bars in to the other pony next door and the pony bit her tongue off so anyway vet out couldnt stich it but will be fine to live out her life but get this she is only 5 years old
anyway she is lookibng for tips ect for helping her have a lovely life

Swollen cheeks/Jaw

oscarwild — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:36:23 GMT

Well I think its safe to say my day is getting worse. lol.
I spoke to the vet about Gucci dry mouth and he was going to pop in on Monday and see her after I did a few things over the weekend. I told him about a lump I couldnt decide if it was a swelling or not so he told me to take a pic of it.

when I went out this afternoon. The tiny swelling had spread and its now massive. Vet coming out tomorrow as he wants to take bloods to a testing place in the morning as fresh as possible instead of leaving them for the weekend for other place to run them. He has NO idea what it could be and has seen the pics Im away to post up. nothing is adding up but theres a chance its all linked to the choking. But will now more tomorrow hopefully.

what do you guys reckon it could be

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She hasnt been mixed with any new horses, and her last time off the yard was 3 weeks ago and there was 5 horses away with her. She has been in the same field since April and has the same field companions for 6 weeks.

She is really down in the dumps, its red hot to touch, sore to touch and she was offered haylage and soaked haylage and would pick the soaked haylage only. So her throat I reckon must me sore. Vet gave her 2 danilon for tonight and we will see what tomorrow brings. I think now I'm allowed to worry about her :hehe:

Snotty Nose

Ditsy Mare — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:12:29 GMT

Right... Bisto seems to be hogging the health pages at the moment. :roll:

Bisto developed a bit of a runny nose about 4/5 days ago which quite quickly turned to quite thick yellow gunge. I'm guessing i should get the vet out again... Any suggestions as to reasons before i get them out and add to my already huge vets bill? Cheers!!!

horse having difficulty putting head down to graze

stuart — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:50:51 GMT

today i found my 29 year old mare struggling to put her head down to eat.she was putting it down in stages and very reluctantly.this suggests to me either her back or neck.she did eat her bucket feed but not her hay. also she is walking very gingerly .i made the decision to go back later to check on her before calling the vet, she was perfectly fine yesterday.i checked round the field for signs of skid marks in case she has slipped but nothing to suggest this.have i done the right thing?

Ringworm!

Stuntbird — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:28:42 GMT

I'm helping out at my friends yard breaking and selling youngsters from Ireland and she occasionally gets bouts of Ringworm with it being a large yard and horses coming and going so it's difficult to shift! Anyone got any advice/experience with it?

Bach Flower Remedies

Ditsy Mare — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:42:31 GMT

Anyone ever used these or homeoopathy for their horses?

Thinking of looking into some after my reiki lady mentioned them today. One of the key homeopathic suggestions for Bistos sort of condition would be Devils Claw which can be used for a number of things including gastric ulceration.

Suggestions she gave me were things like "star of bethlehem" incase he was traumatised by moving homes (all a bit fluffy for my liking but you know where i'm going with this).

If you've them - what did you use and for what problems?

horses with a virus

deb1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:57:16 GMT

my big lad has developed a virus tha vet says he will be fine in a few day but because hes been really down she wants him left in hes also had an alergic reaction to his fly rug rubbing on his chest which has left him with open sores and it full of lumps hes only had his fly rug on 24 hours the stress of it all has caused him to get a bit of lami so hes feeling really sorry for himself with all this going on one girl on my yard has laid into me as the vets didnt take a blood sample but he had the same thing this time last year but hes such a wuss the slightest thing and he really feels sorry for himself she just made me so upset with keep going on at me if the vets thought there was something wrong they would of done everything for him there and then sorry to bore everyone just had to get it of my chest:w00t:

The Head Shaking Diary

Moodymare — Tue, 10 May 2011 08:10:39 GMT

The Head Shaking Diary.

This is going to be a blog/diary for Susie, our 14.2HH 6 year old cob mare who has recently began to headshake. We have no prior knowledge to her headshaking before she came to us. Headshaking began around the end of April and progressed to be more violent and frequent. I will note any methods we try, medicine, herbs ect. In the hope we might find the cause of the problem.

.She headshakes only when ridden not in the field.

09.05.11:

Pollen levels: Moderate

Weather: Sunny, very warm in sunlight but windy.

Flies/Nasties: Were out.

Started riding at approximately 3:30pm today. Today we didn't put on Susie's bridle, we stole Foxy's (our thoroughbred) and tried that on her instead. It was quite loose, noseband was very loose so there could be no possible pressure on the nose. Browband I could stick my whole hand under. The bit was bigger and she seems alot more comfortable with it, it seemed to fit better than the one she has been riding in. (this bit is 12.5cm or 5").

Apart from changing the bridle we did nothing else, to test whether tack was the issue.

She started to headshake about 10 minutes into hacking. Starting off with a few small shakes. For the duration of the ride she head shook but far less frequently and less violently than the day before and the last time I rode her. The headshaking was considerably less violent, she only really shook her head up now and again and not in an 'up and down' motion. Hack was about 1 hour 30mins covering forest, road and field. She seemed comfortable in the shade with no flies, but once the midges appeared again the headshaking began again.

We tried having my dad lead her by the bridle (he was walking) he rubbed her nose gently and this did seem to work for 10 minutes or so. So prehaps he was keeping the flies away with his nose stroking so none could go up Susie's nose.

She was fed her normal feed alongside the Global Herbs Shake Free. Don't know if the Shake Free is kicking in or if she felt uncomfortable in her previous tack, but a deffinate bigger big is required.

Some clear nasal discharge was comming out whilst riding. No presence of green/yellow pollen substance.

Tomorrow dad will be possibly riding later at night, to see if flies are causing this issue. Fly spray will be wiped around face and muzzle for protection. Possible use of the nose net too.

Happier with progress, she seemed slightly more comfortable but still frustrated at this issue. We deffinatly want to get it cleared soon, as we don't want it to worsen or cause behavioral issues.

Until next time....

choke

Indiangel — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:39:32 GMT

tonight I experienced proper choke for the first time

I'd just fed Indie and was about to put her rug back on when I saw her baulk underneath herself and shoot backwards. This is really hard to explain so bare with me! She then started retching her neck and making a roaring sort of cough/gagging noise, I knew it was choke so I figured I'd rub her neck and give her about 10 mins, if it didn't pass I'd ring my vet. 10 mins later it hadn't stopped and was getting worse, now all the veins in her stomach were protruding, her muscles were spasming and she was pawing the ground (not in a colicy way but still very unsettling to see) I called the vet who talked through it all and agreed it was definitely choke. I wasn't as worried as I thought I'd be at all - and I was on my own! I think it's cause I'd known it was choke from the start so I kinda knew what to expect. She was very scared, I don't think she'll have ever had choke before! I txt my YM and pretty soon I had two friends with me, by now it was starting to sort itself out but Indie was pretty shaken up and was mopping around

My friend bought her riggy gelding in which perked her up a bit, then one of her field mates came in, unusually for her she started shouting out to her other field mates, but it was obvs just cos she was so worried she wanted her friends around - she's very sociable!

By the time the vet arrived she was trying to eat again and pretty much back to normal, he checked her over and made sure her neck and pulse was all normal - which it was. He gave her an anti inflammatory injection just to cover the chance of something having gone down the wrong pipe which could cause pneumonia. I turned her out like normal and she was very happy to be back with her friends!

pheeeeew! we have no idea how she did it either, she has chaff & baileys balancer every day and it's always well watered. we think it was just one of those things, she's been very lucky!!

what would you guys suggest for her tomorrow? should I feed her like normal or not?

Interesting Dentist Visit

Indiangel — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:03:36 GMT

I had the dentist out to visit Indie today, I wasn't sure how often/if at all she'd had one before. I still don't know but she acted as if she'd never seen the gag in her liiiife!

She was absolutely perfectly behaved though and I'm very proud of her, she didn't kick up a fuss at all :heart:

So now to the interesting part, I got to look at her teeth myself before and after - very good to understand!

Her mouth is very behind - it's basically that of a 3-4 year old, not a rising 5 (though she IS 5, her mouth just isn't lol). She's only just loosing most of her teeth and she has one wolf tooth BUT it's flat and "wrapped around" so at worst will only ever cause a bit of one sidedness, so that's not a worry! She had two very sharp edges at the back (ripped the dentists gloves!) which had caused two painful ulcers. She also has an uneven mouth, apparently pretty abnormal for a horse as young as she is - however, it's nothing to worry about and after a few sessions will be fixed.

Her mouth is apparently a perfect example of why youngsters also need regular checks, she'd been in a lot of pain and never once showed a sign of that - either ridden or eating, she's such a trooper

Thought I'd share that with you, I'll try and take a pic of the front of her mouth later (she also has the farrier out today to put front shoes on her, busy busy busy!) to show you how babyish her mouth is - it was also very interesting to know. I'm gonna continue taking things slowly with her, if her mouth is that of a 3-4yro, who's to say she's not just a slow developer and her bones are fusing at a slower pace than average too? We're so alike, I was exactly the same as a child - my mouth was very slow and so was my body, we're so well matched lol!

To shoe or not to shoe.....

parsons — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:32:27 GMT

We have just purchased a horse with one horseshoe missing...We dont really plan to ride him on the road. Should we just let the other shoes fall off by themselves, get the other foot shod, or have the others removed?

Horse with 70% burns

Moodymare — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT

I saw this on the net http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385489/Horses-amazing-recovery-killed-her.html. (warning graphic images)

It is amazing that they've been able to help this horse, but the amount of pain it must have been through haveing 70% burns all over its body surely the owner should have considered putting her to sleep. It's not fair putting an animal through 2 years of physio and grafts, which can be extreemly painful and mentally exhausting.

I say this as my nan was involved in a gas explosion about 3 years ago. We didn't think she'd make it. I didn't go to the hospital, a good thing too as none of our family could recognise her. A man who had similar injuries (in a car accident) who was only in his 40's came in, and he sadly died. She only survived as she'd lead a very healthy lifestyle, she never really drank or smoked. She still has rather bad burns on her face and arms, which she has to cream all day. She can't use her fingers that well as they fused together. But what she went through, with all the grafts and physio and creaming up all her skin I couldn't imagine putting a horse through that. It's admirable that the horse owner had such a loving attitude but hearing someone saying that your horse had been seen on fire, and seeing those images of that horse after the accident she should have really just let her go.

I think we all also know how painful it is just getting burnt on the oven just slightly on your finger, imagine that over your entire body.

Vet tomorrow

Moodymare — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:19:01 GMT

The vet is comming out to check out Susie reguarding the head shaking tomorrow. Just in case it's not pollen that is the issue. He's comming at around 10 so I'll let you know how she gets on.

Infection

Pads — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:12:44 GMT

Mr P has decided to add to his lumpy back leg with an infection in his font having been kicked in the field :(

Thankfully the YO had some Norodine and I had a bute. So with both and poulticing the swelling has now gone down quite a bit.

My dilemma is I only had a enough Norodine for 4 days - do you think it should be ok or should I call the vet out to get another 3 sachets to make up a course of 7 days? :ermm:

What do you think?