Recent content by NickelsChram

So I just got a new horse, an almost two year old paint who's going to be my riding horse after my senior horse retires . He is very smart and catching on quickly to basic lessons like tying and being brushed. When he came I took one look at him and I knew he had a skin issue. It covers his...

could the mini socks be these? http://www.whinnywarmers.com/

this is my old guy bo. he is 26 and still loves to go riding. this is my new guy that im so excited about. hes a yearling and im going to train him myself. paige is my 3 year old boxer. chevy my 9 year old boxer hannah the crazy hound dog. and macky the cat. the only other house...

Scratches is nasty. Ive only had my big horse for two years but he has gotten scratches on his hind legs both years, and only where he has white. And he only has a little bit of white. The first time he got it I was pretty new to horses and ended up making it worse instead of better, and I...

91 for Tuesday!

15 for monday

He is now getting 3 cups of Purina mini horse feed for breakfast and 3 cups for dinner every day. there was a point where i was feeding him randomly whenever I saw him, but since 5 other minis have moved every one is getting fed twice a day now. He is eating his feed just fine, never walks away...

Nicky never went off his feed, though we did change it at the same time he started treatment. He also isn't lame but he doesn't want to move faster than a slow walk he reminds me of my old horse who's 26 and has mild arthritis on a bad day. He just seems kinda stiff. He's also very very...

Well Nicky has been on doxycycline for two weeks with little/no improvement. I tried to lounge him the other day to see if he felt any better, or had any more energy and I could not no matter what I did to get him to trot even a few strides. All he did was walk very very slowly. I eventually...

36 for Wednesday

70 for Tuesday

26 for monday

thank you. yes were also hoping a better food twice a day will make a difference. Sorry to hear your son had trouble with lyme. apparently 30% of people have some thing that's genetic that causes them to not respond well to lyme treatment, at least thats what my vet said( not an exact quote). I...

thank you for the suggestion. 5 of his pasture mates just moved,(they were the ones who were very fat) and since they left we switched from sweet feed to Purina mini horse and pony feed and he is getting about 3 cups twice a day(forgot to add that in the first post). So hopefully we are getting...

Thank you for the reply. I'm not sure if the vet has thought of ulcers, if he did he didn't mention it to me. I will definitely bring it up. He certainly could have ulcers from all the traveling/show stress. He could possibly have ulcers together with Lyme making it even harder to put weight on him.