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  1. SapphireCowgirl

    Please help...extremely overweight mini!

    Hi there! Do they get any exercises done with them? Not just playing in the paddock but actually taking them out and working them? Whether lunging or jumping or going for a walk, etc? Honestly I would say not to feed them grain unless they are being worked, OR are hard keepers which doesn't...
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    Help to desensitize mini?!

    Hi everyone! So I have a mini mare who is a little "bum shy" I guess you could call it. I need ideas or ways to help her with that. Basically what she does is if I am braiding her tail, shaving the hairs down her back legs, etc, she always twitches her butt, but not just a little, she almost...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    I didn't quite get a huge explanation about it but I do know that they go through the nose and squirt stuff out the tear ducts and sometimes the stuff that comes out can be quite gross! I would assume it is something a vet needs to do but not sure! Her eyes have stopped being watery so she...
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    Best exercises to get a "fit" and "toned" mini for showing?

    This is her. It is hard to tell since she is solid black! From the front you can see her belly stick out to the side some. I have not been giving grain because I do not want her even fatter. My friend mentioned buying Probiotics, the kind she uses for her mini is LMF 911. She doesn't think my...
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    Best exercises to get a "fit" and "toned" mini for showing?

    Hi guys! So I was wondering what are some good exercises for toning a mini's belly and getting that fit look as well as a nice round back? There is a show coming up, and even though it is just an open show, I do not want my mini to be the fattest one there! A little about my mini and her...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    Hi there! Sorry for posting a late reply! Her eyes being swollen and watery is because she needs her tear ducts flushed which the vet is going to do when he comes to do her teeth. The skin issue is a fungal infection which is common with the kind of weather we have had lately. And since she...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    Hey everyone! It must be from this odd weather this past year. Usually our winters are very cold. This winter has mostly been warmer (doesn't get below 30 degrees) and warm during the day. It has been more of a drier winter as well. Since I shaved my mini's neck I have noticed it has not been...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    No grass at all, and yes we are coming into spring! Just the usual flies which we never had an issue like this before from them.
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    No problem with the long post!! I have owned her for 10 years. She is almost 12. Out of 10 years this is the first time she has ever had this. She has been at this barn for 2 years and yes we board. We also own 2 quarter horses with no issue. Inside she has her own stall with grain and Timothy...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    She was always used to the grass hay, and when I brought her inside, I fed her timothy. When inside it goes away. She doesn't itch and her eyes are not swollen. That is why I am wondering if it is the grass hay. Not sure WHAT kind. Or it could be a coincidence and just being outside gives her...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    amysue, Would there be any reason to not want to use eye drops? As is would it make anything worse or cause something else since she wasn't diagnosed yet? Would the fly mask be ok to be on all night as well?? I would of course take it off while I am there brushing her and giving her grain.
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    Yes, when she is outside is when it flares up. Outside she has grass hay. Inside it goes away and she has timothy. Luckily one of our fellow boarders is having the vet out for her minis teeth and I will have him look at her! I read maybe using saline solution? Would human eye drops be ok even...
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    Miniature horse allergies? Or?

    Hi there. I have a miniature horse mare and just this year and the end of 2015 I noticed she was scratching her face and had swollen eyes. I brought her inside and it went away. I put her back outside this week since it was nice and her eyes started getting swollen again and she is itching...
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