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Thank you all I am now damping Simba's hay and feeding him off the ground. I also spray his stable with a fine water sprayer to reduce the dust. This helped for a week or so and then one eye was sticky again - maybe because it got really hot here and was probably more dusty.... However, we...

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Thank you Nancy - I'll certainly try that. Maybe if i could manage to lay it on his eye even once and he gets the feel of it he will let me leave it there...

Did your horses have green guk coming out of their eyes Martha? Simba's eyes are not obviously swollen.

Thanks Tina Its just 1st thing in the morning that his eyes are sticky - he is inside at night but outside all day...

Hello folks, My gelding who is just over 1yr old is having trouble with sticky eyes. We have treated Simba with antibiotic ointment on a few different occassions since he arrived with us at Easter time and managed to clear his eyes each time. However, at this stage it is pretty much impossible...

Good gracious - there should be a law against selling a horse to such idiots! I've had alot to learn about the handling of our minis but I had nice stables and a fenced paddock ready waiting for them when they arrived and made sure I knew what type of horse meal to give them with their hay and...

Well, I for one have benefited greatly from the advice I've been given and although some of it was a bit "blunt" I still keep coming back for more - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! I bought a second mini because a very nice member here told me Scooter needed a playmate, I got the new...

I wonder if it would be possible to have a separate area within the Forum where newbies could safely ask questions and long-term members could avoid going to if they find these types of questions tiresome? I think one of the most valuable things about this forum is interacting with experienced...

I'm inexperienced too and was alarmed when our 9mth old colt (not ready to geld just yet) started rearing up. I was't when we were leading him though, it was when he was free in the paddock and we were out there pottering about. My gut feeling told me that he was actually trying to play with us...

Oh dear... more misunderstandings I think it's time to give up trying to explain. And by the way, my horses are never walked my daughter (or by me) when they are fresh out of their stables in the morning - they have lots of freedom to run about and have fun all day...

Well, this has made ME cry... You reacted exactly the way I did. I'm new to horses like this girl and I have a little daughter about the same age as this girls daughter and I actually felt the pain like the comments were being directed at me. Hurts all the more when you genuinely want the very...

D'you mean get someone else to clip him Jane?

Hi Jean_B, This information would be SO valuable to anyone doing a Google search like "should a beginner buy a colt" or something like that... Unfortunately, by the time they get in here to this excellent Forum it may already be too late. That's what happened to us but we have no intention of...

Great video Amy - thank you! I'm in Northern Ireland and we don't seem to be able to get one of those brushes in this part of the world... Which of the Furminators would you get if you were me?