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Hi - I have recently noticed my cremello's eyes watering constantly. It's clear, no sign of infection. Would he be better off with a face mask on to help protect his eyes? We are having a VERY windy Spring over here! Other horses are little bit watery but not like him!

Had a foal born 305 days. Everything fine :-) However, we are in mud mud mud and I wonder if she a bit hocky because of it. She certainly not bad or mega twisted and has legs forever. Just a bit more cow hocked than my babies usually are. Should I look at taking the tips off her toes as to me...

My week old foal is square gaiting or pacing! Never seen a foal do this before! Does it at walk, at trot, then sometimes trots properly but then usually breaks into canter to chase Mum. I've never seen this before! Has anybody else had this?

Well I think my girl might be a little sick of me checking her for signs of foaling.....she now running away!!! LOL She ran with stallion so started checking close to first date in early december - problem was she was so fat her fore udder came up and fooled me. She since slimmed a bit. fore...

Ok so 2011 was a hard year - and I thought I was through it OK until somebody at work stabbed me in the back which ended in all my files being audited. This sent me over the edge, left work in tears. Went to doctor and have moderate case of depression. Take two weeks off stress leave. Because...

We are having an extremely windy Spring here and I wonder if that is at the base of my issues but interested in your thoughts: One - 4 yr BAY mare, cannot get a nice coat coming through. This is a multi champion colour horse! Coat comes through sparse and dry, just not tightening up. She's...

I have a silver chestnut with a white all the way around and the white "eye liner". How do you all make up these guys? Shave and black chalk/goo? White muzzle does give false impression of a wider nose than she actuallt has. Help!

With a recent shift, I have had to start keeping my float outside. I want to buy a cover for it - there are a couple of options available but I'm just not sure which way to go. Option one: 3 ply polypro with vent Option Two: 420 Denier Anybody able to help/advise?

Diva has got a pretty, although somewhat longish head. I am throwing around the idea of buying her either a Victor or Shepherd burgeondy with gold noseband. Just can't make my mind up if she needs the slightly thicker Shepherd width or not.......so please help! Photos taken November last year...

So someone convinces me that I should go the upcoming NZMHA Nationals and provide horses for the Youth Challenge. SO I decide yeah, OK and I'll do some performance classes while I'm there.....oh and maybe put my Junior Mare in her class. Said Junior Mare been out for over a month and FAT. 11 yr...

Hi everybody. I rescued a cat off the side of the road about 6 weeks ago. As far as I can tell the poor baby was dumped. She was living under a hedge on a back country road. I picked her up, covered with fleas and as skinny as a rake and bought her home (via the vet for a checkup, deflea and...

I have a horse here that I bred who I'm preparing for a show. I asked to prep him because his current owner had let him get fat and was bemoaning the fact he wasn't doing any good in the ring! (I mean honestly, what did she EXPECT!) Have worked out from talking to her mother they were basically...

I've got a new foal on the ground - by a buckskin pinto out of a choc silver pinto. The wee fella has has a red body, dorsal stripe and a charcoal grey mane and tail. I THINK he's a red dun (4% chance on the colour of his parents, but stranger things have happened!) - we won't have any point...

Down under we are nearly ready to start another breeding season. I am going to pasture breed this season owing to the higher conception rates I've had in previous years. Stallion is a fertile 3 year old (first baby due Nov this yr), hand bred last year. Mares he will be in with are an...

Does anybody have a picturial sequence of where the uterus sits during the various stages of pregnancy? ie. at 40 days, 100 days, 250 etc need help with a research project I'm doing and can't seem to find what I need on "the net".

Have just discovered a tiny little hernia in my not quite twelve month old filly. It's right behind where her umbilical stump is(was). She didn't mind me touching it to start with, but when I went to take photos decided she didn't want it touched. So small I couldn't get a decent picture. No...

Well, after six weeks of uncertainty, rumour and speculation, I finally found out I lost my job today. I also found out my boss (who's known as the jelly-backed weasal) was responsible for who got a job and who didn't. So it came as no shock. He was SO worried about what I was going to say, he...

My eight year old border collie had started sneaking the crushed linseed. I know it's full of the Omegas etc so was interesting to observe when I stopped her from doing it, she actually got stiffer in the front legs (ex agility dog) and a bit grumpy. So I've been putting a tablespoon just in...

Here's one! Quick and easy, really yummy too 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons brown sugar half teaspoon cinnamon 1 3/4 cups self raising flour 1 tablesppon butter 3/4 cup milk Melt butter in 20cm ring tin and melt on med-high, approx 40 seconds sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over...

Right - have tried practising with him. Now he's throwing a fit when I even go near his neck rug! So I have bought a small tape recorder, taped velcro noises a nd attached it to his neck rug and hit play. He started chucking his feet as per usual. But at least I wasn't there so he has to THINK...