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My 2 mini's aren't eating as much hay as I thought they would and seem to be wasting quite a lot of it. I have been throwing out 2 flakes (1 for each) of coastal hay twice a day and there is always a lot of it left over. Should I cut the down to 1/2 a flake each twice a day. Is that enough?

I have noticed that since I've started feeding my mini's hay their poop has changed. When there was grass their poop was dark and a little on the hard side, however, wince both them had the same poop I thought it to be normal. Now, since the grass has died and they have been on coastal hay...

I'm on a non-miniature message board and someone had asked about riding minis. During the discussion people started dismissing minis as being purely ornamental and not functional. I had posted listing some of the things I knew mini's could be trained to do such as driving, jumping, being guild...

Both of my mini's have yellow discharge coming from their eyes. It started with a my mare and then a couple of days later my gelding now has it. They are kept together. They are eating normally, I don't have a termometer to take their temp. This has me worried because I also have a full sized...

So I'm having a hay shed built to store all my hay for the winter. I estimated that I'll need about 130-150 bales of hay for my 3 horses. I want to build a three sided shed with a wood floor, something simple, but I'm not sure what the measurements should be. Can anyone help me out

So I had made an appointment with the farrier to come yesterday morning at 8:00am to trim my mare and 2 minis feet. Well he never showed up! I tried calling him at about 8:30-8:45 and left a voice mail message saying we had an appointment at 8 it's now 8:30, hope everything is alright, if an...

My mare is 14 years old and has the early signs of COPD or heavse (coughing and heavy breathing). She use to be used as a brood mare and produces nice foals so my goal when I bought her was to breed her, then all the coughing started. I was wondering if anyone else has a horse with COPD and...

Ok, so winter is coming and soon my lovely grassy paddocks will be dying off and I will need to suppliment my horses grazing with hay. These are my first horses (2 minis and 1 pregnant quarter horse) so I'm not sure exactly what type of hay is best and also how much to feed. I'm especially...

I have a full size quarter horse who is pregnant now. Right now, the only horses I have are her and my 2 minis (14 y/o mare 9y/o gelding). I'm trying to plan for the future as far as when I wean this quarter horse baby. I don't have any other babies to put it in with, but was wondering if...

What does normal looking horse snot look like? I noticed today that my mare had some milky/cloudy discharge from her nose and I wasn't sure if that was normal. She's had some clear discharge before and the vet said that was normal. The discharge today was thicker looking and, like I said, kind...

ok, so I'm getting 2 different opinions here. My vet was saying to be very careful of mini's and how much/what they eat because minis will founder very easily. She looked at my mare's hooves and said that she might have foundered before, but ask the farrier what he thinks when he comes out...

The mosquitoes are horrible around here (I live in Florida, we get late fall/winter seasons) While I was out working my horses I had to stop early because the little devils were buzzing in my ears and biting me to no end. They just swarm out of nowhere as soon as the sun starts to set. I have...

so I've been teaching my minitaure gelding how to lunge. He's doing great with the voice commands. My problem is that he's not doing a circle around me. He keeps coming in too much on one side, so the lunge line drags on the ground, and then on the opposite side he's pulling to much away from...

Ok, so my mare that I've posted before with the coughing issue is now not eating her grain. We started her on a round of antibiotics, Tri-hist granuals, and we tried the Ventipulmen but she had a mild reaction to it that caused her to breath hard. She is doing much better, and the only time...

What is the resting respertory rate for minis? All of my horse books are directed more toward the big guys and say that they should be between 8 and 14 breaths per miniute. Is it the same for minis? I know with dogs the smaller breeds will have a higher heart and respertory rate then larger...

I called out a second vet to look at my Tinker (14y/o mare) as she's been coughing and having breathing problems. If you read my other post I talked about how the first vet really didn't impress me. He basicly listened to her chest and throat and said there wasn't really anything I could for her...

This may sound like a dumb question, but, how can you tell when a mare is in heat? My mare has some discharge coming from her. How long do they normally stay in heat?

I was picking out my horses feet this morning. When I picked out one of my miniature horses hoof there was this white kind of crumbly stuff in it on all of her feet. It also had an odor to it. Is this something I can treat myself (I heard there's stuff you can buy at feed and supply stores) or...

I swear I learn something new about my mini's everyday. This are my first ones so I don't really know anything about the blood lines in mini's, but from talking to people I've found that my geldings sire had quite a show career. My gelding, Cypress Meadows Cowboys Conquest, is an off spring of...

I went out and bought feed for my new horses that are going to be delivered this weekend. When I went to the feed store to buy sweet feed for my full size mare in foal I asked the woman what mini people around here feed their horses. She told me that the mini breeders recommended and fed...