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I went out to feed my horses the other day and noticed my mini was limping slightly on her right hind leg. I went inside the pen and felt the leg, it is slightly swollen but it is squishy. I really can't tell if it is hot because she has so much hair but i don't think it was. It has been very...

yes i checked her hoof and there was no ice. She favors it but will willingly walk on it, When she is stopped she tilts that foot up. The leg is not really very swollen but running water on it would probably freeze her to death. Its pretty cold here

Went out to feed horses this morning noticed maggie favoring left hind foot, climbed over gate cause lock was frozen shut, the left hind leg is squishier than the other, it is very icy where we live it is very possible she slipped and sprung it or something, what can i do for her?

They are seperated when eating their grain. She isn't doing any work right now cause my cart has a flat tire but she usually pulls it. She is getting a 12percent allstock grain probably about 2 or 3 cups a day. I give them a flake of hay or 2 in the morning and 2 or 3 at night and grain at ight...

My 4 year old mare has never ever been fat she is usually on the verge of being skinny because she eats slow and my shetland that she lives with eats fast. This year she is still skinny and i don't get it because i wormed her and she is eating like a cow. Her coat is extremly shiny and otherwise...

My 7 year old shetland has had locking stifles since he was 3. He did the splits in the mud as far as we can figure out. We could not afford a surgery because no local vets did it and we would have had to drive a 5 or 6 hour (one way) trip with no guarentee of it actually working and a painful...

my boy has some kind of fungal skin thing that has been there for a long time it is basically a big scab. I have tried putting toohtpaste on it (someone recommended that) i was wondering if a generic antifungal cream might help?

I'm sooooo happy for you!She loooks like such a sweet thing and a fighter to boot! :cheeky-smiley-006: :cheeky-smiley-006: :new_multi:

I think he might have simular coloring to my boy except mine is a pinto/paint i dunno which. I think that he'll look something like this that is poncho this pic was taken about 3 years ago he's so pretty shedded out but his year i clipped him and he looks silly (my first clip job)i really...

I think i might try the flax seed idea. They get plenty of sunshine they are in a dry lot with a big run in shed. Thanks for all the ideas!

My horses aren't shedded out yet. I think it's cause it hasn't been very hot yet but i really would like to get the extra hair off of them. One just has fur around her belly but my other need to shed all over. Anything i could put in their feed to help it fall off?

She is fine. Eating and drinking. I haven't checked her breath but i think maybe my horses were in a fight amd she was jsut acting strange because if that. But i am still watching her close

hmmmm... man that book that i have, said that fescue grass is good for horses. This is really good to know!

I no that a horse is a horse. I wasn't saying that it didn't kill her faol just cause she wasn't a mini. I was just clearing up the confusion, that she wasn't a mini. I just asked a question I didn't ask for anyone to yell at me for my opinion of a vet that has misdiagnosed my mini's before. The...

I'm watching her closely i promise.

It was not my vet. And this was a full grown horse. I had never heard of this and I think this is a good thread for people to read.

why no carrots?

She had a pregnant mare and it lost its foal,it was stillborn and they had a heck of a time getting it out becuase it was so big. The vet told them they lost it because there was fecue grass in her pasture. Is that true? I've never heard that. I think the vet was stupid personally. I read that...

I'm pretty sure it's not colic. I've seen horses with colic and she doesn't act uncomfortable. She is eating her hay right now still slowly but acted hungry. I gave her some easter jellybeans that she really liked. I definatly think its a teeth thing. I gave them warmed up water the water in the...

She is eating her hay very slowly and tossing her head and pawing the ground, she looks at me like she's expecting something. She has icky breath. I'm pretty sure it's a tooth problem, but we won't be able to get her to the vet tomorrow. Is there any thing i can do for her? Oh and she seemed...