I don't mean to change the topic but....Anyone have opinions on feeding horses cow hay? The hay that we bought isn't moldy but I don't know how green it's supposed to be....? It has hardly any green. I'm not really sure how much color matters.
Does anyone know about why horses might get a bloody nose? Calypso has gotten 2 in the last 4 days. The only other thing that might possibly be connected with it is that his tear ducts are clogged. Is it something to be overly worried about?
Whaaaaaaat! They're gorgeous! Especially in the summer when they've lost their winter coat. :drool I haven't actually seen my boy in the summer tho because we just got him in November. I'm so excited to see him when he's even more gorgeouser ;).
Calypso's hoof is more looking like the second picture except his isn't chipping at all. We have almost no mud at all where the horses are being housed. I think it's pea gravel that we have laid in there paddock but it isn't too much where they're only walking on gravel. We haven't fenced their...
I haven't noticed the cracks of his hooves expanding at all. I was working him at first but now I'm waiting till he see's the farrier to work him more. The lady I got him from clipped his hooves while we were there looking at him and I think she clipped them a little to short....would that make...
Does anyone have any advice on cracked hooves? I just recently got a 17 yr old palomino gelding and he has (what I think to be) major cracks in his hooves. We haven't gotten the farrier out to our place yet but...should I be putting hoof oil on his hooves? Supplements? Boots? Shoes? (He is...
I don't know a lot about his recent care but when we went to go see him he got hardly any grain and the owner put hay in his stall while we were there and he acted like he hadn't eaten for a while.
Yes I understand all of this and I'm willing to do it. I have someone who knows him but isn't sentimentally attached. We are going to get all the necessary things done before we bring him home. But thanks for all those tips.
What do you know about Beau's owner, and do you have any experience caring for a geriatric horse? I see 2 possibilities with him. One, is that he is being neglected, in which case dosing him with wormer, getting his teeth floated, and giving him reasonable amounts of good food might get him...
Now, I realize that beau is in a pretty bad condition and we are for sure getting him. We are going to get him and give him the right home and care for him properly.