From Econets. I see today they are featuring a new product: heavy duty mesh. Eco Nets - Mesh Hay Nets - Feed Horses Naturally with Net Hay Bags Eco Nets - Mesh Hay

Hi Bonnie, Where did you find the bags with 1/2 inch holes? I have a hoover 'Fatlinger' with very educated lips. :-) The 1 inch holes don't slow her down nearly enough! BTW...I tried the free choice

Monty recovered from the April trim within a week and we were back to walking, but after I did a touch up trim, he turned up sore again the day after. (We walked after the trim without a problem). So

The dandruff u describe is normal. Leave it alone. The more you futz with it the more irritated it becomes which may cause horse to want to rub its high end. Then you have a much worse aesthetic than

To add some personal experience.... In the Northeast 2012 was a similar spring to this one. No rain in April. Majority of growth in May. For 10 or so years prior my hay had always been well below

The bottom line is there are far too many variables to begin to predict what's in this hay, all the way down to the weather when cut and time of day. Nitrate is a concern with stressed forage too

Any association with Cushings/IR and dandruff in the tail.. The dandruff is in the ball of the tail and cant be combed out,. The bo asked me to get her tea tree oil shampoo and she has mineral oil or

I want to add that my life got a lot less overwhelming when I joined this group, with treating a Cushing's horse that the vets were failing at and contradicting each other. My head was spinning with

Hi Jaini, Thank you so so much for your advice! And thank you, I think she is quite lovely too! haha. She is a Morgan x QH :) Yes I think that I can only get my stuff from Otter Co-op. I am not

i went to pick up the last of my "safe" hay and its bad, all of it, leaving only this year's first cut which was severely drought stressed. It was cut last week (dont know what time of day). Its a

The short answer to your question is, "No." You can't trust your horse to self-regulate because horses are horses and they defy logic! All joking aside, this formula (free choice feeding IR-leptin

Hi, Lisa - For any IR or PPID equine, the safest diet is soaked hay,, plus flax for the omega 3's, vitamin E, and salt. Beet pulp is a good carrier for the minerals, flax, E and salt. A good mineral

Hi, Melissa - Chloe is lovely! Thanks for the case history - good work. What breed is she? I went and double-checked the All Phase stats. Starch in the products varies from 10% to 12% (much, much

That is probably it; I didn't ask the details - I was just so happy to be surprised by a lower-than-expected vet bill for a change! Jill & Khari in Idaho Member since 2010

Hi, K - I am sorry to hear this. You are correct - the information IS overwhelming at first. A lot of us approach it like eating an elephant - one bite at a time. If you only take one thing away

Not sure if it was me that sent you to the files, but you are welcome! When you are in the FILES section... https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files ....try playing around with the

Thank you Nancy!! This was so helpful. I have a hard time with the files indexing, and instead end up scrolling through 10 years of messages on a keyword like Jiagulan. These links were useful and of

I really need some advice as to her diet. I have the vet coming out next week to do blood work. I bought some Purina Wellsolve L/S and wish I didn't, because one feeding of it gave her some pretty

Was thinking you may want to dry a bit further in the micro wave if it is obviously wet. here's a web site that has more info G3151 Using a Microwave Oven to Determine Moisture in Forages |

Ok. I should be able to do that, but I'll call and double check the grass has been cut before I head down to sample. Thank you for the response! Coral &Po Sept 2013 Sent from my iPhone.