My mare is also only getting it once per day and while she's showing definite benefits her gums aren't pinker at all... She gets 6 tsps so far.. Not sure if I can keep increasing.

Can I ask what the psyllium will do for the poops? Having this issue as well.

Thanks so much for all the info and advice! I feel much more confident in the ability of Sahara to be sound enough to travel that distance... she's a pretty seasoned traveler as far as we know, the tw

Hello all, We're planning on moving back to southern Ontario to be closer to my parents and I'll be needing recommendations for vet, trimmer and hay suppliers... Norfolk county is where we'll be movin

Thanks for that... but there will be iron and vitamins present in the hay cubes anyways whether or not their added... I'm trying to get my old girl's diet squared away but need to know those values in

Is this file listed here? I cant access the yahoo groups... or can someone point me to a full listing of what's in the cubes? There's no listing on the bag for iron, b vitamins and a few other things.

I managed to find the treats I was talking about and so I compared them to those beet e bites you mentioned... the ones I saw are much cheaper and lower in sugar/starch and fat. Here's the link to the

I checked those out too but the price isn't something that goes over well for what you get... the treats I found were 7 bucks for a bag that was about 2 or 3 pounds... I'm still going to make my own s

Hello all, Was at my local feed store tonight picking up a bag of ODTBC and was checking out their treats.. I actually found a couple bags available that are perfect for our sugar and starch sensitive

Hello all! I'm curious if anyone here has given up on trying to get their horses to eat their daily concoction and made them into a homemade treat type thing instead? It took me almost a month and lot

Darn, I forgot to ask you Lavinia, what is the red line on your markup? I know what the green line is for but not the red one.

Not sure if you can tell or not from the pics but if you look closely you can see the damaged lamina on the front left dorsal pic.. she's favoring that one quite a bit right now. This frigid stretch w

I would also like to know the answer to this... although until you mentioned it I never really worried about it since that kind of cold requires a lot more energy just to keep warm. I'd say if she's l

Thanks so much Jaini for the detailed response! Your ability to explain things the way you did has helped more than you could ever know... this past month has been a lot of lightbulb moments for me an

I forgot to mention that we've changed her trim schedule to every two weeks for now and my trimmer is going to show me what to do between those times as well as give me one of her spare ramps so I don

Oh yes! We're definitely treating the thrush and her poor non-existent frogs... that's gotta be what's making her the most sore. After some brainstorming we decided to get some padding from Lowe's.. t

Nope, no labs yet. Are you looking at the correct pics? The ones after the trim are dated 12-26. I'm curious because I don't see how we could take off more toe at this time.. not without getting into

Subject says it all. Trimmed her feet today and then tried on the boots that my trimmer let me borrow and of course they didn't fit. Not sure what I can do to help her be more comfy on the hard ground

I so very much appreciate seeing videos like that... when I first started researching what my mare has I very much had a bleak outlook on her future and to be honest I was basically looking for ways t

Her feet are quite long all around actually. Not sure why they've grown so much though! It's been 4 weeks since her last trim and as I said trimmer will be here the day after Xmas. Anything specific I