My guy has been slowly losing weight and can see his body changing now visibly. Can feel back 3 ribs, fewer and smaller fat pads, less cresty neck, sheath not puffy for a long time now. BUT he still h

Tried hand feeding them a 2400 mg frozen fish oil capsule "Sundown Naturals Odorless Fish Oil" that has 1200 mg Omega-3. It's about an inch long by 1/4 inch capsule that I always found difficult to sw

I had been finding flax oil in capsules at Sam's Club, but haven't found it recently. I'm almost out of the flax oil capsules. I burp fish oil and have some left unused in my freezer, so was wondering

If peanuts in a shell is okay, then seems natural peanut butter would be too. I give my guys the peanuts in shell as treats. What is hysterical is that little boys (4 and 5 years old) moved next door.

Ask feed store for no-molasses beet pulp too. If they can get Triple Crown Safe Forage, then they should be able to also get the ODTB hay cubes. Try to find others in your area who may be interested t

Mine didn't like all the recommended salt in their food. I worked up to it. Even now will split it up between 2 feedings and always have it mixed in with a lot of water and the wet down food. Were the

My horse had an abscess that didn't come out on it's own, so finally called in the vet. She did a hoof test and then dug it out and bandaged the foot with poultice. Could see a path that the abscess w

Just want to send a cyber hug and let you know that your words of loving tribute to your horses help inspire me to keep up the regimen for my guy. Keep soaking, keeping him off the grass that he wants

My vet said that Bute is better for musculoskeletal pain. Banamine is for softer tissues, such as in a colic in the gut. They use Bute for sore hooves or arthritic issues. I bought some of kid foam fl

I have given my guys some frozen s/r/s beet pulp, which they lick and bite. I plan to give them some of this during summer when it is hot. So far just experimented with trying the idea. Meg April 2010

Sorry, just reading this now. I use Mastermade Feed in Grapevine, Texas mostly. They carry the no-molasses beet pulp and balanced hay cubes, plus Triple Crown Lite and Safe Starch forage. He keeps a l

Hi Barbara, Another Icie owner here. The balanced hay cubes can absorb quite a bit of water and get completely separated into wet fibers. That takes a bit of time and also smashing them down into the

The 2 string stemmy hay cost $12.95 per bale. Was about 50 pounds a bale. Used to get 3 string hay when had someone here who could lift it, but I can't move them by myself. I also still give some Trip

Hi, I have been working on things for my Icelandic. They are in my backyard, so a different living situation than yours. I have been trying to switch more to bagged feeds, as we don't have tested hay.

Melanie, you are the one who convinced me to do rinse / drain / soak / drain / soak / drain and use hot water. Hopefully that is enough. It isn't too bad to do and have made up pre-done 1 pound batche

I hadn't heard of this feed before, but noticed it in a couple of recent posts. Tried Googling and not finding. Not even sure what exact keyword to search on, but tried several variations. Does someon

Thanks. Knowing to use keyword NIR also helps me be able to go through the archives. Meg

Looking at Equi-Analytical lab tests and that group says to use test #603. I'm curious why not use the other test that is cheaper? I have been soaking hay by default, as never get enough volume to do

Thanks, that is helpful. I know we have problems that need to be grown out of the hoof, which will take months. I hope that this hoof abscess is a sign of things working through vs more problems. Hopi

Found a few minutes ago another research study that gives me more hope to avoid majorly running up my water bill. It uses a flake in 6.6 gallons of water. "Four hay types were soaked, including bud (A