Killing With Kindness Encore
…colic. I saw five different vets and spent over $8,000 within two years and nothing was resolved. I had his stomach scoped (clean), an ultrasound to look for enteroliths (clean),…
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Supplementing Salt In Your Horses Diet
…muscular cramping, thumps and poor intestinal motility. Salt-deficient horses also drink less, predisposing them to impaction and other forms of colic from the decreased water consumption. Preferred Form Of Salt…
Feed Basics for Pregnant Mares
…are notoriously picky, may even be colicky, and frequently go off feed just when their nutrient needs are the highest. If your mare isn’t taking in enough calories to meet…
Ulcers: Should You Be Concerned?
…have a change in attitude that’s unexplained by other circumstances or they may be stricken with mild colic now and then. To prevent ulcers, give your horses as much free-ranging…
Letters: 07/99
…was prescribed, which caused a prompt colic. Then a visiting clinician told me of having the same problem with a chestnut horse in Germany, and it was treated as a…
Research News: 12/05
…if a horse has a severe colic. Although caused by infectious organisms, many forms of enterocolitis aren’t treated with antibiotics because they either don’t help, or actually make things worse….
Keep Your Horse Cool in the Heat
…horses are least equipped to deal with extreme heat. But if you don’t manage your healthy adult horse, he could easily get into trouble, too, with dehydration, weakness, colic, poor…
Power Aids: Ions Fire Up Body Cells in Your Horse
…gets, the result can be extreme fatigue, muscle cramps, colic, heart problems, interference with communications between brain, nerves and muscles, and eventual collapse. The all-too-true “you can lead a horse…
Making The Switch to Hay Alternatives
…rations to avoid colic or choke and that these alternatives are risky. It’s simply not true. Horses have no problems, except possible increased wood chewing, when fed hay alternatives. For…
Care For Your Older Horse Without Breaking The Bank
…Deworming Seniors often have waning resistance to parasites, which can lead to high parasite burdens if not effectively dewormed. High burdens lead to weight loss and even colic. Now that…