Im my humble opinion which is worth every penny you paid for it.
Stop the grain all together. No oats, no molasses, no corn, no nothing.
Can you leave her out all night too. Just bring her in for her hay for a couple of hours? The more movement the better, it stimulates the hoofs to grow happily.
My horse gets Purina Mare Maintenance which is a suppliment. She loves it and will come to it like grain. Someone else here may have something better.
Best of luck with your mare.
Debi Cole
All creatures are created from the same paternal heartbeat of God. Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them wherever they require it. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men
St. Francis of Assisi
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [barefoothorses] Re: reoccuring abcesses
Hi Kim,
My horse has very sick feet,high heals, contracted heals, laminitis, &
white line disease.She was trimmied regularly by a farrier that just
had her feet a mess.So I found a natural barefoot trimmer who began
working on her feet in July.Her feet are improving but have a way to go
that is what I mean about healing process.Her heals still seam
contracted so I am going to talk to the trimmer at her next appt. Oct.
20 about that.
Diet is muzzle in pasture,(pasture has clover I plan to get that under
control in the spring but there is clover in the pasture),hay in stall
over night,2 cups grain am & pm.The feed mix is done at a feed mill
mostly oats with just a little corn, molassas, & patriot feed a
comercial feed.We purchase 1200lbs of feed at a time.We also have cut
down many apple trees that were in the pasture.We have one left to go.We
lease the farm & just got permission to cut them down since my horse is
having major problems.The farm I leased planted apple trees for the
horses & they owned horses for 20 some years & of course my horse is the
one having all the problems.:( I also give her A-B-C plus as a
vitamin/minerial supplement.
I cut down the grain but still feed her just a little to get her to
come down from the pasture to give her hay at night.Any suggestiong I
am open to with the feed etc.
I will also try to take pictures tomorrow I have to borrow a camera.I
feel so bad for her & I know she can heal to be a normal horse again.
Thanks Rachel
Hi Rachel:
>
> What do you mean going thru the healing process? Reoccuring abscesses are
> a
> sign of something that is NQR.
>
> I usually only have abscesses in horses who have had laminitis, or one
> bout
> of abscesses in horses with severely contracted feet that start to open.
>
> Do you have any photos you could share? What is your trimmers thoughts on
> why your horse is abscessing?
>
> What is diet, turnout and overall health of horse like?
>
> More questions than answers :D
>
> Regards,
>
> Kim Cassidy
> www.clickandtrim.com
>
> "Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish."
> Mark Twain
>
>
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