Hi Debi,
Thanks so much for answering my question.I will take your advice on no
grain!
Rachel

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 -----
> From: Hisewe@...
> To: barefoothorses@yahoogroups.com
> 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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