Earlier this week I saw a post on Facebook asking for non-heating weight gain feeds for their horse. They have had this horse for several years but they had started dropping weight for the first time this year so they were looking for some new feeds to try. There were…
Feeding horses salt is something which seems to confuse a lot of horse owners with many not knowing what to do for the best. Especially if your horse is on rest or only does light work. It can be hard to know when you should be adding salt to your…
We’ve all heard stories of horses helping themselves to a ham sandwich. Or have found a trampled rat in our stable. But do horses kill and eat animals?
I have fed Scottie various chaffs in the time I have had him, from alfalfa with added oil, to low calorie molasses free options. At the time, I never had a problem with these feeds. Scottie looked good on them and he was happy. But since switching to Honeychop, I have started to notice some key differences.
Last month I was sent a bag of HoneyChop Plus Herbs chaff to review. They are a brand I have always seen at shows but never used personally. However, many of my horsey friends including my riding instructor and a fellow ex racehorse owner both feed HoneyChop products, so when…
Thoroughbreds have a reputation of being difficult and expensive to feed. I regularly see people asking for advice on feeding their thoroughbred and there is so much fantastic advice out there both from thoroughbred owners and feed companies. Even I have touched upon this subject before, driving home the ideas…
Scottie has developed a new habit, eating his straw bed! I come down in the morning and you can see great holes, like a large dog has been making a bed in there, where he has been eating through his bed. So now I am researching how to stop a…
One of the best ways to ensure that your horse is as healthy as can be, is to provide them with the right nutrition. Thankfully, most common horse feeds that you can now buy are good sources of the vitamins and minerals that equine animals require on a regular basis.…
Laminitis is the most well researched cause of lameness in the world. Despite all this research into this condition, it still affects hundreds of horses each year in the UK alone. It’s hard to say whether this is down to a lack of knowledge in the cause of the condition…
Horse & Hound have done some really interesting articles recently interviewing top riders from different disciplines and talking about how their top horse will be fed throughout the winter. This is really interesting to read and it’s eye opening how many of these horses have 3+ feeds a day. However,…
It’s that time of year where lots of horses are spending more time confined to their stables than they are used to. As owners, we don’t want them to be bored and we want to make sure that they have constant access to forage to prevent colic and the development…
For those of you who read the BEVA Congress post I wrote a few weeks ago, you will know that I got several feed sample packs to try after talking to them about Scottie. So far I have done nothing with these packs but after spending the past half hour…
Some of you may remember that last winter Scottie developed a new habit out of the blue, regularly removing his shoes! There were several factors for this, one being that he was starting to really use his hind end properly and was over tracking and over reaching, leading to him…
Last week I was lucky enough to attend BEVA Congress with work. Having never been before, I was unsure what to expect but it turned out to be a very good day out! BEVA congress is held over several days and is open to vets, vet students and journalists. There…
This weekend work held a laminitis clinic and it was really interesting. There were several lectures by vets who have been researching laminitis and cushing’s disease for years, followed by demonstrations from farriers of different products and methods for a lamanitic horse. Laminitis is an Emergency There are a few…
