When a horse starts coughing, has a fever, shows colic signs, or just seems off, the hard part isn’t finding a long list of possible illnesses. It’s knowing whether you may be looking at something contagious, an emergency, or a problem that can wait for a routine appointment. Quick answer: Horse health problems owners should …
Founder in horses is a painful hoof emergency that can cause the coffin bone to rotate or sink inside the hoof. If you suspect it, remove grain and pasture access, keep the horse on deep bedding, and call your veterinarian right away. What are the signs of founder in horses? The earliest detectable signs are …
My granddaughter’s barrel horse bowed a tendon — and her first question was the same one I hear from most new horse owners: Why are horses so fragile? The short answer is evolution. Horses were built for speed, not durability, and the conditions of domestic life push that design past its limits in ways wild …
Are you feeding – or thinking about switching to – a senior feed and worried it could cause founder? A horse can founder while eating senior feed, but the word “senior” does not mean the formula is automatically safe for a horse with a founder history, insulin dysregulation, PPID, obesity, or another laminitis risk factor. …