Reading Time: 5 minutes Excrement eating (coprophagy) occurs in both stabled and open yard horses, in all breeds, and all age groups. In foals, the behavior is still normal. By eating their mother’s excrement, they absorb important microorganisms, which settle in the foal’s large intestine and build up their microbiome (intestinal flora) This means
Reading Time: 5 minutes Yes, that’s possible. Mud fever and its typical crusts in the creases of the fetlocks, or even higher up on the carpal or hock joints (mallenders/sallenders) is commonly associated with winter, muddy conditions, and wet feet. Less-than-ideal living conditions, where horses are consistently standing in mud, particularly when mixed with
Reading Time: < 1 minute Just because you grazed on carefully, after the winter, you are not safeguarded against digestive disorders. Especially in warm, rainy weather, the grass sprouts faster than you can look, and the horses eagerly graze on it. Studies have shown that horses can increase the amount they eat four times (!)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Laminitis in summer on a grazed down, dry field? That can’t be right! As soon as the first grass growth has been eaten away, many horse owners put their horses that have a sensitive metabolism and are at risk of laminitis out onto that field, as ‘then there is nothing
Reading Time: < 1 minute When you venture into the stables during summer, clad in shorts and a breezy shirt, the thought of autumn and winter is far from your mind. Even though we may still be bothered by flies, mosquitoes, and horseflies, we relish the high temperatures and extended daylight in the stables. However,
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