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Hopefully your horse is not allergic to other valued pets (thanks to the Country Park client for this pic)
With the seasons not following their usual trend, the incidents of allergies seems to be rising on both sides of the equator.
Identify and Eliminate
If the trigger is environmental it may be hard to eliminate. If your horse is sensitive to one of the components in the feed – eliminate those which could be the trigger. It will vary with each horse and sometimes going down to a basic diet and then rebuilding one part at a time can help too.
Reactions to your emotions
Some of your horse's reactions can be to the emotions you are generating around you What I often find is allergy reactions in a horse may be because the owner is easily affected or irritated by others. It is worth looking at your own life and see what is affecting your emotional health if herbs don't help your horse.
Herbs to help
If it is some kind of inflammatory response – try calendula or eyebright.
Puffiness or the lymphatic system needing a gentle flush – clivers.
Rosehips are a good tonic to boost defence against most allergic responses.
Help your horse's liver along with herbs like st marys thistle or burdock depending on how the allergy manifests.
Last but not least - Keep at it - allergies can be multi layered and it may take time to work through each layer of the issues.
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pic from http://www.whinnywarmers.com
With Australia's Summer a little late to arrive this year and a lot of rain lately – mosquitos seem to be every where. The number of enquiries for herbs for horses that have been affected by bites from these rather hostile bugs has increased over the last month or so.
One idea for protecting horse's that are sensitive to insect bites are the summer weight whinny warmers. I love this idea – they are especially useful for owners who want to protect their horse's legs but don't know what tension to use – its all worked out for you.
The thought that has gone into this product ensures most questions are asked. You use the bag they send them to you in to cover the hoof to slip the sock over the hoof without catching. They are not too tight, so don't restrict movement and they should stay up.
I've had contact with the owners a while ago and meant to write up this blog forever ago, mainly because of the care I know they take with their own horses. The whinny warmers for horse with metabolic conditions
I was looking at their website today and for Aussie horseowners they now have an Australian outlet, for International readers they have quite a network of suppliers. http:/whinnywarmers.com
My thoughts are they are worth trying as a non-toxic way to protect your horse's legs this damp bug inviting season.
Bugs, flies, midges, mosquitos; goodness me, why are our horses plagued by them. I honestly don’t know. What I do know is that each horse that is pestered by these little beasties needs a unique approach. Whether it be the scent of your horse, his tasty blood chemistry or his environment, what works for your horse may not work well for your neighbour.
'some pests won't respond to herbs'
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This is an extract from a class discussion. As therapists we are often asked to assist horses who compete where they may be penalised for using prohibited substances.
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Special Thanks to Lori Yearwood at SKODES HORSE TREATS
I like touse a base of flax meal/linseed meal. You don't need a lot -- a few cups of flax meal is enough to make a dozen small cookies
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Comment by Catherine
on Flooded Horses
Natural Animals
I got an email from Jean in CA, unfortunately my webmail made gobbly gook out of it before I could post it to here.
Jean if you see this, please add your experiences.
Fortunately our flood waters are receding quickly, but for Jena she warned about founder/laminitis and if your horses are submerged more than 36 hours, you need to watch for laminitis.
Apologies, all I remember off the top of my head so if anyone else has any experiences please post as I expect a few people will be looking for ideas with floods in most states at the moment.
Catherine