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HNR83 wrote:sunedee2000 wrote:HNR83 wrote:adoptahorse wrote:Do you guys have a hard time keeping a grazing muzzle on them? We have no dry lot.They should not be left on for more then 12 hours at a time and even with that I still had problems with Scout getting sores on his muzzle. I never had any problems with keeping them on though just the rubs and sores. I as well as several others I know muzzle 23 hours a day with no problems. I'm not currently muzzling Emmy and she's not metabilically challenged, just saying. How do you keep your horse from getting sores from the muzzle? Most people I've spoken to have had issues with that & moved to dry lots for that reason.
sunedee2000 wrote:HNR83 wrote:adoptahorse wrote:Do you guys have a hard time keeping a grazing muzzle on them? We have no dry lot.They should not be left on for more then 12 hours at a time and even with that I still had problems with Scout getting sores on his muzzle. I never had any problems with keeping them on though just the rubs and sores. I as well as several others I know muzzle 23 hours a day with no problems. I'm not currently muzzling Emmy and she's not metabilically challenged, just saying.
HNR83 wrote:adoptahorse wrote:Do you guys have a hard time keeping a grazing muzzle on them? We have no dry lot.They should not be left on for more then 12 hours at a time and even with that I still had problems with Scout getting sores on his muzzle. I never had any problems with keeping them on though just the rubs and sores.
adoptahorse wrote:Do you guys have a hard time keeping a grazing muzzle on them? We have no dry lot.
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Squishypuff wrote:Those of you with IR horses, what were the original symptoms (aside from the symptoms Adopta already mentioned) that made you think it was IR? I'm just curious, because my new mare is horrendously obese (has always been dry lotted, but did have a round bale out at all times in her old home and was getting a tiny amount of grain, if any at all) with a crest like a stallion and I'm wondering if i ought to have the vet check her for IR when he comes out to do shots and coggins. Sorry to hijack, Adopta. also, for muzzle rubbing sores- duct tape along the edge of the basket really helps. That's what I do for Rocket.
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Squishypuff wrote:Her feet look really nice, although they are freaking TINY. No rippling or anything out of the ordinary. She's been on dry lot all her life just because that is the condition of the seller's paddocks, I imagine she was on pasture at some point in her life but not anytime recent. She's got a THICK cresty neck that is rock hard, and her booty puts a QH booty to shame. They had her on grain I'm pretty sure. here, she'll be on a major diet. I've got beautiful clean orchard grass hay (I just bought yesterday, thrilled with the quality, which here in NC is hit or miss), with a ration balancer and Smartshine Ultra. I do not plan on feeding any grain at all. Is there anything else you'd recommend I do?
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CassielFell wrote:Squishypuff wrote:Her feet look really nice, although they are freaking TINY. No rippling or anything out of the ordinary. She's been on dry lot all her life just because that is the condition of the seller's paddocks, I imagine she was on pasture at some point in her life but not anytime recent. She's got a THICK cresty neck that is rock hard, and her booty puts a QH booty to shame. They had her on grain I'm pretty sure. here, she'll be on a major diet. I've got beautiful clean orchard grass hay (I just bought yesterday, thrilled with the quality, which here in NC is hit or miss), with a ration balancer and Smartshine Ultra. I do not plan on feeding any grain at all. Is there anything else you'd recommend I do?I'd manage her as IR from the get go... just from that alone. My main recommendation is EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE. Diet management plus exercise tends to be the 1-2 punch in managing an IR horse and staving off/preventing laminitis and founder.
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