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Feeding Advice Articles

Diversity

Variety is not only enriching for our horses but also vital for their gut microbes, which have evolved to thrive on a wide range of forages and are negatively impacted by unnatural feeds.

Atypical Myopathy in horses

Ingestion of any part of the sycamore, even seemingly dead looking 'helicopters' or leaves, can cause atypical myopathy - a disease that is often fatal to horses.

Laminitis questions answered

Laminitis is a metabolic disorder and many but not all, are overweight when they develop the condition.

Maintaining horse paddocks

Before the grass starts growing too vigorously, it is a good time to reseed patches in your pasture that have been stripped or churned up over winter.

Mares and their seasons

When mares are cycling, their hormones are fluctuating and, in many mares, will trigger changes in behaviour.

Ulcers in horses

Ulcers are painful for the horse, can impact on their handlers or riders as they react to that pain, and may even reflect our failing to provide a calm and healthy environment.

Faecal Water Syndrome in Horses

Faecal Water Syndrome generally indicates that something, somewhere is irritating the digestive tract or it is simply not working correctly.

Repairing your horse's paddock

Your soil may need a helping hand after heavy grazing, and the rain may have increased acidity as well as washing out nutrients.

Nutritional Advice for Horses

When you contact our Feed Line, we'll ask questions about your horse's age, weight and their daily routine - which includes both feeding and management.

Laminitis

Did you know? It is thought that around 90% of laminitis cases are believed to have a hormonal cause, i.e. Cushing's disease (PPID) or equine metabolic syndrome (EMS)

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