Teeth problems in young horses
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I agree its good to weigh your horses feed but a genaric feed calculater may not be a cure all for everyone. When my horses are not in high work they get a low protien high fiber diet.Lotsa different horses on alot of diferent feed routines. Roughage,roughfage!!!! If a horse needs alittle extra a high fat low protien grain is great. Adding alittle oil adds fat too. Rarely an older horse or injured horse will get weightbuilder suppliment to help out w/ weight.
-basic knowledge of horse health, behavior, and needs
-adequate housing, cleaned daily, with access to clean water, forage, and other nutritional needs, as determined by you and your veterinarian
-adequate and safe turn-out, in conditions that are healthy, with access to fresh water and with optional shelter
-basic vaccinations twice yearly, given by a veterinarian as determined by his recommendations for your particular area of the country and xposure risks
-teeth need to be floated twice per
she has 4 teeth at top and 4 teeth at bottom she also has 4 big teeth at back, she dribbles terrible and often gets sores on her face where she dribbles during her sleep. i have now got her a dentist appointment for Friday. when she smiles her bottom teeth completely cover her top teeth i think it may be a protruding lower jaw than her teeth not being straight. hopefully i can get some answers Friday thanks for reply!
I have 4 horses, 2 in which I have had for 10 years, 1 I got 2 years ago and 1 I got last winter. The 2 that I had had for 10 years have been easy keepers, the one I got 2 years ago is at the point of obesity and the one I recently got is skinny, skinny... Which is my point, I have had horses for 30 years, I am at a complete loss... Brought this little filly home and all my horses are thin and sickly... I have tried everything...
Horses can lose weight for a variety of reasons. It is concerning that your horses are losing weight rapidly, and even dying. About food.. Have you weighed it out? The amount of food you feed one horse in a day should be about 2.5 percent of the horses' body weight (the weight you want teh horse to be). For a 1200 pound horse , that would be about 8.2kg (18.0lbs) of forage (hay) per day, and 5.5kg (12.0lbs) of concentrates(grain) per day. You should aways feed more hay than grain .
Two weeks after my initial visit I was at a routine check up with my orthodontist. While there he commented on how healthy my teeth were. This put more doubt in my mind so I told him that my regular dentist said I needed eight fillings. He re-examined my teeth and said he could see none.
After this I was full of doubt, so I went to another dentist for a second opinion. After this I was told I needed one filling but I should also get all four of my wisdom teeth out.
However, since this is your first horse, you should know that horses require vaccinations usually twice per year, usually spring and fall, and a veterinarian would have to do this. Since it is spring now, please schedule an appointment with a horse Vet (let me know if you need a recommendation, but please give me your city and state) to have him/her do the vaccines and also check out the breathing problems.
As well, a good worming program will keep the horses in good condition. You want to be feeding the horses;not the worms! Keep in touch and good luck! By the way, in general, TB horses are "hard keepers", they have a high metabolism andhen require more nutrution, not just when they are racing either.
Vicki, it looks like nausea can be a sign of drooling - and would also explain why Emmitt eats so little - he's still very nauseous. Talk with your vet about changing the med to Pepcid AC (or whatever your vet recommends - I just saw the Pepcid is fine for cats. Zantac is too, but ask your vet for proper dosage, of course) and see if that works better. I have gastro problems myself and while Pepcid AC doesn't do a thing for me, Tagamet works wonders.
hello, i have a gelding that is turning 4 in April 2009, but i think that he has started to lose his baby teeth. Would this result in him starting to bite? If so, how could i possibly stop him from doing so. I mean, sometimes he'll bite me for no reason and other times he acts fine. He has even started to chase me in the pasture at times and bite at my arms, legs, and back. I don't blame him for doing what he does, but something must be wrong. Could anyone help me?
Does anybody know why I get Charlie horses in my calf when I'm sleeping? Its only happened a few times but boy does it hurt!
Hey all. I don't know why but for a month or so now I've had a really acute pain in my bottom left side of my gum, I've attached a picture to show you the area. Whenever my gum is tapped slightly from the outside I get a kind of pain shooting up in the teeth in that area. It's not only one tooth either, it's a couple of them dependant on where I tap. This painful sensation also occurs whilst I'm shaving that area, so it's quite sensitive.
Thank you for writing. In my opiniion, eyes are nothing to mess with on one's own without the advice of a veterinarian. Your own vet would be the best as a a hands-on examination where he could pull the lid back if necessary, etc. Also, have you tried phoning your vet? Best of luck and keep us posted.
It can involve one or both eyes. The affected eye, is the right eye in your horses case. An eye with a strabismus will show excess sclera (white of the eye), and the pupil will appear to be slanted abnormally. A horse with this condition will have difficulty seeing out of the affected eye which will result in stumbling, bumping into things on the affected side, and increased nervousness (spooking easily).
The main thing you can do for him is take him to the vet to have his teeth checked. Chihuahuas sometimes have dental issues and even though he's young, it's not uncommon for them to have dental problems at this age. It would be a good idea to have it checked now so that if it IS a dental problem it can be nipped in the bud before his teeth all start to go bad and an infection spreads through his system.
, is it possible that the common thread that joins us all together is the amalgam fillings in our teeth. I have tried to understand what it could be that each of us have to make the head area of our body be the common area of these symptoms. I talking male, female, young, old, all over the world, at least the industrialize world. The part of the worl that has access to amalgam teeth fillings, that are available for us all, young and old.
We have almost 100 acres of land that all the horses share, and as I said in my comment on the other post, I married into the family and land so I don't really have a say in how they are separated. We do have separate fields, but we generally keep them all together except in cases such as mine. For now we have mama and baby colt alone in a pasture with the barn because it has stalls and is set up for close dealings with them. Thanks again for being so nice and responding to my concerns!
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