Re: Heaves

2012-05-17 Thread Kim Manzoni
This message is from: Kim Manzoni kim.manz...@yahoo.com Wow! So many responses about Toby and Heaves - thank you all for your kindness and support. Yes, the vet has me soaking his hay for 10 minutes before putting in the feeders. We dont have stalls, just outside run in sheds. We live

Re: Heaves

2012-05-17 Thread Vicki Johnston
This message is from: Vicki Johnston vjohn...@bellsouth.net Check out the Yahoo group at: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/COPD_HEAVES/ My curly was on dexamethasone for about 10 years before I discovered this group. I am following their recommended protocol for MSM and blue green algae

Re: Heaves

2012-05-16 Thread Kathleen Prince
This message is from: Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com Hi, I don't have any experience w/Heaves but did want to tell you to please take some time to calm down before going back to your horse. He will read your emotions and for him to be able to be calm you will need to be. I'm so

RE: Heaves (was Toby the Quarter Horse)

2012-05-16 Thread Curtis
This message is from: Curtis cepi...@yahoo.com Hi Kim, Heaves is not the end of the world and depending on his condition at the time, you may be able to ride Toby. You just need to be careful as he will tire easily. We have a 16 year old Fjord mare, Solveig, that got the heaves about 4 - 5

Heaves,Hay Cubes, Dengie Products

2002-11-07 Thread Nathan S Hotham
This message is from: Nathan S Hotham [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was a Paint stallion that choked on hay cubes a couple years ago at the Equine Affair in Mass. and he died and I have also seen other horses cough while eating the cubsThere is a product to use for horses with heaves called

Re: dusty barns, hay cubes,heaves

2002-11-06 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Very good advice Joanna. Also I have had a horse choke on an apple. Not a pretty sight as they tend to panic. Luckily this was not cutting off the air supply. I think I will invest in a super large raincoat for the old boy so he can keep

Re: dusty barns, hay cubes,heaves

2002-11-05 Thread Joanna Crell and David folger
be soaked, same with beet pulp. One of the most important lessons anyone should learn is to keep you animals hydrated, this is a great way to do that. Next, heaves is a disease of the environment. you can change that and help quite a bit. Think of Asthma and what triggers it. DUST. MOLD. Stress. too