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QUESTION: I have a 10 year old gelding that has had a number of “small” colics over that last couple of months. Most of them started with him not wanting to eat, and then within a few hours was [...]

QUESTION: I am considering a 9 year old mare, as a horse for my daughter and future grandchildren. The mare has seen a vet for a torn suspensory ligament. I have met the horse and was impressed [...]

QUESTION: I left for work this morning and my 9 year old gelding was moving normally at that time. When I returned home, he was extremely lame, not wanting to place any weight on his Left front [...]

QUESTION: We were at a barrel race last week and my mare suddenly did not want to move. We initially thought that she may be tying up. The vet came out and said that since she wasn’t sweating, [...]

QUESTION: I have a 6-month-old colt that has a swollen lymph node under the right jaw the size of an small orange he does not have any clinical signs of illness, eating well, drinking and is [...]

QUESTION: I run a small equine rescue and I recently took in two mares. They will not socialize with others horses since one of the mare’s is so dominant, and she acts like a Stallion, [...]

QUESTION: After 12 hours of watching my horse colic, and two shots of Banamine later, not to mention walking my horse for what seemed like a million miles, we resorted to pumping in a gallon of [...]

QUESTION: I have a 6-year-old Quarter mare that foundered a couple of months ago. She has been on a diet and needs to lose quite a few pounds. Is there any possibility that in the future I could [...]