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Will feeding calcium carbonate prevent OCD in foals, even foals from bloodlines known to have the problem?

My eight-year-old Thoroughbred mare (16 hands, 1,100 lb or 500 kg) is in moderate body condition. She’s used as a hunter and jumper, and I’d like her to gain some weight. She gets 16-18 hours of turnout daily. As far as feedstuffs, here’s her daily diet: 5 lb (2.3 kg) all-purpose feed; 2 lb (0.90…

I do low-level eventing and some trail-riding with my 14-year-old, 15.1-hand Arabian gelding. I usually ride twice a week, two hours each time. He stays at a condition score of 4 on a diet of 20 lb (9 kg) brome hay, 2 lb (0.9 kg) of a ration balancer, 5 lb (2.3 kg) of performance…

I own a 14-year-old, 15-hand Arabian gelding in light endurance work. He’s an off-track racehorse and aside from free-choice hay I feed him a slurry of copra meal (1.25 lb; 0.6 kg), micronutrient pellets, ground flax (6 oz; 177 ml), and a gastric supplement twice daily. He’s in good weight. I have not had him…

Herman lives in an overgrazed one-acre pasture with another gelding. He gets 20-25 lb (9-11 kg) of second-cut grass hay mixed with first-cut (70/30 mix). I know that Herman is overweight. He gets 0.5 lb (0.23 kg) of hay pellets, just enough to mix in supplements. For supplements, he gets multiple gastrointestinal support products, joint…

I am hauling my horses—one in his late 20s, the other in his early teens—to my new home, nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km) away. What supplements would you recommend to decrease the stress of long-distance travel?

My old horse is in good weight. He’s allowed time on pasture (16 hours a day), and he’s fed a commercial senior feed (3.3 lb or 1.5 kg daily), a trace mineral supplement, and free-choice alfalfa cubes. He’s given medicine for Cushing’s and gastric ulcers daily. I ride him once or twice a week. I…

My 16-hand (163-cm), 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding is not involved in any real athletic pursuit, just an occasional trail ride. First problem: he is thin, probably a body condition score of 3, so he needs to gain weight. He is fed 2 cups of ration balancer and 2 cups of soy hull pellets twice a day,…

Max is a six-year-old, 16.3-hand (170-cm) Thoroughbred gelding that weighs about 1,260 lb (570 kg). He’s thin, about a 3 on the Henneke body condition scorecard, with pointy hipbones, visible ribs, and a potbelly. Max came off the track nine months ago. His diet consists of 4 lb (1.8 kg) performance feed, 4 oz of…

I have a two-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, about 15.3 hands (160 cm) and growing. He weighs nearly 1,000 lb (450 kg). He’s turned out 21-22 hours a day, and he spends a few hours in a stall. He is currently fed 4 lb (1.8 kg) of sweet feed, 2 lb (0.9 kg) of a ration balancer…

I have an 11-year-old Arabian mare. She has access at all times to pasture and is fed a complete feed twice a day. Her body condition score is 5. She has been, since I got her, on the nervous side, but I noticed recently that her muscles tremble at times. It happens occasionally when she…

I own a Dutch Warmblood gelding that weighs about 1,400 pounds (640 kilograms). He spends about nine hours outside and the remaining time in a stall. He is exercised almost daily for at least 30 minutes but no longer than an hour. He is fed oat hay, grass hay, and a grain mixture twice per…

My two-year-old Hanoverian filly weighs approximately 900 lb (410 kg) and is only about 14.3 hands (150 cm). She is an easy keeper, and her ribs can’t be seen or felt, though she was a little leaner when she was a yearling. Her growth has been slow and steady, with no apparent growth-related leg abnormalities.…

I have a 22-year-old gelding named Linus that’s moderately thin. He was diagnosed with polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM) years ago. Once Re-Leve came on the market, we switched to that plus corn oil. He did great on this until a few months ago, when he stopped eating it completely. He has also been diagnosed with…

I own a six-year-old, 950-lb (435-kg) mixed-breed gelding that’s in light work. He has access to pasture for six hours each day and is stabled the remainder of the day. He eats 3-4 flakes of grass hay every day when stalled as well as a balancer pellet and a handful of feed. Right now, he’s…