Rounds With Doc T
This is a live meeting with Doc T, during which members can ask questions about horses. Doc T... View more
Organizer:
- Organized by
-
-
Rounds with Doc T – July 20th, 2023 [Replay]
-
Rounds with Doc T – July 20th, 2023 [Replay]
00:00:30 – HOW TO SEND QUESTIONS TO THE ROUNDS FORUM
How are questions sent to me before the date of the Rounds? I review this with a quick tour of the updated website on a laptop and a mobile phone.
00:13:41 – METABOLIC SYNDROME HORSE AND THE PREPARING FOR THE CHANGING SEASONS
“For a horse that is doing really well after a rough winter/spring, and knowing this horse usually has problems at the end of July into August,…
For a horse that is doing really well after a rough winter/spring, and knowing this horse usually has problems at the end of July into August, I fully understand how important it is to be diligent with soaking the hay and a successful diet.
At this time, in the cycle of seasons, when healthy horses put on just a little weight in preparation for winter, the metabolic horse probably (or hopefully) won’t gain weight. Correct? Will the horse still be prepared for winter?
If he begins to get too thin during the winter (that would be a first), would I add a little bit more hay to maintain a healthy weight? Or, would being on winter pasture be enough to maintain a healthy weight? Healthy meaning maybe a little thin but not too thin. Would I continue to soak hay?
I’m unsure how to transition a previously metabolically challenged but now healthy horse into the healthy cycle of seasons.”
00:27:05 – ESSENTIAL OILS
“What are essential oils? Do they work? Am I wasting my money?”
00:49:29 – PINNING EARS DURING FEEDING
Behavior: “When I stand near my horse, outside the stall, and while he’s eating hay, he pins his ears and acts defensively towards me. Is this normal?”
00:52:44 – SEASONAL CHANGES IN FEEDING HORSES
“I grew up in Norway, and I remember the grass being so overly nutritious! They would let their fjords and Dolahest out to free range in the summers. they would gain so much weight in the!!. But in the winter, they would feed them birch limbs and reindeer moss. Im sure they would not digest it well, and they would be hungry, but so were the farmers much of the time. That’s how the horses survived”
00:56:00 – AFTER PULLING OFF SHOES, HORSE BECOMES LAME
After pulling the front shoes off my 5-year-old, he became very lame. What should I do? I reviewed the protein used for feeding the hooves.
01:09:42 – FLY CONTROL IN HORSES
What do I like to use for fly control?
us02web.zoom.us
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around … Continue reading
-
3 Replies
-
For a horse that is doing really well, after a rough winter/spring, and knowing this horse usually has problems the end of July into August, I fully understand how important it is to be diligent with soaking the hay and the successful diet.
At this time, in the cycle of seasons, when healthy horses put on just a little weight in preparation for winter, the metabolic horse probably (or hopefully) won’t gain weight. Correct? Will the horse still be prepared for winter?
If he begins to get too thin during the winter (that would be a first), would I add a little bit more hay to maintain a healthy weight. Or, would being on winter pasture be enough to maintain a healthy weight. Healthy meaning maybe a little thin, but not too thin. Would I continue to soak hay?
I’m unsure how to transition a previously metabolically challenged, but now healthy horse, into the healthy cycle of seasons.
I’m going to try to participate on the call. Wren’s person, Linda
-
Thank you. I caught this a few days later. A lot of good information!
-
Thanks @JillB
-
Log in to reply.