Calming My Horse

New Topic

• Zephyr Posted : 10/27/2009 10:04:58 PM I don't know if this is something that anyone else has noticed. I have tried other things that supposedly calm down a horse like camomile without seeing much difference. Then I noticed that she seems to like chewing on rose branches and leaves. And that does seem to do it . We have several roses around so I just cut off a branch and she chews off the green on the stems and also eats the leaves. Of course I try to remove the thorns first by running an open pair of pruners down the branches which knocks them off. It goes without saying that our roses are NOT sprayed with pesticide.   Anyway, I just thought I'd pass this along. LIKE 8 REPLIES 943 VIEWS LAST POST CROOKEDPOSTQH Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Summer Posted : 10/28/2009 12:34:16 AM Don't they put rose hips or something like that in tea?   The #1 ingredient in Mare Magic is Raspberry leaves.  I think my mare eats them, she has access to them in the pasture. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Zephyr Posted : 10/28/2009 5:07:13 AM Yeah, that's what I was wondering about. Rose hips are full of Vitamen C. I wonder if it might be that. I'll have to try them and see if they work like the branches and leaves seem to be. I also have some sweet Vitamen C drops which have 500 mg in each one. Might see how a few of those do.   On a different note, it kind of bugs me that you can post here unless you have cookies enabled. Why?   LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Zephyr Posted : 10/28/2009 5:15:28 AM I mean can't post here unless you have cookies enabled. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• TanyaC97 Posted : 10/28/2009 12:31:41 PM When I had problems getting on the board-I could read and not post- I had cookies enabled.  I had to delete allllllllllllllllll my cookies and start over and then it was fine.     LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• butterscotch Posted : 10/29/2009 4:54:55 PM I'm pretty sure roses are toxic to horses.  Check with your agri extension.  LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• CrookedPostQH Posted : 10/29/2009 10:46:03 PM Dynamite makes a product called Relax.  Derived from herbs, I believe.  A few sprays in the mouth or nostrils and the horse quiets for 30 to 40 minutes.  My daughter has a retired QH gelding that would throw fits when his "sweetheart" a mare belonging to her friend would leave the trailer for a class.  If he couldn't see her, he behaved like a newly weaned foal - turning/searching/neighing.  After some sprays, he would quiet.  He was not groggy or nonresponsive, just quieted.  The edginess was gone for a while.   I don't know what to use for a more permanent fix.    On another thought: Have you tried changing the diet?  Is there sugar added to the feed?  Or the wrong grains providing too much excess energy? LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• TanyaC97 Posted : 10/30/2009 1:09:07 PM What are you feeding her?   Have you tried anything with Tryptophan in it? LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• AllieBaba Posted : 10/31/2009 5:50:34 PM We have wild roses all over the place and I've never heard of rose toxicity. The horses aren't crazy about them, though...goats are, though.     LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login