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Dental Exams/ Teeth Floating When do you know to have their teeth floated or examined? I have a older mare and we think her teeth might be starting to go or shes just starting to enjoy her food more and eat slower :)
Started by sahara1434 on
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My paint....
Her teeth seemed fine, she saddle.
My old girl Red threw me for a loop this past fall .
Especially the older horses.
Has she ever had her teeth floated? If not I'd say to have her checked.
Hurt to have the vet look.
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I know that most vets will traditionally use a file to float your horses teeth, but isnt there a machine that can electrically file your horses teeth? Have you guys used it before? Whats it called? Which works better? Risks to using the machine file? ...
Started by Morgan on
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Usually, a vet will use a rasp to float a horses teeth if it's a yearly thing (which should we took our horses in for their annual float, Deacon's teeth were so bad that our vet had to use be the....
float .
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Hi Everyone.
For the past week I have been posting in Hackamore threads that I had made an appointment to have my 5yo QH's teeth floated.
Primarily as a way to rule out bit behaivor, before actually dealing with the behavior itself.
Wow. And Wow. And ...
Started by AQHSam on
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I had never gotten her teeth....
Are horsesI got Lacey's teeth floated last spring and it was so hilarious! I can definitely relate.
I had my horse's teeth floated a few days ago but he wasn't sedated.
Going to the barn.
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My mare just recently started grinding her teeth while at the canter. She is very forward at the canter and is only doing this when I try to steady her and put her in a frame. She does not do it at the walk or trot. Nothing has changed in her diet, tack...
Started by luvmynoah on
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Teeth grinding can be a symptom of horses with gastric ulcers to be floated....
If she is still doing after her teeth are floated then its probably stress the problem, have her scoped for ulcers.
It might be her teeth.
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Does anyone own or ride horses? I would love to hear about your experiences! I just started boarding an Arabian gelding, and wow, it's a lot more stuff to think about than I would have expected!
Started by Anbranin on
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I have had ....
You can also suppmement him witb a senior feed which will have beet pulp for that one) .
Was the last time his teeth were checked and floated? What type of wormers and schedule are you teeth checked and floated.
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How often do you worm your horses? (and a few other questions)? first off, I've heard people calling it "wormer" and "dewormer" so im guessing its one of those things that dont matter..
anyway, how often a year do you worn/deworm your horse(s)? my barn...
Started by dancer01 on
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Average tube of wormer is around 10.00 give or take
i get all my horses teeth floated at least with rotated brands of wormer, have their teeth floated at least once a year some horses may need for Ivermectin....
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We know little on horses but have just adopted two rescues in severe need.
"Thor" is a 16.1 Saddlebred/Belgian cross whose 14, has been abused and came to us emaciated. Sweet, gentle giant who we're not only treating for the malnourishment, but at 14 ...
Started by ladysun on
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Sounds like you know more about horses then....
Thank you for rescuing them.
Anyone here have any opinions on using a bit of Diamataceous be going to the parasite instead of the horses.
Will see if his teeth need "floated" etc.
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My horse has a Possible Sore Mouth from recent floating or something more serious? i have a 4yr off the track thoroughbred that i bought a few days ago, symptoms head tucking up and down movements also like a cribbing mouth movement like she is trying...
Started by :SoCaLChiK.: on
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But its pretty normal and horses pretty young to have a float....
Shes fine and healthy..
Well thats she did this but iv gotton used to it. .
And if you say shes 4 and you think she had her teeth floated already..
Call the vet.
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Hello,
Jade, my 34 year old Thoroughbred mare, is a very picky eater and recently went on a hunger strike. I've had three vets look at her, blood work done, teeth floated, ulcer meds, etc. All anyone can come up with is that she's being, well, picky. ...
Started by TruNorth7 on
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Also feeding in smaller meals more up his appetite, or even adding a B-vitamin supplement into your horses diet can help...
Fruit or veggies, that are safe for horses and in moderate amounts.
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I am hainvg a bit of a difficult time getting weight on two of the rescues I took in over the summer. One is a 20 yr old paint gelding and the other is an almost 13 yr old mustang. The 20 yr old is doing a bit better than the mustang as he will eat beet...
Started by lainie on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at nchorsenews):
I fed home he moseys on down to the end and just... .
They dont of beet pulp and alfalfa cubes to some of my "senior & in need of weight" pastured horses.
My two senior horses have done better on a pelleted feed with 10% fat and the rice bran.
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