Wednesday 24 July 2013

Some Tips Regarding Horse Care

By Enzo Green


For those who newly own them or who have jobs where the interact with them, there is much to learn regarding horse care. These beautiful animals are revered by many people, and many tips need to be followed to ensure that they are happy and healthy. These include having a wooden stall of the right size, ensuring that horses get plenty of food and water, taking the animals to the vet throughout the year, providing the animals with opportunities to exercise, buying polocrosse equipment for horses and making sure that stalls are clean. These will all be looked at more below.

Stalls ideally should be wooden and of the correct dimensions. This is since cement or stone stalls can be dangerous if horses kick around them, as the animals can break feet and or legs by doing so. This aside, there are horses who like to chew wood up, and guards need to be put up that discourage the animals from this chewing. Paddocks allow the creatures to run around and play, and they thus should be attached to stalls. These living spaces for horses should generally be around twelve by twelve.

Fresh water and the right foods are critical to horses' health. Automatic watering devices can be used for horses, but those taking care of the animals need to be wary of them. They do not allow one to monitor how much the animals drink, and they have to be checked on frequently. When horses are given water out of a bucket, at least 10 gallons has to be made available at any given time. Grains and hay are the goods fed to horses.

Horses need to visit vets yearly at the very least. They have to be given medicines to prevent worms, and vaccines have to be up to date. Vaccinations are very critical when horses are in boarding homes, as these facilities are environments where bacteria and disease unfortunately thrive.

The horses need lots of exercise preferably outside of their living quarters each day. On top of this, they need to be near other horses, as they do not do well when they are on their own.

Stalls need to be clean. This means that urine and feces must be cleaned out daily. Flies also have to be kept under control.

Much needs to be done regarding horse care. This includes paying special attention to horses' stalls, diets, the amount of exercise that they get, and doctor check-ups to ensure that vaccines and worming medications are up to date.




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