Monday, 12 August 2013

Some Tips When It Comes To 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.

There needs to be a stall made out of wood with the proper dimensions. A wooden stall is preferred as horses can potentially hurt their legs or feet by kicking on concrete stalls. However, as some horses chew wood up, guards that prevent them from doing need to be put in place. Also, stalls should have paddocks attached to them so that the animals could run around and play. Twelve by twelve stalls are sufficient in most cases.

Much food and fresh water has to be made available to the horses on a daily basis. Devices that automatically make water available can be utilized, but those caring for the animals have to be careful when using them. They do not allow one to monitor how much water the animals are taking in. Grains and hay are the optimal foods for creature's well being and health.

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 animals need to be given ample opportunities to exercise outside of their stalls. Also, they need social interaction with other horses as they do not thrive when they are on their own.

It is critical that stalls are kept clean for the animals who live in them. This includes ensuring that urine and fecal waste is removed each day. Furthermore, flies are pests who frequently visit the horses' living quarters, and their presence has to be kept under control.

Lots of steps have to be taken to ensure proper horse care. These include providing horses with the right diet and lots of water, taking them to the vet, making sure that they are exercising enough, and ensuring the cleanliness of stalls.




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