The last time my podiatrist came to see Spice she noticed how highly strung and over-reactive Spice was and recommended that i try giving her magnesium as she was showing signs of being magnesium deficient. So since then for the last 10 days i have been including 45ml of magnesium in her food and i think i am beginning to notice an effect. Although the weather has been good lately i.e not windy (which normally gives her the spooks) she does seem calmer than usual i.e is holding her head lower and generally being 'less reactive'. I hope it is the effects of the magnesium rather than weather as it would be nice to think that this calmer temperament could be maintained.
I will assess her behaviour over the next few weeks and let you all know how she is.
According to my podiatrist many horses can be deficient in magnesium/potassium due to the fields being fertilised which often only allow the richest/strongest of grasses to flourish thus creating an imbalance in nutrients and minerals.
http://www.understanding-horse-nutrition.com/magnesium.html
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Monday, 8 March 2010
61. Day 13...Spices abscess continues...
Today we took off what we hoped would be Spices last poultice but there was still a smell of puss on the poultice which would indicate that it is still draining albeit ever so slightly as visually there was next to nothing on it. So, my first thoughts were to apply yet another poultice and assess the situation tomorrow. However, Spice was behaving quite frantically with it being so windy and looked as though she was going to be a bit of a nightmare to keep still so reluctantly i postponed applying the poultice with the view of coming back to do it later.
I came back roughly 4 hours later to apply the poultice which was actually quite easy due to the fact that spice was happy to stand still for me but her hoof was full of mud due to being outside so it was quite a job cleaning it. I only hope that i managed to clean away the debris from the draining hole so that if there is anything left to drain it has an easy escape but as i said it was quite difficult.
I'm so over the whole hoof abscessing thing. It's times like this when you wish you had a stable just because it would be easier treating a horse in somewhere clean, dry and out of the wind than in an open muddy field.
I came back roughly 4 hours later to apply the poultice which was actually quite easy due to the fact that spice was happy to stand still for me but her hoof was full of mud due to being outside so it was quite a job cleaning it. I only hope that i managed to clean away the debris from the draining hole so that if there is anything left to drain it has an easy escape but as i said it was quite difficult.
I'm so over the whole hoof abscessing thing. It's times like this when you wish you had a stable just because it would be easier treating a horse in somewhere clean, dry and out of the wind than in an open muddy field.
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