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Horse Health Q&A Health Q&A Health Index   Robert McDowell is a herbalist who specialises in Human, Canine and Equine treatments. He also offers cancer and radiotherapy support from his website, at www.herbal-treatments.com.au.  ARTICLES * Dull Coats * Bleeders * Tying Up * Nerve Tonics * Natural Sources of Vitamins and Minerals for Horses * Do-It-Yourself Supplements * Basic Feed Outline * My horse has arthritis! QUESTIONS About / how to feed Millet Linseed Rosehip tea Rescue remedy Molasses and Garlic Chamomile tea Slippery Elm Bark Powder Lameness & legs Feeding a foundered horse Supplements to help navicular Can hot shoeing cause navicular? Relief for arthritis Frog is coming off hoof - OK to trim? Horse kicked, wound still swollen What is seedy toe? In-foal mare suffering from old injury Help for severed tendon Help for stone bruise Stone bruise has abscessed Problems with old hoof injury Cooling muscles on endurance horse Problem with slipping stifle / patella Dorsal extensor tendon injured Advice on EPM Broken splint bone Lame after being hot shod Heel crack could be bruised, or abscessed Cracked frogs Yearling lame and stuff, hoofs soft and peeling Severe seedy toe Seedy toe getting worse with treatment Help for broken sesamoid bone Help for scar tissue, will shoeing help? Hooves chipping a lot Musculoskeletal Horse very weak in hind end What is thoroughpin? Sciatica nerve damage Thin horses Tips on fattening up Treatment for ulcers Feeding up a thin horse - how much should he be getting? Horse being fed, but losing weight - possible ulcer? Fattening a large horse before breaking in Respiratory What is hobdaying? Head shaking could be allergy related Constant nasal discharge Bleeding from the nose Sneezing after recovery from flu Horse coughs on exertion Should I give echinacea for low grade pharangitis? Is a horse with COPD rideable? Internal systems Could lameness stem from kidney problems? Are kidney infections common in horses? Mare has blood in urine, has trouble passing urine Heart problems suspected Spleen and abdominal abnormalities Sore back caused by kidney problems? Horse sweats a lot Liver problems in horses Aged mare has chronic diarrhoea Treatment for recurring ulcers Help for mild diahorrea Help for Cushings Syndrome Feeding and supplements What does cider vinegar do for a horse? Treating grass staggers Purpose of B vitamin complex intramuscular injection Where do I buy Rosehip tea? Please advise a natural painkiller Tell me about your sarcoid mix Feeding an early weanling What are the benefits of Epsom salts? How much molasses each day? Views on selenium - and can it help laminitis? Can bute give peope leukaemia? Preventative treatment for tying up Dieting mare needs pep food Treatment for a dull coat Information on copra meal Treatment for short, thin tail Pony has floppy crest Foal eating and chewing wood Horses eating bark of trees Ways of giving Selenium Poisoning Round Up poisoning Are lumps a reaction to Strangles vaccine? Management Horse living in mud and manure Working mare sweats a lot, not losing weight Head, mouth and teeth Nervous horse is displacing palate Hypericum oil might help facial paralysis Parasites Help in recovery from worm infestation Mare gets lice every winter Horse hasn't been wormed for a long time Skin conditions Recipe for fly repellant Sunburn or scabby nose? What are cracked heels / sand heels? Lumps under the saddle Pony gets sunburned, has had melanoma lumps Itchy melanoma lumps inside sheath Irritation in wither area Reducing scar tissue Mud fever treatment Detox may be needed to help cover rubbing Horse has cyst on shoulder Warts or sarcoids? Help for girth galls Dealing with bad mud fever Hair is falling out Hair loss and itching under rug What are sarcoids? Itchy bumps in girth area Help for sarcoids Breeding & foals Mare is always in season Unbred mare producing milk Can I breed a mare who has has ryegrass staggers? Filly producing milk, never in season Mare comes into heat every 10 days Can half brother and sister be bred? Mare has behavioural problems during season Breeding 18yo mare for first time Mare in season, foal has diarrhoea Possible genetic problem in foals Foals dying from ulcers Mare incontinent after difficult foaling Aged horse care Mare no longer lies down Behaviour My horse is jealous and vicious Horse grieving for late companion Horse rears, kicks, and strikes out when fed Extremely nervous miniature colt Colt with behaviour problems needs castration Can a TB/QH cross do endurance? Mare exciteable and unpredictable Horse feeling very well, but going silly Hyperactive gelding Horse too attached to others Horse has gone nutty - should I feed magnesium? Mare will not canter Horse nervous when ridden alone Racehorse gets nervous before race Help for a wood chewer Eating straw in stable Mare erratic when ridden