Old Time Remedies - what has changed? 0comments
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Ok - this got me to thinking in regards to Mary in Texas and her horse -What old time remedies can your remember that work? Which ones have stood the "test of time" and which ones are bunk?Mine i ...
Ok - this got me to thinking in regards to Mary in Texas and her horse -
What old time remedies can your remember that work? Which ones have stood the "test of time" and which ones are bunk?
Mine is:
1. Bleeding a horse for any reason to "cure" things. BUNK unless determined by a vet to be medically requisite - and I trust those cases would be few and far between.
2. Using leeches for eliminating hematomas or to get blood to flow. Now that one does job to get blood flowing back to an ear or other extremity. It is an old time remedy that was found to work both in horses and humans especially when reattaching body parts in humans love ears. Leeches are actually raised in sterile environments for this purpose - NASTY slimy things except hey..it works!
3. Sugardine - not such an old remedy but works a treat and is far far cheaper than Coppertox etc. for thrush or abscesses in hooves. Mix regular household sugar with betadine or iodine (7 percent) into a paste and pack in hole. Wrap clean hoof in a child diaper and then duct tape shut..remove diaper everyday and clean out hoof and in a few days hoof is much better within a week frequently is well.
4. Bran mash - works a treat on a horse that works hard during the week. There are many recipes for creating a bran mash so I won't post one (you can google and select yourself) but they do tend to work well and keep things "flowing along".
5. Beet Pulp - not so old but does go back to when farmers fed "mangels" to horses. It WILL put weight on a horse and all it takes is perserverance to get the horse to eat it (a tiny bit of black strap molasses usually convinces even the pickiest eater to gobble it up - plus there are minerals in the molasses that are good for horses - if your horse is IR - you can purchase the type that has no molasses added). Cover two to three inches with warm water and soak - I like to add all dry stuff together (feed supplements beet pulp) and then add the water stir till mixed well then add warm water and wait 15 minutes fluff with large spoon and serve. Works well for MY horses your mileage may vary.
I will say this about BP- regardless of people who feed it without soaking - if you cram your hand down in a handbag I would risk to guess you will go "ouch that hurts that is sharp that sticks".. now conceive your horse eating that dry..
SOAK people regardless of the literature that says otherwise. It makes it softer for the horse and easier to go down that l o n g esophogus. How would you like to eat BP dry? mmm? Takes 15 minutes with warm water well worth the not having to worry factor.
Anyone got others that relate to horse concern (not training - that is can of worms there...lol.) but to grooming or health (and please no old time remedies that involve surgery that might have worked on great great grandpa's mule..something may have gotten lost in the translation through the generations and I hate to see anything occur to someone's "baby").
Go for it some you I understand remember old time remedies that work and those that you tried that didn't work! Edited to add: YOU must have personally tried the remedy in question or read of the "bunk" in a book..no I heard from a friend of a friend for remedies that work..lol.
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