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Body Parts

It is very important to know the body parts of a horse. If your horse gets injured you need to tell the vet where your horse is hurt! This is a very important thing to learn. Also you need to know what to do if your horse does get hurt. Also, make sure that you memorize what your horses body feels like. If your horse hurts his leg, you need to know if it feels swollen or not.

Worming

Worms are NOT good for horses. They can cause many problems.

Worms can cause...

  • Illness 
  • Colic 
  • Coughing
  • Diarrhoea
  • Weight loss
  • and sometimes even Death

    • This chart shows what your horse can get and at what age.

    Foals
    Up to Three Years
    Adults
     
    Threadworm--
    Large RoundwormLarge Roundworms-
    Large RedwormsLarge RedwormsLarge Redworms
    Small RedwormsSmall RedwormsSmall Redworms
    -TapewormTapeworm
    -HairwormHairworm
    -LungwormLungworm
    -PinwormPinworm
    -BotsBots

                        http://www.animalherbcompany.com/articles/horse_worms.htm

     Here are some different types of worms...

    Bots

    Large Roundworms

    Lungworms

    The Large Redworms

    The Small Redworms

    The Tapeworms

    Threadworms

     

    To treat worms, you can feed your horse wormer. You can buy wormer just about any place that has farmer/horse supplies.

    Food

    Grass & Hay - horses eat grass till it gets to the dirt. put hay out if you don't have a lot of grass and in the winter

    Timothy Hay - dried, chopped, and compressed, pieces of hay

    Barley - good source of nutrition, good for in the winter

    Bran - easily digested

    Beet Pulp - if you have a really skinny horse, use this to fatten them up

    Oats - gives your horse energy, easy to digest

    Sweet Feed - molasses with chopped corn, pellets, and oats

    Pellets - they are a mixture of oats or barley, corn, vitamins, and minerals with a little bit of molasses