Gotcha Equine apologise for not having the horse health checklist fully operational. This will be a functional tool in the near future. If you would like to be notified when this is operational or would like assistance in working out what could be wrong with your horse, please email Gotcha Equine (including your phone number). Below is a brief list of the some symptoms. There are MANY more.

 

 

ALLEVIATE

 

• Badly behaved/very skatty, spooky and anxious/over sensitive/violent bucking,
• Bolting off in short bursts/grinds teeth/tight and tense/claustrophobia,
• Sore back/cold back/muscle tightness/unpredictable,
• Unsafe/can't handle pressure of competition,
• Can't get a saddle to fit/discomfort with saddle,
• Weak behind/grass tetany (flush of grass)/appears lame behind,
• Head-flicking,
• Short stepping/skips in canter with hind legs,
• Stressful situations - travelling/racing/competing,
• Herd bound (goes ballistic if paddock mate leaves).

 

 

ALLEVIATE XTRA CAL

 

Calcium should be given to all horses all year round. Most Australian soils are under half the required level. All horses in all situations need a calcium supplement. It's supplied separately from Supreme Australian-Horse Vit & Min because horses have quite varying requirements depending on environment and work load. Calcium keeps horses calmer and free moving and may extend their working life and is an important supplement for pregnant and lactating mares.

 

Calcium is vital when grazing oxalated grasses (Kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum), Setaria (Setaria sphacelata), Buffel (Cenchrus ciliaris), Green Panic (Panicum maximum), Pangola (Digitaria eriantha), Para Grass (Urochloa mutica), Sand Bur (), Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum), Signal Grass (Brachiaria decumbens) and Purple Pigeon Grass (Setaria porphyrantha)).

 

Horses grazing oxalated grasses or chronically lacking calcium may display the following:

 

• Enlarged parathyroid gland,
• Unexplained lameness,
• Leg bone splints/bone demineralisation,
• Heavy sweating can cause cause calcium imbalance,
• Ruptured tendons, spontaneous fractures,
• Facial crest (particularly in growing horses)/'Big Head' (Hyperparathyroidism) - swollen facial bones,
• Loose teeth/stiff gait/short stepping,
• Enlarged joints/joint and bone tenderness,
• Young growing horses fail to reach expected height,
• Obstruction of nasal passages, which may cause a noise and/or discharge,
• Developmental orthopedic diseases/tendon contracture.

 

 

DE-TOX

 

• Badly behaved/very skatty and anxious/over sensitive/unpredictable,
• Dislikes handling (ears, chest and sides)/head-flicking,
• Bolting off in short bursts/violent shying/violent bucking,
• Unsafe/can't handle pressure of competition,
• Can't get a saddle to fit/discomfort with saddle,
• Spaced out/eyes glazed over/staring out at things not there,
• Weak behind/staggers/skipping hind legs in canter,
• Standing base wide/standing out behind/tripping and stumbling,
• Appears lazy/dragging hind feet/has trouble walking/lays down a lot,
• Chews wood/mystery colic/acidosis/resentful to do 'up-transitions',
• Herd bound (goes ballistic if paddock mate leaves), excessive aggressiveness,
• Excessive snorting/overheats when rugged/fence walking,
• Small frequent manure/scours and diarrhoea,
• Effect the reproductive system/raging seasons/prolonged gestation,
• Excessive sweating/sweating with very little exertion/smelly sweats,
• Sweating up in situation they don't normally do, such as floating.

 

 

SUPREME AUSTRALIAN-HORSE VIT & MIN

 

• Vitamins and Minerals may have a role in assisting with dull coat/no topline,
• Cracked and flaking hooves/thin hoof wall/ill-thrift/lacking energy/extended recovery time/developmental orthopedic diseases/tendon contracture,
• Compulsive eating/can't keep their head out of grass/failure to reach genetic potential,
• Prone to stringhalt/abscesses/mud fever/sunburn.

 

 

 

 

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