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Oxalates are compounds that bind to calcium and other essential minerals, locking them up in forms that horses cannot absorb. Because calcium is critical for so many vital body functions—bone strength, muscle contraction, nerve signalling, cardiovascular function - this binding process can quickly lead to deficiency. When dietary calcium is not available, the horse’s body pulls calcium from its own skeleton, leading to weakness, pain, and in severe cases, the bone disease known as Bighead.

Horses can sometimes display behaviours that puzzle their owners - like eating dirt, mud, or even manure. While alarming at first, these actions often signal underlying needs, either physical or emotional.

Whilst we can’t protect our horses from unforeseen reasons for colic, or eliminate the need for a vet, we can do our best to keep our horse’s digestive systems and nervous systems healthy with a whole food, natural diet, and good management practices, to aid in minimising the risk of possible colic.

Herbs are about peak nutrition. The misunderstanding that diet is a “science” is very concerning, creating a confusion where there doesn’t need to be one...

Horses can easily live up to the age of 30 thanks to the mutual effort of owners, veterinarians and equine herbalists. While the worldwide senior population is growing, keeping the right weight of your elder steeds is crucial to racking up the years and can sometimes be a complex process.

What sets performance horses apart from the average riding horse is their intelligence, beauty and sensitivity. They really are a professional riders dream- but for the amateur rider these beautiful horses can be a handful! Often sensitivity is interpreted as anxiety.

Paterson's Curse is an annual (occasionally biennial) plant that grows in autumn and winter and produces flowering stalks in spring and early summer. What we need to understand is the horse's natural behaviours and instincts; our feeding and farm management practices; and our pasture as a natural system all together, and then make simple accommodations to ensure that we don't force our horses into a situation where they poison themselves.

Big Kev (as he is now fondly known) was grinding his teeth sticking his tongue out a lot and head flicking. I’m very happy to see within weeks a huge improvement. He is no longer grinding at all and barely has his tongue out or head flicking. He is also calm and glowing with health.