Healthy Horse Hints

Senior horses can lead long, active, happy lives with minimal care if thought is given to their specific diet, mental and environmental needs.

Read more: Natural Senior Support Priority Checklist

Just like a human eye, the lacrimal gland releases lacrimal fluid which lubricates your horse’s eye. Further like a human, there is a lacrimal caruncle, which is that very small prominence at the inside corner of the eyelid. Your horse has two tiny holes near the caruncle which come together to form a tear duct which opens into the nasal cavity just above the nostril. This is the naso-lacrimal duct and it’s about 12 inches long.

Read more: Support for Horse's Naso-Lacrimal Surgery

While no horseowner wants to hear a diagnosis of Navicular, treatment options offering hope are available.

Read more: Navicular...Disease or Nutritional Deficiency?

Castration is a safe procedure, performed on the vast majority of colts born today. If a domesticated male horse is not going to be used for breeding, he should be gelded. Castration will likely stabilize his disposition, making him more “socially acceptable” among other horses.

Read more: Stress-Free Gelding

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Worms are part of nature; a healthy horse can and will carry a small load of worms naturally. Your best defense against a heavy worm infestation is a healthy horse.

Read more: The Good, Bad and Ugly Truth Behind Tapeworm Infections