Hi, I have a 4 month old recently weaned N/H filly that I am fitting for the fall futuritys. She has very long legs and is quite tall, she is growing fast and...
Hi, First thing is get her on some MSM. And her diet must be balanced to help her legs and growth. We have rasied hypp weanlings on straight alfalfa hay with...
I went to Tractor Supply today to look at supplements and such. I read every ingredient on the trace mineral blocks and could not find any potassium or...
Hi Jennifer, A lot of brown blocks DO contain potassium. You can feed beet pulp to provide minerals and roughage to your horse's oats. Here is a list of ...
White salt blocks. Or feed loose white salt in with grain (oats). Here is a good source for low potassium mineral that works very well for hypp horses. go to:...
Hi I found the same thing when I looked at them...don't feel bad! I know everyone says that...but I know my colt has had some licks off our blocks and it...
Many times blocks and feeds will be loaded with potassium. ITS not always on the label.They dont have to list it either, but its there. Potassium is one of the...
My HYPP horses never ever get access to mineral salt blocks. Our stallion is stalled and pastured alone so it is not a problem for him. We have a weanling...
Its NOT true that hypp horses cant hardly be fed any minerals. They NEED them just as much if not more them normal non hypp horses. Vitamin E and selenium is...
Two weeks ago my much loved horse Storm had what I am pretty sure was an HYPP attack. The place where he lives just got some VERY green alfalfa. Storm gets 1/2...
Just out of curiosity- another poster (sorry, I can't remember who right off hand) had posted the potassium contents of hay and I don't recall seeing any under...
Hi, You can either feed 50% plain oats and 50% hay. feed by weight not volume. Or feed PLAIN beet pulp in place of all or part of the hay. This is what our...
It was a attack. You did the right thing by giving him the karo and walking him if he was able. Be careful not to have him fall on you. I would guess that it...
What part of the country are you in? State/Town....hay will very quite a bit from location to location and the potassium level will differ...have you had the...
Welcome to the world of HYPP. Sounds like an attack to me. Sorry for him and you. Some of us on this forum have horses that have and had attacks, go back...
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Beet Pulp......
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I have a 4 year old red dun QH gelding that we noticed a pectoral tremor on the first winter we had him. The vet did some lab work on him (not HYPP test) and...
No one would have given him anything. Now the water thing, I'll ask if one of the other horses in the barn had broken their auto waterer. If this happens, they...
I'm glad he is better. Maybe it would help to post very clear feeding instructions on his stall door and to inform anyone who helps to care for him of his...
Hey Connie, I was at Tractor Supply in Arcadia,FL yesterday and guess what they stock? BEET PULP! Might try it out ...if you think Andrew needs it. Mine is...
Ask them to order it. It all comes from the same place. We had are hard time finding it too. but now hace two places to get it from. I live in WI. And its made...
Hello, Many of you have heard of HYPP, but few have witnessed an HYPP attack. For those of you who have never seen an HYPP attack a video of an attack is now...
Thanks John,,, For the people who feel its a piece of cake,,, I have watched enough attacks with my Andrew, dont need to tune in to feel sorry for another...
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Hi connie...If I missed it did you test the baby yet? Shelley ps my boys 3 sibblings were all N/H that was 4 out of 4 and the dam was NH not HH ...
Not me,, Not breeding or hoping to ever own another HYPP N/H.... How ya been Shelly,,? I now have two horses with Problems,, the 2nd one without HYPP ...
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Connie sorry...I know who you are now..had a blonde moment....Whats going on with the second horse?? How is Andrew? Roger still has had NO attacks since the...