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Wendy,


	I feed Garlic to mine ..

	The reasons being :
	
	(A) Its supposed to be a natural fly repellent 
	(B) My chap suffers from asthma 
	

	I was advised by my vet if you over soak hay  the water that its 
	sat in is the equivalent of raw sewage ....YUK ...

Rachel 

    
    Wendy,
    
    I have in the past added garlic powder to my horses feeds. I've also
    heard it does good to their respriotary system. As for helping on the fly 
    front, not so sure - I never thought it helped, and tried it for that
    reason, as a couple of mine get really irritable when flies are rife.
    The only thing I noticed was a garlic breath (used to really turn my 
    stomach first thing in the morning...) - maybe thats what the flies 
    around us like!
    
    Regards
    
    Jayne.

    Shouldn't you be using real garlic cloves...not garlic powder.  
    My assumption would be the garlic powder is processed therefore, would 
    lose it's natural "medicinal" qualities.
    
      

    Wendy,
    
    I add garlic powder to my horses feed in the summer months only, to act
    as a fly repellent.  I think it works by the horses literally sweating
    the smell through their skin!!  We may not be able to smell it but the
    flys can.  Ever noticed how the Italians don't seem to get bitten by
    mozzies???
    
    My horse will only eat certain brands (those that don't smell too
    revolting)!! 
    
    On the hay front, I don't think it's best to soak hay for over 1/2 hour
    and if possible, use a hose pipe to flush water through instead of
    soaking it (raw sewage).
    
    Bye
    
    Liz

    On another note, if your horse has a respiratory problem, there is a
    product, produced in the U.K., called Horseage, that is specifically
    for that problem.  The process was developed in the U.K. and has been
    licensed here the States by one farm in Connecticut.  I have a horse
    with terribly allergies to molds and dust.  Without Horseage, my horse
    would probably be dead.  My Vet calls Horseage a miracle cure and I
    agree.  
    
    Horseage is regular hay that is cut, baled almost immediately,
    compressed slightly, and sealed in a clear plastic bag inside a white
    plastic bag.  All the dust is eliminated along with all the "bad"
    molds.  Any molds sealed in are "good" molds (it's true) and the
    horses eat them right up.
    
    My horse loves this product and the other horses beg for it.  It smells
    slightly pickled, like sileage.  It reminds me of my childhood on the
    dairy farm, so I love it.  Not everyone does.
    
    I can't recommend this highly enough.  Of course, I have no idea where
    you would even begin to look. Perhaps your Vet would be able to direct
    you.
    
    Please write and let us know how you're doing.
    
    gwen
    
    p.s.  Another benefit of horseage is that all the available nutrition
          get sealed into the plastic bag, not lost through drying as with
          traditional methods.
    

    Gwen,
    
    We do have "Horsehage" in the UK and many other similar products, I
    have fed William on horsehage from time to time.  It is very good stuff
    as you say, but you have to feed half the amount that you would feed
    hay.
    
    I am not very happy about feeding soalked hay but the yard where I
    keep William this is common practice.  It makes my stomach turn to see
    whats left in the old bath. In the summer this stinks and I hate feeding
    it to him, I just sprinkle the hay with the hose when no one is
    looking!   
    
    
    Apparently yous should only soalk hay for a maximum of 10 mins (So one
    vet has said in one of those horse magazines!) Thats enough time to get 
    rid of all those nasty bits in the hay...
    
    William has no problem with his wind, but I just want to take all the 
    necessary precautions to try not to damage his wind in any way.. I
    thought the garlic might help with that and also as a fly repellent..
    
    
    Wendy

Hi,


	Thats fine if you horse likes it, my chap took one 
	sniff and walked away and would not touch it !!!




Rachel 

    Hi
    
    I used Garlic powder every summer when one of my horses had sweet itch.
    As everyone else has said it did seem to help as a fly repellant.
    
    As for the Hay, well if its good quality hay it shouldn't need to be
    soaked should it?  
    
    Vikki

    Vikki,
    
    No I agree with you a good quality hay should not need soalking, but I
    think these days good hay is quite hard to come by at a reasonable
    price! The yard where I keep my horse they hay seems to be ok, but it
    is *VERY* dusty therefore is soalked!  So thats why I thought that I
    should feed garlic as well....
    
    Wendy

            Wendy,
    
            I have been feeding Crunchie garlic for years.  The only time
            she doesn't recieve it, is when it might counteract the effects
            of her homoeopathic remedies.
    
            The reasons  I give it to her are that it improves her
            respiration and digestion, also acts as a fly-repellant and her
            general well-being.
    
            We have found over the years that she is is prone to COPD when
            in an environment where the quality of hay etc is very poor.
            Giving her garlic does seem to improve her tolerance to dust.
            Unlike Jayne, I have not had a problem with her smelling of
            garlic.
    
            We have also found the purer the garlic, the better her
    	     response.
    
            If you'd like to know which of the various offerings are 
            prefered by us, or compare notes then give me a call.
    
            Good luck with William.
    
     
    	    Judy.

    How much garlic does one feed a horse. I take garlic powder pills daily
    because my own tendency for asthma. What brands have you used? Is there
    any place that sells it in bulk? My pills are rather expensive.
    
    Thanks, Ania
    

    I have managed to get my garlic for William.  It smells really garlicky
    and the recommended does is 50gms per day in the feed.. So last night I
    put it in his dinner thinking that he would not go near it, and to my
    surprise he ate all his dinner up, so hes obviously not too bothered
    about the smell or taste which is good.   
    
    I will have to wait about a week or so to see any difference, but his
    breth did smell a little this morning - just as if he had been out for
    a pizza!
    
    Keep you posted!
    
    Wendy

    I fed my horse garlic for worms!  A friend told me about it.  I 
    chopped carrots (a bunch), mixed in a couple cloves of garlic and
    added honey.  Gave him this about once a week and he NEVER had
    worms when his stools were tested.  Like a miracle!  
    
    And he loved it!
    
    Jean

    I fed this garlic/carrot/honey mixture once a month, not
    once a week!!!!!
    
    Sorry about this error!
    
    Jean
    ex
    

    Feeding garlic for worms is an ancient folk-medicine treatment. I knew
    a kid whose grandmother treated him for worms with garlic. It seemed to
    work because the next day the kid passed worms and felt better.
    
    But before I'd credit "a couple cloves of garlic" fed once a *month*
    as keeping an animal as large as a horse free of worms, I'd ask one
    simple question: Did his stool show worms when tested *before* he was
    on the garlic?
    
    

    Yes, his stool did show worms before using the garlic.
    
    We paid good money for and threw away many kinds/brands of worm
    medicine that he would not eat.  A waste of time and money. 
    
    J