Ask the Vet – How to feed miniature horses

In this excerpt from the May 2020 episode of Ask the Vet (https://youtu.be/deXO8L5uYOI), Dr. Gray and SmartPaker Dan dive deep on how to feed mini horses. Dr. Gray explains why you need to be on top of minis’ health, how often you should be checking their weight and body condition score, a great home-schooling math exercise for calculating a mini’s weight, things to consider when turning them out, and the types of colic that are more prevalent in minis (including HORSE HAIRBALLS!). Plus, lots of cute photos of minis!

Additional reading/watching material mentioned in the video:
Ask the Vet individual topics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYc1fRT-Znh7r1veIfAzMUHd-AsA85sY

Ask the Vet blogs: http://blog.smartpakequine.com/category/ask-the-vet/

Horse Health Library Videos: http://pak.horse/HHLvids

Ask the Vet form: http://pak.horse/2gkBThy

Ask the Vet – COVID-19 and equine coronavirus: https://pak.horse/ATVCOVID19

Barn Field Trip playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYc1fRT-ZngO1VrlfwuTRwN9jR3ogeoK

How to Body Condition Score Your Horse: https://pak.horse/BCS

Ask the Vet – How to interpret hay analysis: https://youtu.be/c9zhFGlNGQY

Ask the Vet – Steaming vs soaking hay: https://youtu.be/TUXE4Gj5R6U

Ask the Vet about colic in horses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYc1fRT-ZnglXSQL6zHYhHDtUh5inPFa

The Anatomy of Laminitis in Horses: https://youtu.be/ubUMx2SrK4Y

Ask the Vet – Difference between founder and laminitis: https://youtu.be/ZGnJopVJsTo

Ask the Vet – Mineral oil for colic prevention?: https://youtu.be/d9GkYPeJDYg

To see more from our Ask the Vet video series, you can check them out on the SmartPak blog (http://pak.horse/2bt0jyw), SmartPak’s Horse Health Library (http://pak.horse/HHLvideos), or on our Ask the Vet playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYc1fRT-Znh7r1veIfAzMUHd-AsA85sY).
 
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