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My first wee one is black. I do not show Eddy. I wondered if I would be doing him a favor by giving him something like a hunter clip? Would his coat grow back in time for winter? Our summers have typically been in the 80s and often in the 90s with a few days at or just above a 100...

Thank you so much!!

My 37/38" Eddy can just reach the 100 gal trough if it's full. When the water level drops down he cannot. Thus I use a plastic muck bucket that I keep outside for his water which is perfect--untill it freezes so hard I can't break the ice up with a hammer. So, with latest bit of icy dicey...

I've been trying to balance my forage on FeedXL. Turns out the locally made supp which is high in Se (we are in a deficient area) was low in lots of other things. I found that MPV D-Carb Balance is almost perfect at 1/2 the dose for a large horse but the RDA percentages are so high. The...

Thank you. I think I'm on the right track. Because I accidently ordered my new vitamins in Smartpaks and not bulk, I will need to use less than they put in the wells. For about a year now I have even been giving my "big" horse slightly less than the amount for a 1,000 horse. Of course if we...

Smartpak and manufacturers of supplements seem to just say to give half of a full sized horse's quantity for a 500 pound horse. My guy may not even officially be a mini but at around 300 pounds it seems I'm either ODing him or throwing my money away. Seems that it should be calculated based...

I was just searching posts and found yours. When the vet came out the other day I commented that Eddy looked more like a horse than my friends' minis. He was a rescue and I have no idea what his background is. The vet commented something about him looking more like he has hackney in his...

I hope no one points out anything is wrong with this but on a whim I decided to try the wire cat brush to help my guy Eddy shed out. He seems to love it and it does a great job of getting rid of that never ending supply of hair. And what is it about mini hair that makes it cling to you? I...

I've been using a Hay Chix "Micro Mini" horse with a 1-1/4 inch hole since last September--one for my 14 hand horse and one for Eddy (approx 37"), my mini (/pony?!!). I decided I wanted to get a 2nd one for Eddy. They have replaced or renamed it the "quarter bale feeder" and besides the 1-1/4...

I have owned a fairly green approx 12 year old gelding for about 9 months. My inclination was to work him in a round pen to work on moving forward. However, when I was at a presentation by a breeder, she said not to start them in a round pen until you've got them trotting in hand on a lead...

Could I bother you with another question since Star Point can't get back to me for 24-48 hours and I'd like to order ASAP. Perhaps this is just a senior moment, but when they give the measurements on the web site, is that the measurement of the halter or the horse's head;i.e., is a medium 17''...

Very cute minis! Where do you get your halters? Thank you!

My friend and I are going to take a liberty lesson with our minis. The trainer likes you to have rope halters with 4 knots on the nose for full size horses. She's never worked with minis before and says 4 knots probably aren't necessary. I'm hesitant to get a halter with 4 knots for such a...

Yes! I got a wonderful little guy (the one in my photo). I'll see if I can remove the ad. Thank you!

Do you mean that you feed only alfalfa? No other type of hay?

I'm almost 9 months into mini-ownership. When I first got Eddy, I asked the vet about feeding alfalfa and the answer was it's okay but just a handful because they get fat so easily. But I recently read an (old--2012) article from UC Davis that is making me re-think this. Also rethinking for my...

Since most supplements don't provide information on how much to feed per body weight, how do you determine how much to give a mini?

Thank you. That's what I'm doing right now. Hopefully the grazing muzzle will work so he can stay out longer.

Just an update. Please let me know if I've gone off the deep end. I weighed out a 1/2 pound of orchard grass hay for both my mini and approx 750 riding horse. The horse ate it in 10 minutes and the mini took 20 minutes. If my math is right that means the mini would consume 1-1/ pounds of...

Never thought of that idea!