The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on November 30, 2013, 09:25:24 pm
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Has anyone used this to relieve arthritis in their horses, just found a bit about it on Facebook and wondered if it was worth trying.
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I use it on Pitstop who has a long term back problem. he has gone from struggling to walk when first put out in the mornings to cantering and bucking. I found the group on facebook a few weeks ago. Pitstop get 2 teaspoonfulls in his breakfast.
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I used it on myself - worked better than any anti-inflammatory the GP prescribed...
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Hmm, we have a pony on daily bute for arthritis. Wonder if it would be work trying this instead :thinking:
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I use Extraflex for my shetland stallion who is 20, think l will use the turmeric too, cant do any harm :thinking:
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I use it on Pitstop who has a long term back problem. he has gone from struggling to walk when first put out in the mornings to cantering and bucking. I found the group on facebook a few weeks ago. Pitstop get 2 teaspoonfulls in his breakfast.
Is Pitstop a Shetland? Just wondering about dose for Bug.
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pitstop is a great name. :thumbsup:
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Just ordered 3kg from eBay so going to follow the recommendations and mix it with some oil and black pepper.
Baloo's arthritis is not terribly bad but now that I am riding him regularly I want to be sure that he is comfortable.
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Pitstop is a Shetland Rosemary. he has been on bute off and on over the past 5 years. I can honestly say I have never seen him doing so well.
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Pitstop is a Shetland Rosemary. he has been on bute off and on over the past 5 years. I can honestly say I have never seen him doing so well.
Thanks. Will order some today and see how he goes :thumbsup:
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No horses but plenty of arthritis, I read this on another post and just had to re read this post as I think that's something I would try for me, I love a curry so always have Turmeric in stock!!. :thumbsup:
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This stuff has practically saved my stallions life, with in a week he went from barely being able to walk across the field to trotting then a couple of months later cantering and galloping around. Doubt we would still have him if it wasn't for turmeric. He was on danilon daily and still is but now on a lower dose. My boy is a shetland too but he is on quite a high dose he gets 4 table spoons in his breakfast. Thankfully he loves it and licks his bucket clean.
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Thankfully he loves it and licks his bucket clean.
My two love it too. Gonna try them on a vindaloo next week ;D
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Well Baloo has been on his turmeric for nearly 3 weeks and we are up to Tablespoonful a day, can't believe the difference in him, his whole demeanor has changed he is looking so much happier in the field. He was showing off the other day cantering circles and doing extended trots up the fence line. Haven't ridden because of the weather but have persuaded my daughter to ride him tomorrow as she will be able to tell immediately if he is as improved as I think.
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Don't know if I missed it in earlier post but for the Turmeric to work best you should feed it with oil (coconut, linseed or olive) and freshly ground black pepper - now I'll run and hide if you already knew this ;D
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Don't know if I missed it in earlier post but for the Turmeric to work best you should feed it with oil (coconut, linseed or olive) and freshly ground black pepper - now I'll run and hide if you already knew this ;D
Seriously? This isn't recipe for curry?
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Yes seriously :) I use turmeric, black pepper and linseed meal as the oil part
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I use linseed oil and freshly ground black pepper, rode him last week wow :o Was like riding a different horse
So much so that I had to bale out at one point. I know that sounds pathetic but I am very unfit and he is over 17hands and was getting very wound up by horses in fields either side of him. I did get back on and finish my ride, definitely not the plod he was a couple of months ago.
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Hmmm, there's soya oil in the chaff mix I use. Maybe that will do ??? They don't really need any extra calories
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Rosemary have a look at the Turmeric Users Group on Facebook, the pinned posts tell you what kind of oils to use as some are definitely not good to use, lots of useful information on there too.
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Will do. Thanks
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Use coconut oil if you are worried about weight apparently it can help them loose weight? I haven't used it as it is the most expensive of the three oils by quite some way.
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How are you getting on with using tumeric Rosemary?
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This sounds so interesting! I'm going to try it on my mare! Love this forum... Always new stuff to learn! Thanks for posting!
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Can you post the FB link to the right group - not sure which is the relevant one when I search? Also, has anyone used it on the rest of the farm animals? I have a goat with an achey leg, thought about trying it on her
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So how do you feed it? I may be a bit thick :dunce: but if I mix a small amount with a small amount of oil and BP then it's just going to be a little oily lump, roughly how much would I start with to feed my two mini shetlands? ie how much turmeric, oil and black pepper?
Thanks
ps I am sorry I don't do FB
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My big 17 hand boy gets 2 tablespoons of turmeric 10 grinds of black pepper and a big glug of linseed oil. If you are feeding your mini Shetlands I would start off with a teaspoonful, a couple of grinds of pepper and a little splash of either linseed,coconut or olive oil. I just throw it all into his feed and mix it up.
As he is not getting much to eat during the summer I am looking into making it into biscuits and feeding him a few of these each day.
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thanks Anne