equine obesity

Join EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels and Liz Somerville as they discuss a current topic that has seen a bit of debate on social media – is it time to stop talking about rugging?

From over-rugging, not rugging for welfare purposes to rugging for practical reasons – Liz and Liz share their own thoughts, as well as some research from Dr Marlin, on this hot topic – no pun intended.

While Liz S holds her hands up when it comes to adding an extra rug, Liz D admits to being ‘nesh’ and has to try hard not to think her horses feel the cold like she does!

Topics include:

• when to rug
• when not to rug 
• how over rugging is contributing to the obesity crisis we have in the UK horse population 
• practical tips on rugging
• why horse's don't feel the cold like we do 

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In this week’s episode Liz Daniels chats to Liz Somerville who is wearing her Loch Leven Equine Practice hat, to discuss the very relevant subject of laminitis, overweight ponies and just how dangerous this devastating condition can be.

With the grass growing at a rapid rate, vets are currently seeing a massive spike in the number of horses and ponies with laminitis. We chat about the risk factors and what triggers laminitis, how we all need to be better at recognising when our horses are overweight and why horse owners struggle to implement a successful weight loss plan.

However it’s not all doom and gloom, there is lots that we can do to minimise the risks and help our horses and ponies. If you want to learn more, here are some of the other resources that we discussed during our chat.

A conversation about laminitis with The Podcasting Equine Vets

A conversation about equine obesity with The Podcasting Equine Vets

EquiTeam’s blog on ‘How you can prevent laminitis’

EquiTeam’s Body Condition Scoring download