eating poop

We have a great horse.  She's part Arabian and part Paint.  She is 12 years only and she has beautiful blue eyes.  We've only had her for about 5 months.  She has recently started eating her own poop.  My husband grew up with horses and his parents still have them but they haven't heard of this before.  Does anyone know why?

We have a great horse.  She's part Arabian and part Paint.  She is 12 years only and she has beautiful blue eyes.  We've only had her for about 5 months.  She has recently started eating her own poop.  My husband grew up with horses and his parents still have them but they haven't heard of this before.  Does anyone know why?

I did a search on google and found that the problem can be caused by protein deficiency of imbalance of microbes in the gut.  try a google search for "horse eating manure"  I have had a few horses do it for a short time and stop without really chaning things-  maybe they were new horses that started getting more nutrition once they moved in or perhaps started relaxing a little from the stress of a new place-

good luck

I wish to find out about how much my yearling stallion is worth. How , or were do i go to figure this out?

some horses do this out of boredom.  some do it because they are lacking minerals.  And starving horses do this.  Does she have salt and mineral blocks available??

We have a great horse.  She's part Arabian and part Paint.  She is 12 years only and she has beautiful blue eyes.  We've only had her for about 5 months.  She has recently started eating her own poop.  My husband grew up with horses and his parents still have them but they haven't heard of this before.  Does anyone know why?

Yearling stallion appraisals are pretty tricky unless you have something pretty special.

The quickest way to figure it out is to look on some of the web sites, such as Equine.com or Dreamhorse.com. You can do a bloodline search, entering the sire's name, and get a "ballpark" estimate on what he is worth. If you can't find any comparators with similar bloodlines, you could just do a search on the horse's breed and age, and the state in which you live.

If you have a potentially valuable horse, and you're looking to insure or sell him, you should get in touch with an equine appraiser familiar with your horse's breed and potential use (breeding, dressage, cutting, show jumping, etc.). Bear in mind, however, most "yearling stallions" , don't really have much breeding potential, and probably should be gelded.  Unless he is something pretty special he'll probably make a much better riding horse than a stud, and he'll be ever so much easier to handle.

I wish to find out about how much my yearling stallion is worth. How , or were do i go to figure this out?

We have a great horse.  She's part Arabian and part Paint.  She is 12 years only and she has beautiful blue eyes.  We've only had her for about 5 months.  She has recently started eating her own poop.  My husband grew up with horses and his parents still have them but they haven't heard of this before.  Does anyone know why?

The correct term for this is coprophagy, and it is usually caused by a deficiency of fiber in their diets.

There is a new product called "For-bid" that is suposed to help.  i would reaserch it first, though.  it comes in packets and you only need 1.5 packets for 2 days.  you can find it inn the latest jeffers on page 23 at the bottem.