Apple Cider Vinegar for Horses - MUST READ!

Xiphias · 04-04-2007, 07:44 PM

Very interesting thread, I have a book that I got at the natural food store, called Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic, and Honey, nature's cure alls, it has lots of uses for all of them....now I will have to try some ACV for my horse this year, for flys and what else it can do for her! Cathy

warmbloodedgal · 04-04-2007, 08:28 PM

yeh its great and so is honey for an infection i use honey every time any of my boys cuts themselves to help prevent infections it works wonders!!!!

lacy · 04-05-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by warmbloodedgal

yeh its great and so is honey for an infection i use honey every time any of my boys cuts themselves to help prevent infections it works wonders!!!!

honey??? How do you use it??

spyro1 · 04-05-2007, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by warmbloodedgal

yeh its great and so is honey for an infection i use honey every time any of my boys cuts themselves to help prevent infections it works wonders!!!!

Honey also works wonders for horses with seasonal allergies and colds.

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Originally Posted by lacy

honey??? How do you use it??

I dose my 2 year old with 20cc of honey, right in his feed. It's kind of hard to draw it up so I cut off the tip of my syringe. Good stuff. I use a locally harvested honey for allergies, it helps to build immunities, kind of like allergy shots in humans. It also coats the throat with any coughing.

Shay's Sunshine · 04-05-2007, 05:11 AM

Excellant inf. Thank you! I prefer "natural" cures/help to anything on the market - seem to have less side effects.

lacy · 04-05-2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by spyro1

I dose my 2 year old with 20cc of honey, right in his feed. It's kind of hard to draw it up so I cut off the tip of my syringe. Good stuff. I use a locally harvested honey for allergies, it helps to build immunities, kind of like allergy shots in humans. It also coats the throat with any coughing.

Huh?! thats cool!

Do youo do that every day or just one dose when he gets a cut?

Kandi · 04-06-2007, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by naughtygirl

REALLY!! OMG i just txt you asking where i can get it from! Im going to ring them right now! THANKS!!

hahaha, see how did i know that you would ask!! lol

from my experance, go with RD1, when it comes to horse feeds, vet products, and things like this, they seem to hav the best range of choice and value for money with horsey products, comparied to the other farm supplies stores here, heck you can even buy zilco products there! (eg their halters and leads, grooming supplies etc etc)
and if your nice you get a pretty little discount card (gotta love a discount!!)

Morri · 04-06-2007, 08:28 AM

I've been using ACV in the feed for years as an insect repellent, just not as a wash for wounds. Heck, when I lived in Wisconsin, where the mosquito is the state bird

, I drank 2 TBL of it in a glass of water with honey to sweeten it (tastes just like lemonade) every morning and it sure worked!

I have been told that it even works (either apple cider OR white) diluted with water 1/1 or 2/1 as a fly spray for the horses.

I really prefer natural, and have found out the hard way, that anything with citronella in it makes any africanized bees attack!!!!

I had the farrier coming out and thought I would just give a good spray to the horse before hand! We were swarmed! Fortunately I was able to run with the horse to shelter and close the door! Who would have thought that! I found it out from the bee keeper that came out to remove a hive that had formed in an old tire that had been put around a plant to hold rainfall!

naughtygirl · 04-06-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kandi_

hahaha, see how did i know that you would ask!! lol

from my experance, go with RD1, when it comes to horse feeds, vet products, and things like this, they seem to hav the best range of choice and value for money with horsey products, comparied to the other farm supplies stores here, heck you can even buy zilco products there! (eg their halters and leads, grooming supplies etc etc)
and if your nice you get a pretty little discount card (gotta love a discount!!)

I get all my horse feed there, but i only run in grab it and jit, i never get time to actually have a good look around! I seen those gumnuts you were talking about the other day as well, im guna grab some for Cramello for over winter, so il see how those go!

How much ACV do you put in with your horses fed? is 1/4 a cup enough? or should i got for a whole cup?

lacy · 04-06-2007, 01:51 PM

Well, I went out and got a jug at the grocery store today.... wonder were I can start putting it??

I got a bag of feed- 1/ cup a day for a 2 year old QH right??

04-04-2007, 07:44 PM	#31
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,506 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	Very interesting thread, I have a book that I got at the natural food store, called Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic, and Honey, nature's cure alls, it has lots of uses for all of them....now I will have to try some ACV for my horse this year, for flys and what else it can do for her! Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts

04-06-2007, 08:28 AM	#38
Morri Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,079 Images: 94	I've been using ACV in the feed for years as an insect repellent, just not as a wash for wounds. Heck, when I lived in Wisconsin, where the mosquito is the state bird , I drank 2 TBL of it in a glass of water with honey to sweeten it (tastes just like lemonade) every morning and it sure worked! I have been told that it even works (either apple cider OR white) diluted with water 1/1 or 2/1 as a fly spray for the horses. I really prefer natural, and have found out the hard way, that anything with citronella in it makes any africanized bees attack!!!! I had the farrier coming out and thought I would just give a good spray to the horse before hand! We were swarmed! Fortunately I was able to run with the horse to shelter and close the door! Who would have thought that! I found it out from the bee keeper that came out to remove a hive that had formed in an old tire that had been put around a plant to hold rainfall! __________________ "Being born of the human race instead of the animal kingdom does not give you more rights. It gives you more responsibilities."

04-06-2007, 01:51 PM	#40
lacy Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NW GA Posts: 2,950 Images: 841 Blog Entries: 4	Well, I went out and got a jug at the grocery store today.... wonder were I can start putting it?? I got a bag of feed- 1/ cup a day for a 2 year old QH right?? __________________ www.brechtstables.org Its a work in progress, not done yet "Do not go where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" (Emerson) "No parent should have to bury their own child" (My great grandmother)

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04-04-2007, 08:28 PM	#32
warmbloodedgal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: australia Posts: 363 Images: 26	yeh its great and so is honey for an infection i use honey every time any of my boys cuts themselves to help prevent infections it works wonders!!!!

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Shay's Sunshine Full Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 267 Images: 13	Excellant inf. Thank you! I prefer "natural" cures/help to anything on the market - seem to have less side effects.