Lame hind legs

Beekissed said:

so if the selenium and Vit. E doesn't work after a couple weeks, then I'd try the wormer.

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Too true!

Beekissed said:

I've found that black oil sunflower seeds are high in selenium and it's something they'll eat along with any other grain based feeds you may be giving. That's something you could add a little of to feed each day also

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One thing that I'm always worried about is when it says, " don't give more than X AMOUNT ppm". M always afraid I'll give to much and hurt them more. Do I just throw a cup full of sunflower seeds in with their grain?

Mini Horses said:

On line you can generally pull up the label for the product.

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I checked online at Rural King and Orschelns but neither showed their amounts.

mystang89 said:

Too true!



One thing that I'm always worried about is when it says, " don't give more than X AMOUNT ppm". M always afraid I'll give to much and hurt them more. Do I just throw a cup full of sunflower seeds in with their grain?



I checked online at Rural King and Orschelns but neither showed their amounts.

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Yep, that's pretty much how I do it. A half cup to mix into their regular feed. I don't think you can overdose her on selenium via BOSS if she's already Se deficient..and even if she isn't. A couple of weeks of that wouldn't hurt at all.

THAT I can do! Will give updates. I went ahead and have the first drench of ACV today. She LOVED it.... /sarcasm. That's ok though if it helps.

My goats & chickens LOVE BOSS. Chickens will eat that before their other feeds -- pick it out. Horses get some, too. Ahhhh, the oils give lovely hair coats, shiny feathers.

I buy it in 50# bags. And I grow the flowers, save the heads & they eat the seed from it. Of course, I'd need acres of them for my crew. But it's a fun time for the chickens in the winter when other things aren't there to scratch for.
I'm with Beekissed, except for the entire bag, you won't overdose.

Thanks to all for the replies

And thanks to the hubby for doing the research

I think the acv might be helping! When I went outside to bring her in for the night so I could give her another helping of ACV I believe I saw her actually try to run away. Made my heart so happy.

mystang89 said:

I think the acv might be helping! When I went outside to bring her in for the night so I could give her another helping of ACV I believe I saw her actually try to run away. Made my heart so happy.

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That's great!!! The only drench I use for deworming or parasites of any kind~or just for a health booster~ involves ACV with the mother, garlic, raw honey.

As promised, here is a pic of what goes into my sheep block.

...... Upside-down.... What can I say, I REALLY try to keep you folks lives interesting.
Now you can pity my @mrs.mystang89 even more.

Looks like it's missing a lot of vital nutrients. You might try a loose mineral as well...sometimes it's hard for animals to get enough of what they need off a block.

Here's a typical list of minerals appropriate for sheep:

Calcium (Ca) (min.) 10.00%, Calcium (Ca) (max.) 12.00%, Phosphorus (P) (min.) 6.00%, Salt (NaCl) (min.) 16.00%, Salt (NaCl) (max.) 19.00%, Sodium (Na) (min.) 7.10%, Sodium (Na) (max.) 8.50%, Magnesium (Mg) (min.) .75%, Potassium (K) (min.) 1.00%, Iodine (I) (min.) 100.00ppm, Selenium (Se) (min.) 20.00ppm, Selenium (Se) (max.) 21.00ppm, Zinc (Zn) (min.) 1200.00ppm, Vitamin A (min.) 40,000IU/lb, Vitamin D3 (min.) 15,000IU/lb, Vitamin E (min.) 100IU/lb

I added the Boss in to their feed as well as ordered the Bo-Se. I'm not seeing improvement like I want yet so I'll probably give her a shot when it gets here if she hasn't improved by then.