Neigh Neigh Nosh

01/12/2025

Did you know that a healthy gut starts with prebiotics? 🍌 They aren’t the live microbes themselves, but rather the essential food for the beneficial probiotics already living in your horse’s hindgut.

The key to superior gut health lies in a diverse range of natural, unprocessed fiber sources. We believe that nature knows best, which is why our ‘Hindgut Builder’ harnesses the magical medicine of green bananas. This powerful prebiotic encourages your horse’s gut to produce what it needs to be truly healthy—like volatile fatty acids, digestive enzymes, and natural toxin eliminators.

Give your horse the gift of health from the inside out with our ‘Hindgut Builder.’

Please get in touch if you wish to purchase, we are putting finishing touches onto website

29/11/2025

Does your mare get a little moody from spring through mid-autumn? You’re not alone! 🐴 I’ve created a simple but powerful blend to help our girls and Shatahn who is EMS

My secret? A blend of chaste tree berry and echinacea. Chaste tree is a powerful herb for hormone balancing, while echinacea is fantastic for immune support. It’s the perfect combination to help mares feel more comfortable during their seasonal changes.

It’s all about helping our horses feel their best, naturally.

28/11/2025

Seeing a lack of muscle tone in your horse’s hindquarters? 🐴 A nutrient deficiency might be the culprit. Even with a balanced diet of minerals and feed, many horses on grass, grassy hay, or basic rations are missing crucial amino acids.

Amino acids, especially Lysine and Leucine, are the building blocks that convert protein into strong, healthy muscle 💪. We’ve seen incredible transformations, like this mare who gained impressive muscle tone and felt less sore thanks to a boosted amino acid intake.

Our supplement, ‘The Body Builder,’ replenishes your horse’s amino acids and supports their overall health. It’s packed with:

🌿Pea protein and extra essential aminos Lysine, Methionine, Threonine
😊MSM for inflammation support.
😍Probiotics for a happy, healthy gut.
💦A hint of salt for hydration.

Unlike common premix feeds, which can fall short and natural feeds (like lucerne with nitrates or copra with low lysine, lupins low methionine), ‘The Body Builder’ is the comprehensive solution. Not sure what your horse needs? Just Message us for guidance!

I’m a qualified horse massage therapist too ❤️

26/11/2025

Dunno about you but I haven’t enjoyed last few weeks

2 horses passed away instantly in a awful electric storm that was close to the house, it was crazy and I had so much sadness for their owners 😢

I can’t help get storm anxiety after that experience

Other day we had gigantic hail, the sky was making bizarre sounds as it built up its load. It left path of destruction 😬😬

Today we had Pollair flying overhead for ages looking for someone, we were waiting for them to say get on the horses and go look for him.

I hope our Dove 🕊️ friend will keep peace and calm for a bit now

22/11/2025

We have TBs and then the arabs/ quarter horses

I often find them hanging in two separate groups it’s funny 😆

Or I see them hanging in colours

Bays n chestnuts
Greys
Flaxen and buckskin

We have two dams down bottom, they have this small one and then a giant lovely fresh one. I’m trying to get them to do more movement and exercise and they finally got the hint yesterday and came down to the bottom dam. They always hang on the flat areas as it’s easy picking

I ensure all our horses get time to rest, ‘REM ‘ rest, with friends they feel safe and secure with or on their own with friends next door. I think this is really important.

Being in a herd can be stressful so it’s important to recognise that.

21/11/2025

Do you understand your horses metabolic rate?

Shatahn has a slow metabolism - he does great on loads of lupins when in work, he’s calm and turns his fat into muscle.

Just like l a person if you eat more protein it increases your metabolic rate, helping you burn fat.

Fast Metabolism people like me and horses like Sparky, need the protein but also lotsa fat. As fat stops us burning into our muscle stores. I find if I eat protein combined with nuts I am not as fatigued.

Where as slower metabolism they already got those fat stores

Shatahn is looking great for 21 😍
Sparky is putting a smile on Josie’s dile 😃

06/11/2025

Jack was purchased by Grace 6 weeks ago - he’s a stock horse that was existing on a dry grass paddock up Kingaroy way!

Keep it simple and your horse will blossom 🌸

He’s on:

600 gram lupins (300 gram extra) if he does exercise
300 gram copra
1kg mixed chaff
Neigh neigh nosh - vitamin and minerals
Neigh neigh nosh - Body builder supplements

4 kg grassy hay, there’s not much pick in his paddock either!

Grace has kept him in light work such as:

💪 Relaxed walking circles
💪Relaxed walking poles
💪Walking up and down our hill
💪Gentle body exercises
Lightly ridden at walk and trot

This all helps the body develop strength without stress

28/10/2025

Yesterday was a scorcher day! I honestly felt like I was in a oven, the horses were loving it though no excessive sweating just happy horses . We are getting very dry and the grass is dead. Today I woke up to cold and rainy weather brrrr what a change!! Its this kind of drastic change that will challenge your horses immune system

Double their feed today
Double their vitamins and minerals
Double their hay

If they are unrugged like my crew they'll be using lots of calories today

It will be nice to have some green grass but that comes with new challenges, such as a increase in nitrates (if you are feeding lucerne you may overload your nitrates, and may upset your electrolyte balance). Head shakers, sore lower back, irrtitated gut and sore feet are all signs.

Anyways how shiney are our TB's :D
No commercial food just our healthy diet and amazing supplements
They don't cost a lot to keep healthy either, you just have to know how (around $15-$30 a week)

28/10/2025

Amazing image, you can't imagine all this being packed into your horse can you?

Gut health does'nt just stop at the stomach it is the entire digestive system.... from the stomach its the small intestine, then cecum (fementation vat) then the large intestine and then it comes out as poo

It takes around 3 days to transport from mouth to poo

Be mindful what you are feeding your horse, are you feeding anti inflammatory foods that makes the digestive system thrive.
Or inflammatory foods that put the digestive system under stress and congest the entire body.

A horse's full intestines can weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg), with the large intestine alone potentially accounting for that entire weight when full of feed.

The total weight depends on the horse's size and what it has recently consumed.
Key components of the equine digestive tract include:
Total capacity: The entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a fed, mature horse can hold nearly 50 gallons (190 liters) of fluid and feed.
Hindgut weight: The hindgut (cecum and colon) accounts for approximately 64% of the empty weight of the GI tract. This is the area where fiber fermentation occurs.
Large intestine capacity: The large intestine is a significant contributor to the total weight of the full intestines.
It can hold 80 liters (21 gallons) or more of food and water.
When filled with feed, it can weigh up to 100 pounds (45 kg).
Cecum capacity: The cecum, a comma-shaped organ on the right side of the abdomen, can hold up to 30 liters (about 8 gallons) of food and water.

Another thing to consider in our horses is that the small intestines is suspended via the mesentry to the vertebral column of the lumbar. The lumbar is one of the last places to mature in horses and is susceptible to problems. Lumbar pain is a common site of dysfunction in horses I see for several reasons…..that is another post!

Below is just the intestinal tract from a 15hh horse, in a dissection it takes 4 people to comfortably carry this all out on a tarpaulin.

Below is a link to whole collection of videos on the intestinal tract.

https://www.patreon.com/collection/1804697t

11/10/2025

I’m always questioning how much pain Lena is really in 💔

It’s incredible how she’s recovered from her chronic skin problems — but over winter, she definitely had some joint discomfort in her left fore, likely navicular pain. Lately, she’s been a bit lame again with the hard ground, so she’s had some bute and a few warm, muscle-soothing joint baths to help her out 🛁💞

But then I look at her…
She’s glowing on just 2 dippers of chaff, 1 cup of lupins, 1 scoop of our Body Builder, and 50g of our mineral mix. 🌿

It’s so hard to make those tough decisions when they look good, feel happy, and you’re managing them the best you can 😢💔

Sending love to everyone walking this same road — it’s never easy 🫶

09/10/2025

Another Arabian growing the most beautiful, full tail and improving his topline, gut health and temperament too 😍✨

When you meet your horse’s protein and amino acid needs, the results speak for themselves — stronger hooves, healthier hair, improved muscle tone, happier gut and calmer temperament 💪

Amino acids are the true building blocks of a healthy body — when your horse’s nutritional needs are met, they can shine from the inside out 🌿💫

09/10/2025

✨ Fab changes in just two weeks for this beautiful lady ✨

She’s still got a journey ahead, but she’s no longer starving or forgotten about 💕
A little love, good feed, and the right support go a long way.

She’s only on half a dose of our minerals and Hindgut Builder, plus lupins and hay — and what a transformation already! 🌱

So proud of how far she’s come ❤️ and her person, for acting and getting her to a better place