by Victoria Ferguson | Jul 8, 2021 | Hoof Care
When Sallie met Percy back in 2013 she fell in love with the very handsome Percheron gelding. She bought him even though he had a severe case of thrush, and a week later her farrier gave her the bad news that it was a hoof canker. At that time she was living in Nimbin...
by Victoria Ferguson | May 28, 2021 | Herbal Medicine
Liz Healy from Samford in Qld contacted me in September last year for help with her beloved Thoroughbred mare Elle who was suffering badly from inflammatory airway disease. For the previous six years Elle and Liz had completed many heavy duty trail rides and Elle was...
by Victoria Ferguson | Mar 7, 2021 | Equine Herbalist Blog, Off the Track Thoroughbreds
Looking a picture of confidence, but the transition from the racetrack to the competition arena is usually a long journey. Here’s how Yvette did it, ultimately with the help of a VF Natural Diet and Herbal Treatment Program. She bought Cuzi sight unseen (usually not...
by Victoria Ferguson | Feb 12, 2021 | Events, News
South Australian show horse rider Brianna Duncan has been a highly successful show rider for the past 10 years, currently with Deevie (Double TT De-Vita), and has recently started dressage competition with her Warmblood gelding Felix (Heathmont Formula One). The...
by Victoria Ferguson | Jan 19, 2021 | Herbal Medicine, Off the Track Thoroughbreds
Published in Horse Vibes Magazine Nov/Dec 2020, is this great story written by Amanda McWhinnie …. A practising equine herbalist for 25 years, VICTORIA FERGUSON has been instrumental in the healing of many injured and sick horses – but few needed her help quite as...
by Victoria Ferguson | Nov 13, 2020 | Cushings Disease
TEDDY’S MAKEOVER From a shaggy old pony with no life force … To a much smoother look and keen to get out and about ..Teddy’s devoted owner Leanne Landy takes up the story … My horse Teddy who is 24 years young, was diagnosed with Cushing’s early in May this year....
by Victoria Ferguson | Nov 6, 2020 | Abscesses
Hoof abscesses are a common problem for horses and their carers, so here’s how to heal them naturally. Sudden and extreme lameness in one leg, is the usual symptom of a hoof abscess, together with a digital pulse. This is located in the artery running down the inside...
by Victoria Ferguson | Oct 23, 2020 | Equine First Aid
COMFREY Symphytum officinale (pic Comfrey growing in my garden before the drought). Right now Comfrey is springing back from its winter dormancy and drought decimation in places where it has rained and is ready for use by people smart enough to grow it. Comfrey is...
by Victoria Ferguson | Oct 15, 2020 | Laminitis, Stringhalt
Cindy from Oberon in NSW contacted me last year to treat one of her precious Shire horses who had come down with Stringhalt. Comet an 8-year-old 17.3 hand gelding was put onto clean pasture with his mates, and given his herbal medicine and special feed once a day by...
by Victoria Ferguson | Oct 9, 2020 | Garlic
Garlic has been used as a food and a medicine for humans for over six centuries and is now in widespread use as a feed supplement for horses all over the world. I have fed Garlic to my own horses for more than 15 years, and for the past 10 years have recommended it to...
