Wow - I've never heard of the ice cube treatment. Yeh, I'd use that only as a last ditch effort I think. Seems like a horse would have to be awfully sick to stand for that.
Yeah and "Doc" can come do the deed:') I got swatted in the face with his tail just holding a themometer in. I had my hand beside his tail keeping it out of my way. He raised that bone up and went right over my arm.