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I've also heard of horses foundering after eating grass clippings - I think
once its cut the starches quickly convert to sugars or something like
that...................

Kathy Kelly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Mateef@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Feeding grass clippings


> > Is it safe to feed fresh grass clippings to horses?  My brother-in-law
> lives
> > next door and when he mows, he collects several handfuls of fresh grass
> > clippings to give to my horses.  I personally don't feel they need
> anything more
> > than what I feed them, but I don't want to cause hard feelings if it's
not
> > harmful.  Any hard data on this?  Thanks.
> Haven't seen an answer to this one, so I'll chime in.  In a word, NO.  In
a
> small quantity (handful sort of thing) as a treat there isn't likely any
> harm in it, but in quantity, grass clippings have a tendency to impact and
> ferment, causing some pretty nasty colics.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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