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Re: [RC] [RC] pawing at the water trough - Laurie Durgin

Weeelllll, we had a mare who did that, so got a taller trough, she still managed to do it. So we put big rocks around it ,so she had to stretch to get a drink and couldn't get her feet in. But she only did is in the summer :] Lauie/


From: Trail Pal <trailpal@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   pawing at the water trough
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 16:10:23 -0700 (PDT)

Help!  I just got a couple of young mares (3 yo) and at least one of
them likes to paw in the water trough!  The "trough" is a 40 gal oval
black rubber thing.  None of my other horses have done this.  One of
the problems besides having to refill several times a day is that the
flies are attracted to the mud created.

I'm thinking of building a platform to elevate the tub so they can
drink but have a hard time pawing in it.  (She also paws her feed
bucket; I fixed that by hanging it higher.)

Any other ideas?  Any warnings about how high to make it?  Obviously,
I'll have to make it hard to tip over...

Thanks,
Rosalie

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