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[RC] Horse sleeping too much - CowgirgoofDoes anyone have "lazy" horses that tend to lay down alot? My two horse live outside with access to their barn 24 hrs. To me it seems they lay down excessively (especially in summer). On my days off, I usually feed about 7am and they will be laying down when I get out to the barn, then maybe only 45 minutes later I notice them down again. If I just observe them from my kitchen window during the day, they will be down in the pasture again around 9:30-10am, 1-2pm, 4 or 5 pm and so on. They are always up on their brisket (rarely ever lay flat out), they don't seem uncomfortable, not running a temp. Just seems like laziness. They tend to stay down about 40 minutes, which I always thought was an excessive amount of time. I am in Florida where it is very hot and muggy and we are having excessive daily rain(although they do not lay down during the rain storms...) Do any of the vets on this forum have comments on this? Thanks, Becky =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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