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Re: [RC] Coastal Hay - Beth GunnI, too, have added grassy timothy and alfalfa(only a bit), to diet. Continue to feed 50% cb hay as well. The timothy is $35 a bale!!! Just try to fill your barn with that!! Have had no more probs (knocking on wood and crossing fingers and toes) since. From Charleston, and forest outside of there. See lots of trouble with mold in rb of coastal. Humidity remains too high to really dry hay for huge tight round bales. I don't like the idea of horses standing in one spot for hours to eat that much food, regardless of what type of hay it is. enjoying this southern "riding" weather in January!!! Beth Gunn AERC11165 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cowgirgoof@xxxxxxx> To: ""Charles"" <cdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <stefffi_c@xxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Coastal Hay University of Fla vet hospital will tell you that their highest incidence of impaction colic is due to coastal hay. I personally have fed it for the 27 years I've owned horses in Fla, and never had a problem until recently. The horse I compete seems to be able to do OK on coastal as long as he's not working too hard on it. As soon as I would trailer him to rides or morning training rides, he would begin this strange "gassy/crampy" behavior out on the trail that I always thought was "hyper-motile" gut (in the form of loose wet gas or projectile manure balls). He is not nervous at all and non-Arabian, so I never was inclined to believe it was nerves. I finally discovered after a couple of seasons of him being in misery (he never really colicked except once) that it turned out that the coastal hay was impacting. Now he is on T & A and is a whole new horse on trail.(I'm also giving some beet pulp and bran to balance the calcium-phosphorous ratio) I believe some horses can handle it and some can't depending on their individual gut function. Becky Siler and Moyle Miles (just recently a "new" horse!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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