I am usually a lurker but I have to speak
up here. I am thrilled with Susans e-mail. Two of my horses had
started acting like they were on a ‘sugar high’ this week. I
had stopped giving them their alfalfa treats a few weeks back because I thought
that was it, hadn’t changed their grain so I had chalked it up to the
change in weather. It has been very warm these last couple days though and
still running and bucking and carrying on like crazy. They are young and
playful but this seemed a bit much. Sure enough I had started giving them
some dry beet pulp mixed with their grain to put a little weight on them cause
they are going through a growing spurt and looked not as filled out as I like.
I am really wondering now if it is the beet pulp and will now soak and rinse
like Susan recommends and see if it calms them a little so they get back to the
way the had been for the last year. Yes, I know, I am supposed to
be soaking anyway.
Kathy
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MARYYG@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:18
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Surgar in Beet Pulp/
Laminitis Scare
>>However, I was recently forwarded a copy of an
analysis of some beet pulp (admittedly, only one sample) in which simple sugars
ran incredibly high, over 30%---which for a seriously insulin resistant and/or
Cushinoid horse with laminitis issues, could potentially be
catastrophic<<
Doc, i really did enjoy your interests in the well being of
our equids, but you just stepped over the line. That line consist of true fact
and realistic information to the public. One sample in a true
scientific study doesn't have a conclusion or points of discussion.
Until the beetpulp study is complete theorecticals need to
be kept under wraps and tabled when conclusive fact
is found instead of therum. You sound like every other equine
prognosticator, scare the hell out of them first then explain it's just
very few horses that are affected..
