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Re: [RC] Sick horses at Old Selam - rides2farbut my vet thought my mare might have gotten sick from drinking out of puddles. Interestingly, she loves to drink out of puddles, and sucked quite a few dry. His thought was that the rain washes animal feces down into the puddles, then when the horses drink they get sick. Sounds farfetched to me. I was told that if you ever get desperate enough to drink in the woods puddles were safer because you can *see* what's in them whereas a stream may have a dead bloated coyote in it just upstream. YUK! I also was told that puddles on a gravel road possibly had some calcium washed in them from gravel?? so horses may crave puddle water more? I think my horses prefer puddle water because it's warm. Kaboot was always a puddle drinker and only drank from streams if necessary. Also, I can't remember him ever taking a dump in a puddle, but Angie ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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