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I also have an equine garbage disposal.  I was riding him this afternoon 
after he consumed an entire large flake of oat hay in about 20 minutes. 
 Every 10 steps he'd have to stop and poop!  What goes in must come out.
Laney

RDCARRIE@xxxxxxx wrote:
> LOL!  If that's the case, then my 5 yr old, 14.2h CMK gelding Sundance 
> will be a good one.  I swear that sucker could eat his weight in hay, 
> given a chance.  He was penned up with a bad case of scratches a couple 
> months ago...our retired neighbors fed him while we were gone for a 
> couple days...the husband gave him a whole new bale of hay (ours weigh 
> right around 50-55 lbs) at 6 am, knowing he'd get home late that night 
> and not wanting his wife to have to feed him, and not wanting him to run 
> out but not knowing just how much he'd eat.  She went over anyway at 
> 8:30 pm to check on him, and he had no hay...just a little skim on the 
> ground...so she gave him some more.  That horse is an equine garbage 
> disposal...if it's not nailed down, he'll eat it.  I've never seen a 
> horse eat as much or as continually as he does.  He's starting 
> conditioning now (will do his first LD in a couple weeks), and he's 
> taking to it like a duck to water.  :)
>
> Dawn and Epic Sundance (did she just insult me or compliment me with 
> that 'equine garbage disposal' comment???)


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