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I think acorns are one of those things that if a horse is used to 
eatting them - they are fine, but if a horse has never had them before 
or it's been a long time and eats a bunch they will cause a problem. 
Where I used to live we had lots of oak trees in the pastures. The 
horses kept the acorns pretty well cleaned up. They never had a problem 
with them. Where I am not we don't have many oak trees - some pines and 
some wild cherry but only one or two oaks on 20 acres.

At a ride last year we happen to camp near a grove of oak trees. My 
horse ate, among other things, acorns on Friday night. I did pull him at 
30 miles because the just didn't seem right. He wouldn't eat. I suspect 
the acorns were bothering him since he hadn't seen many for 8 years 
(when he liven in an oak a hammock where he ate them all the time). I 
moved his pin out so he could not get them. In a few hours he was back 
to normal.

Of if your horse is used to them - I wouldn't worry much.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > And some 
> > horses can apparently develop an addition to acorns.
> >    
>
> A little clarification. He's got fresh Coastal Bermuda hay in front of
> him at all times. I throw more than they'll clean up out morning &
> evening. I've also started putting it at both ends of the field so if he
> happens to feel hungry under the oak trees and doesn't want to walk to
> the usual hay spot, it will be right there.  I don't know if the acorns
> are the problem, but I do know he loves them. When we were pre-riding the
> trail at Skymont he'd start trotting slower in some places with his nose
> to the ground, then stop dead and rustle around for acorns. (they had big
> ones!) It seems to have been a bumper crop this year...good for wild pigs
> I hear.
>
> Angie
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