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Re: [RC] I Am In Desperate Need of Advise - rdcarrieWhat about emptying the tank and putting some food in it - something really yummy that they can't resist (some sweet feed, carrots, etc.). Perhaps they'd eat the food, and without water there to "remind" them of getting shocked, they'd get used to the tank again. Then try filling it with water again?
Dawn in East Texas -----Original Message----- From: IcyPony@xxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:37:47 EST Subject: [RC] I Am In Desperate Need of Advise About 6 weeks ago my tank heater shorted out and shocked my 7 horses. The tank heater had only been plugged in for about 2-3 hours that day. I have always kept my tank heater plugged into a GFI outlet and the water tank is attached to a grounding rod. It turned out my GFI outlet was not working so it didn't trip. The grounding rod probably kept my horses from being electrocuted. It was 4 days before I realized my horses were not drinking. Since then I have tried everything I can think of to get them to drink out of the water tank again. I normally have a large metal tank that serves 2 pastures. I removed the metal tank, put in 2 Rubbermaid tanks, I have moved the horses to different pens with different tanks, I have tried floating carrots and apples in the water, I even put peppermint extract in the water because I heard horses like peppermint, but I can only get 3 horses to drink out of the water tanks. The other 4 will only drink out of buckets. I have tried to take the buckets away and the horses start
eating snow which will not provide them enough water. I can't keep hauling buckets of water all winter. The buckets freeze quickly and the horses don't have free access to water. I'm afraid they will colic. Does anyone have any ideas?
Mary
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