Re: [RC] Horse Management in Excessive Heat - Karen Sullivan
today Coyote the mustang came up as I was filling the trought, as usual and
stood breathing down my neck until I stopped and turned the water on
her....would have stood there for hours while I gave her a good soak....
I have been wondering what she would do with a sprinkler, so put on hose
and dragged out into my back paddock. She wandered over to investigate,
and first stood head first under it, then turned around and backed up to it....I
was in hysterics...she shimmed her butt back and forth until she was standing
over the sprnkler! After about 5 minutes I decided too much waste of
water...so turned it off and she went and rolled in the manure pile....
Subject: Re: [RC] Horse Management in
Excessive Heat
HA ! Here in Yuma, AZ we have been hitting 116+, with
nighttime temps in the 90s. The horses spend the mid day
under the shades but other then that I don't notice them doing too much
different. I usually add some electrolytes to their beet pulp mixture when it
is this hot. I don't notice them taking in any more mineral salt then
they normally do. I do go out periodically and hose them off with
cool water 1-2 times a day. They do seem to appreciate the cool
baths, but then they promptly drop and roll in the sand.
