Thanks for the info, Susan. I do feed about 30-40 percent
alfalfa during the winter and during colder spells (low 30s) I feed about 25 percent
more hay, but it was someone else wondering about acclimating their horse to
colder temps. Anyway, in reading
the article that Patti referenced below, it got me wondering about impactions
in the cold weather from horses not wanting to drink very cold water, and
someone recently asking about giving fluids rectally. So I wondered, if you suspected a horse were impacted would it help to
give a Fleets enema, like we do with the newborns? Or are they too small to be
effective? Just curious.
Kathy
Patti wrote:
North CarolinaState
has a guideline - Cold Weather Feeding Practices for Horses - for winter
feeding that shows how to calculate "critical temperature" and
additional feed needed.
