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Regarding heat and old horse.....with extreme heat; I have filled 25 gal drums
with water; and put a couple handfulls of bran and handful of salt
floating on top; the horses take turns chugging it down.....then after
the salt kicks in they come back for more clear water....all in all,
they drink gallons and gallons....end up with very moist poops.....

Anything you can do to get more moisture in your old guy; bran water;
really soupy beet pulp mashes, some extra salt and soak his hay.......
Karen

On 8/7/07, L gin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>   I am watching my thermometer, it's now 88 degrees, humidity 70%,  oh,
> good it is dropping, it was 90% humidity and hour ago at 78 degrees. The
> last  couple days the hroses are sweating just walking in to get their
> suppliments. Everyday they have dried salt on their backs. I injured my
> shoulder  don't ask me how I woke up last Monday and  couldn't move without
> alot of pain.
>  Finally up and around  on Aleve and trying not to use my right arm for
> anything strenous. It's in my shoulder blade and neck--I did 'something"
> last  year while pulling our RAMM fence and it has come and gone since
> then---So this heat wave hit and  I had the younger son  feeding the old
> horse.
>  Finally got outside and  noticed his neck is  wrinkling, so I did a pinch
> test and  it's not as good as it should be-- he has dropped some weight, but
> don't think it is that(that was a month ago when he accidently got locked in
> for  24  in  his stall and then was anxious about eating  for a couple days
> unless I stayed with him and hand fed him. He  can loose weight if he misses
> one meal (big Tb--24 years old or so).
>   Anyway , I added table salt to his food last night as I figured he isn't
> drinking enough perhaps. He has been gimping around again-- I beleive he has
> arthritis in his back or  shoulder. He has a old healed synoval injury to
> his  left knee, but he has been showing lamness that looks like it is higher
> up. Never any heat or swelling, I don't think it is in his feet or legs-----
> then it goes away. He'll run around with the  arabs, even rearing and
> kicking  out  like a bucking horse. Then he pays for it . May be lame like
> this for a  two weeks.
>    He is on 24 turnout and has to navigate a slope to get to the water
> trough.They all come in  together to drink  several times a day.
>     He gets MSN daily and a multivitamin suppliment for horses on grass.  4
> lbs of plain beet pulp  soaked. And  about 6 lbs of Alphalfa pellets and  1
> cup oil-- then some  Flax seed and  BOSS.Plus all the  grass hay  24
> /7--fescue/orchard. Not much pasture left, he does nibble  tree bark, but
> always has no matter where he lives or what he has to eat, and teaches
> everyone else to do it.
>      The weather is goiing to top 101 today and  close to that  all week,
> Humnidity in the  50-90% range. This is GEORGIA  heat-
> umidity--wave...........
>  I am thinking the plain salt block and the  mineral blockette is not
> enough--- I just hadn't gotten  around to getting loose  salt--- but am
> wondering if I should  get electrolites and add those to his feed or jsut
> throw in some  loose salt. Most around here are NOT the  endurance kind. But
> I did see some Acculites in Chattanooga .
>  Wow, I just looked again. it is 92% and 66% humidity and it's only 10:30
> am..Can't imagine hot  it will be at 4 pm when we are usually hottest part
> of the day. .
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