Re: [RC] Beet pulp and cigarettes (now colics) - Trailrite
Funny, "Back in the Days" (my Dads favorite saying) we used to use crushed up cigarettes and lemon juice! Although, I'm sure it didn't work at all, the horses back then never seem to have very many colic problems that I can remember. I was about 20 when I saw my first colic. I remember I was always concerned that I might not be able to identify a colic when it would really happen around me. I would read about it in books and look at the pictures to make sure I understood the symptoms. Of course that was when your farrier (oops, "horseshoer", no one said farrier then either) would also be the one that floated your horses teeth for $5.00 extra!
My family has always had horses. During my younger days (12-15 years old) I used to work as a trail guide in Palm Springs, CA. So I was around a lot of horses at these places. My Dad (now 78) only saw one colic until he started living with us. He then saw one of my mares colic while we were attending the Nat'l Championship at Warner Hot Springs. It was Ima Liberated Lady so my husband Charlie rushed home. She was fine after a Banamine injection.
Is it because horses have now lost the natural ability to fend off parasites and clean out sand with all of our new drugs and methods? I just wonder.....
Tammy Robinson Trail-Rite Products 18171 Lost Creek Road Saugus, CA 91390 661/513-9269 office 661/713-3912 cell 661/513-9206 fax http://www.trail-rite.com/
