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Re: [RC] Feeding hay on the ground - Rae CallawayJust goes to show that every horse and every situation is unique. :o)
Rae
----- Original Message ---- From: "Mcgann, Barbara" <BarbMcGann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 12:47:43 PM Subject: RE: [RC] Feeding hay on the ground Also, I think that sudden change is a big factor. We were hauling 4 horses from Utah to Arizona - our Utah place had dirt in the feeding areas. We stopped overnight in the low desert and put our horses up at a big, sandy arena and fed them off the ground. 3 out of the 4 had sand colic by the next day. The vet was pulling great hunks of almost concreted manure out of them. Maybe it was just a matter of their system not being used to that much sand at one time - the local horses didn't seem to have much problem with it!
Barb McGann
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