Asparagus and horses

[MBlanchrd@aol.com]

Hi, Campers,

  I was putting up five pounds of fresh asparagus yesterday..(yum.......) Part
of that entails trimming the woody ends of the asparagus spears. I thought,
hmmm, I wonder is the boys would like these..
 So my two rat study came out like this:

Jordan sniffed, took a polite bite, immediately dropped it with that "what's
THIS #*$#?????" and sulked. No more asparagus for him!
Smoke.......took a bite, crunched it with a tossing head, and begged for more.
I fed him three and he was looking in my pockets. 
My barnlord went berserk when I told him about it. He said asparagus has
sulfur compounds that will kill a horse. 

Smoke is fine, but I'm wondering, was my barnlord right?? Three spears didn't
hurt Smoke, but I'm wondering anyway. After all, fresh asparagus certainly
does put a , shall we say, noticeable odor in the urine.......is asparagus
harmful to horses??
Michelle and Jordan (I don't care if it IS green, I ain't eating it.)
and Smoke (hey, it looks like a carrot. I'll eat it)


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