Re: Gut sounds at vet checks

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

Dot,  I feed pretty much the same way you do too with the same results that
you get.  My only pull was a lameness.  This carbo thing is pretty new to me
too.  The one time I tried it like suggested (loading before a ride) Clovis
did poorly.  Pulse hung and she seemed sluggish.  After reading the latest
posts I figure that she had a sugar hi then crashed.  She also had a nasty
case of loose stools.  Yeck!!
                                gesa n clovis
-----Original Message-----
From: Dot Wiggins <dotwgns@ruralnetwork.net>
To: ride camp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, December 25, 1999 5:00 PM
Subject: RC: Gut sounds at vet checks


>I have been trying to sort the grain from the chaff in the Carbo info.
>Between duplicate posts,  multiple forwards,  sometimes seem to get answers
>before questions,  and overlooking some extraneous comments,  some of it is
>making sense.  Wish there was a way to get just the plain info in proper
>order.
>
>Not sure my comments and questions fit here but will throw it out and see
>what comes back.
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>It has been my experience that a horse's gut sounds will be pretty active
at
>pre-ride checks,  also at checks into or beyond the half-way point (on 50s)
>and then take a spell of being very quiet.   Often by the last check they
>will be more active again.   All other parameters will be good, and the
>horse feels fine.  Post ride,  gut sounds are ok  and return to active mode
>fairly soon, especially if the horse is taking in plenty of feed and water.
>
>Horse has not been asked to run with the front runners, just middle of the
>pack,  showing no stress,  just done a days work.   I see this in my horses
>and others.
>
>How do you think this fits in with using up stores of energy of all kinds?
>Where would the Carbo supplements fit here?
>Horse is usually fed free choice hay,  often choice of two kinds, some
grass
>hay, timothy hay, alfalfa-grass, or plain dryland alfalfa, whatever is
>available on travel days and at the ride.   Home feed is some hay with
>pasture all the time except when at rides.   Grain is usually plain whole
>oats, usually not more than 3 # a day, with sloppy bran, few carrots,  and
>some electrolytes at stops.  Post ride grain will be oats and some bran,
>sloppy,  several small feeds,  up to maybe double or triple usual amounts
>till Mon or Tues after rides.  Horses always hold their weight.
>
>Conditioning is not to any set plan,  but the horses are all old seasoned
>campaigners.
>
>Have had no tie-ups,  or pulls for any metabolic reason,  one for lameness.
>This has worked for my horses for years.
>
>Why have I not had all the problems that hit so many of us?   What makes
>this work for me?
>Why does this work?  I know it is way off base from what most people do
but
>it has put me 7000+ miles on 4 unlikely horses.   What do you think?
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>Dot Wiggins
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