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Marion Dickinson (Allenpor)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 8, 2001 - 11:51 am: |   |
My 6 year old mare did not want her grain last night or this morning. Her temperature is normal and I don't see any signs of illness. The temperature dropped a lot in the last two days and may have something to do with it. This mare is hyper by nature, but yesterday and today she is very nervous and wants to stay outside and 'look' at whatever she thinks she sees. Should I be worried about her not eating her grain? It is only 2qts of sweet feed twice a day. She is eating grass, and prefers it to hay. |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 8, 2001 - 4:20 pm: | |
Sometimes not eating grain is the first sign of impending colic. Better safe than sorry, Call the Vet. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001 - 6:04 am: | |
Sally is right. When it turns cold most horses appetites are stimulated. Horses that do not eat are usually sick and with infection unlikely, with a normal temp, colic goes to the top of the list. Impaction colic can look like this until the impaction gets hard.
DrO |
SANDRA S. ENSMINGER
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Username: Myharley
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2004 - 2:13 pm: | |
I am having a problem with my 16 year old saddlebred eating his own manure and although I have only been an owner for 2 years I have been around horses for 30 years and none of mine have ever done this. Harley gets feed at 7am and gets 1 1/2# of grain and two flakes of hay, again at 1 pm he gets another two flakes of hay and at 6 pm he gets another 1 1/2# of grain and two more flakes of hay along with 5 gallon of fresh water three times a day. Right now his 10 acres of pasture is under 2' of snow so grazing is impossible but I definitey don't think it is because he is starving, I clueless. Any advise ? |
Christos Axis
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Username: Christos
Post Number: 225
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2004 - 3:18 pm: | |
Sandra,
This is probably due to boredom and not enough chewing. You say his pasture is covered, so he's not grazing the time he was used to.
Cutting down his grain and increasing the hay so he has more to keep his jaws busy, may be of some help.
See: Care of the horse/Nutrition/Pica
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Rose J. DeFalco
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Username: Rose1
Post Number: 29
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, Feb 9, 2004 - 1:17 pm: | |
Marion,
I had a similiar situation with my horse. No other signs of colic but he was not interested in his feed. I checked his teeth for soreness. I ran my hands over his face to check for swelling and tenderness. I found a scab over a very small dump on his face just over his top back teeth and stratched it. A small amount of pus came out. I expressed it and out came a splinter over an inch long. It was immediate relief for him but scared the heck out of me. After some warm compresses within a day or so he was fine.
How is your mare doing?
Regards,
Rose
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