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Sharon Thomas
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Username: Sefiroth

Post Number: 111
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 1, 2002 - 2:00 pm:   Edit PostPrint Post
Are too many pears as bad as too many apples? There's a pear tree in my mare & foal's pasture and I see them occasionally munching on the fallen fruit. Should I be getting rid of these? Or are they okay for my horses to eat at will? The mare in particular seems to love them.

~Sharon
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Maureen
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Username: Maureen

Post Number: 41
Registered: 1-2001
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 1, 2002 - 11:20 pm:   Edit PostPrint Post
Good question, Sharon. We have persimmon trees in our pasture and the horses eat them. Makes me pucker to watch!
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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro

Post Number: 7029
Registered: 1-1997
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 2, 2002 - 4:38 am:   Edit PostPrint Post
Yes pears and apples and too a less extent persimmons all have the potential to overload a horses system with sugar. Usually in a pasture situation horses adapt slowly to these hazards and so you get away with it. But there is a potential for gassy colic, diarrhea, and choke.
DrO
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