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Dan Skup
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Username: Dskup
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 12:03 pm: |   |
hello everybody: in a recent issue of Equus they say that watermelon is a good snack for horses in summer. Does anybody know if they can eat the rind if it is broken up into bite size pieces so they don’t choke on it?
thanks for any insights!
Dan |
Shirley A. Johnson
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Username: Shirl
Post Number: 237
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 12:40 pm: | |
Yes, Dan they can. My mare ate watermelon rine with gusto. Just medium size pieces, like you'd eat. She was fine with it. Shirl |
Karen Nolte
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Username: Morg1
Post Number: 33
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 1:55 pm: | |
I give the rind as is to the horses (however big a piece that I had), and they just bite off chunks. I've never had a problem. |
Lisa Brand
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Username: Trouble
Post Number: 115
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 6:09 pm: | |
My horses gobble up watermelon rind. I just cut into pieces. Another favorite this time of year is fresh corn husks off your sweet corn. My horses love both these in the summer. |
Holly Wood
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Username: Hwood
Post Number: 738
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 6:25 pm: | |
Mmmmmmmm . . . and it's almost time for pumpkin, too! Yum!!! |
Dan Skup
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Username: Dskup
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 7:46 pm: | |
Thanks to everyone who answered me about the watermelon rinds. I tried them out on my bunch and they’re not sure yet whether they’re into them or not.
Dan |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 808
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2005 - 8:00 pm: | |
Not just watermelon, but all melon, squash, green beans, carrots, apples, potatoes....they love them all. But, if they haven't had them before they sometimes have to acquire the taste. One of our pastures is next to our back yard. The horses are such beggers it is hard to enjoy your dinner sometimes! |
holly hartung
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Username: Chlobro
Post Number: 2
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, Sep 1, 2005 - 3:10 pm: | |
In Honduras our horses enjoy mangos and bananas peel and all |
joan vecsey
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Username: Jvecsey
Post Number: 9
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, Sep 8, 2005 - 12:01 am: | |
When I purchased 2 young guys from PA I was shocked to hear they eat and other veggies and bread. But they look great. I also give them lettuce, spinach etc. |
Kathy S. Whaling
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Username: Kwhaling
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, Sep 8, 2005 - 3:53 pm: | |
What about cabbage leaves? |
