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Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 79
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 4:36 pm: |   |
Hello
As we are doing some repairs in the schooling and grassing area the horses are stabled and of course going nuts, should I decrees the grain intake and increase hay only there isn't all that much in the market. Also one of the mares is lactating a 9 month old colt.
Any ideas please? |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 80
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 4:37 pm: | |
Sorry it should say stabled duh! |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 15348
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 6:45 pm: | |
There is not enough information here to tell Liliana but if there condition is good yes that would help. For more information see, Training Horses » Behavioral Problems » Stall Resting Horses.
DrO |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 81
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 7:07 pm: | |
Can I decrees the mares grain also? |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 82
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 7:09 pm: | |
Sorry Dr.O I did not explain properly, what if I increase the bran? Will their hooves suffer? they are normally in the schooling area which is 45m by 25m hence nuts in the stable |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 83
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 12, 2006 - 7:43 pm: | |
Thank you very much Dr. O great article
Liliana |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 15356
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2006 - 7:34 am: | |
Without knowing the mares condition that is hard to judge. You could wean the baby and certainly decrease it. Concerning raising the bran you need to be careful about the excessive phosphorous, particularly with the growing foal. For more on this see our article on Bran in the Nutrition section.
DrO |
Liliana Velasco Ariza
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Username: Liliana5
Post Number: 84
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2006 - 12:03 pm: | |
Thank you again, very informative, I use wheat bran not rice bran which I am trying to google up and so far it seems to be a whole different thing, is it?
Chaka (mum) was down on the floor when I found her in her stable after hurricane Wilma as she was nursing her then 4 month old foal with out any food her self for three days. It took me several months to bring her back to her weight, but, she is fine now. Glossy coat usual grumpy self
Weaning the colt would really upset her, with her previous owner she lost three foals as she was under nourished, also the owner injected anabolic into her so she would not come in heat, I assume this would also stop the milk production?! Just one of the crazy archaic methods they still use here! I’ve come to realise that it is not so much that they are cruel, just very ignorant; grand dad did it this way sooo |
