Discussion on Sand Colic from Limestone All Weather Paddock
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Heidi Wright
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Username: remmi
Post Number: 22
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 - 1:02 pm: |   |
I plan to build an all weather dry lot and stall runs this summer, that includes removing the top soil, putting down a geotextile fabric, then add a layer of gravel and then stone dust so the water will drain and mud won't take over. Is this a bad idea from a sand colic perspective? My trainer told me it is dangerous to have your horses on limestone. Is it as likely a horse will ingest limestone as sand?
If it is dangerous, what are the other options? I have already read the posts on mud management and am interested in dry stall, but it's a big dry lot and I was hoping limestone would be an economical alternative.
Thoughts?
Thanks. |
Diane E.
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Username: scooter
Post Number: 2040
Registered: 9-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 - 7:52 pm: | |
I think this has been discussed alot, if you search limestone you should get your ans. I have a limestone paddock that is packed so it is hard, very little comes off of it, but I still don't feed on it. I bed my lean-to with shavings and feed them on that when they need to be in to eat. I have never had a problem in the 15 yrs. I have been using it.
If you are not going to pack it, I would be hesitant to feed on it, I have seen problems occur that way. |
Vicki Zaneis
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Username: vickiann
Post Number: 619
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 - 8:24 pm: | |
Some (custom?) horse feed mixes have limestone added to them. |
Lee
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Username: paul303
Post Number: 1073
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 - 8:42 pm: | |
I live in an extremely sandy area of S. Jersey. After one sand colic, right after we moved the horses here in 1997, we placed 9 to 12 rubber mats on the sand, lashed them together, and put the hay feeders on the mats. When we pick up each night, we sweep or blow(with a leaf blower)the mats clean. Very rarely, we need to adjust the mats, but, for the most part, they're just as we installed them 10 years ago. We also do the psyllium thing the first week of the month, and have never had another sand colic. I don't see why this would not work on limestone. |
