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Jhinrich

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 11:45 pm:

This may be a stupid question but I have a mare that I bring out and feed separately as I have her on glucosimine for arthritis. She constantly slips over to the park next to us and starts eating the acorns. I immediately go after her and bring her back but we go through this every morning. So are acorns harmful?
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DrO

Posted on Thursday, Sep 25, 2003 - 6:18 am:

Hello Janet,
We have an article on this subject at » Equine Diseases » Poisons , Venoms & Poisonous Plants » Poisons, Poisonous Plants, and Venemous Animals.
DrO
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Dartanyn

Posted on Thursday, Sep 25, 2003 - 7:24 pm:

Janet, my experience with acorns is limited. They fall free into my horses paddock from the oak trees there. I clean up what I can, but they ingest what I don't get and when I'm not around to clean. I have not run into issues with them, but since they are free-fed; I don't have hungry critters with too much time on their hooves and too many acorns for their own good. Just my humble experience. Dawn :-)
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