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Discussion on Horse Not Eating Grain & Behavior Changes
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New Member:
Myharley
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2004 - 2:13 pm:
I am having a problem with my 16 year old saddlebred eating his own manure and although I have only been an owner for 2 years I have been around horses for 30 years and none of mine have ever done this. Harley gets feed at 7am and gets 1 1/2# of grain and two flakes of hay, again at 1 pm he gets another two flakes of hay and at 6 pm he gets another 1 1/2# of grain and two more flakes of hay along with 5 gallon of fresh water three times a day. Right now his 10 acres of pasture is under 2' of snow so grazing is impossible but I definitey don't think it is because he is starving, I clueless. Any advise ?
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Christos
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2004 - 3:18 pm:
Sandra,
This is probably due to boredom and not enough chewing. You say his pasture is covered, so he's not grazing the time he was used to.
Cutting down his grain and increasing the hay so he has more to keep his jaws busy, may be of some help.
See: Care of the horse/Nutrition/Pica
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Rose1
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Posted on Monday, Feb 9, 2004 - 1:17 pm:
Marion,
I had a similiar situation with my horse. No other signs of colic but he was not interested in his feed. I checked his teeth for soreness. I ran my hands over his face to check for swelling and tenderness. I found a scab over a very small dump on his face just over his top back teeth and stratched it. A small amount of pus came out. I expressed it and out came a splinter over an inch long. It was immediate relief for him but scared the heck out of me. After some warm compresses within a day or so he was fine.
How is your mare doing?
Regards,
Rose
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