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Discussion on Hay age & choke
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Boomer
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 3:27 pm:
My horse suffered from choke this morning. I'm wondering if it's the hay. This is hay that was baled last year. I've gotten my shipment for this year on Tuesday should I just scrap the 20 or so bales from last years cut? Is it too dry and that's the cause for the choke? The hay has been barned (is that a word?) and so it's never been in the elements, I just maybe bought too much last year and haven't used it all. Thank you everyone for your insights, experience and opinions!
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Liliana
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 4:04 pm:
Hi Patricia,
In my neck of the woods I cannot be choosy with the hay I get, some times is dry, some times is delicious. But I find that if it is slightly mould of too dry soaking it for about a minute makes the difference they eat it with no coughing or sneezing
But come to think of it some times even when I was in England the norm was that you went to see the field where the grass would be turn into hay and some times there were more bales that I would normally consume in a year, some times I would re sell a few but some times I would have the same situation that you have and soaking always works pretty well
Regards
Liliana
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Boomer
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 5:04 pm:
Thank you very much, I really wasn't happy at the thought of throwing them out. They aren't moldy or anything, they are still green all the way around. I'll try soaking it
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 6:11 pm:
Patricia, didn't your horse choke while being fed grain or pellets? They almost never choke on hay, for more see Diseases of Horses » Colic and GI Diseases » Mouth, Esophagus, and Liver » Choke: Esophageal Obstruction.
DrO
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Boomer
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 6:23 pm:
No, I don't give pellets and she was only given hay. Do you think carrots can do it? She's at my parents house right now, I'm won't be there until late tonight and my father says it's green stuff coming out her nose. The vet will be out at around 4:15, I hope he can resolve it.
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Vickiann
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Posted on Friday, Aug 4, 2006 - 8:17 pm:
Please don't feed your horse hay that is slightly moldy or off, even if you soak it. It is not worth the risk. Old hay is okay -- just doesn't have the nutrients, but moldy, no!
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 5, 2006 - 8:13 am:
I have never seen a carrot do it but have seen an apple become lodged in the esophagus. I would believe a poorly chewed carrot before the hay but don't consider it impossible.
DrO
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Kthorse
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 5, 2006 - 8:55 am:
My girlfriends horse almost died from choke from a carrot and my other friends horse did die from choke on a alfalfa cube. Both were in their 30's.
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Lynnea
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 5, 2006 - 2:23 pm:
I also had a horse choke on a carrot...he was 10 years old at the time, and it scared the daylights out me. Since that time I have sliced carrots very thin for my horses and watch them while they eat it!! My 27 year old horse has molar problems and he did suffer from choke a couple of years ago from very stemmy hay and has been on wetted timothy pellets ever since. He had been wadding hay and spitting it out before the choke incident...and was only allowed grass hay (thin) at that time, but what he choked on he had stolen from his neighbor. In older horses I think the teeth do have a lot to do with it.
When it comes to horses, experience is not my favorite teacher!
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Boomer
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Posted on Tuesday, Aug 8, 2006 - 2:47 pm:
It wasn't choke, she's on her way to Washington State University, I think it's that Gutteral Pouch mocosis, what is that?
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Boomer
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Posted on Tuesday, Aug 8, 2006 - 6:00 pm:
My TB had strangles last March, could this be something related to that?
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 10, 2006 - 8:40 am:
Patricia, there is an article on guttural pouch mycosis at,
Diseases of Horses » Respiratory System » Nose Bleeds: Epistaxis.
DrO
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