Re: Excessive Urination?

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

What are you feeding him?  High protein rations require increased water
intake and therefore increased urine production to flush out the excess
nitrogen.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: Julienne Rha <Julienne.Rha.B@bayer.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: RC: Excessive Urination?


> We recently bought my boyfriend's horse (he's been with us about 3 months
now)
> - he's a cute 9 year old gelding paint who's great.. except for the fact
that
> he urinates A LOT!   I'm talking about 3 times and sometimes 4 during the
3
> hours Bob takes him out (about 4 times a week).
>
> The urine is clear/yellow and there's quite a bit of it (I'd say normal
amounts
> judging from my own experiences with my gelding) which makes me rule out a
> bladder infection.  His hydration is excellent and he's a very easy
keeper..
> he's about 1060 lbs and 14.3-15 hands (a bit of a chunker) which makes me
> wonder about diabetes - how common is that disease in horses?  We've
spoken
> about the situation with our vet and he says we can try him out on strong
> antibiotics for a few days to see if that helps (kind of a shot in the
dark to
> clear out any sort of infection at all) or try and catch some urine and do
a
> urinalysis screening to see if there is blood or any unusual values.
>
> Harley, my own horse crosses his legs 'til I return him to pasture, and
even if
> he does urinate around me, he makes sure not *one* drop touches his legs.
Tavi
> will go in the middle of the barn aisle on the concrete floor.
>
> What does everyone think?  My gut feeling is that he may just be a really
good
> drinker.. it has been a warm summer here in N.Calif.  Do you think this
may
> just be the norm for him or do you think it's worth the tests/antibiotics
with
> the vet?
>
> Julienne
>
>
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