Re: Water

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

Ridiculous!  No reason on earth to restrice water!  What possible reason can
she have?
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: <tallcarabs@juno.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: RC: Water


> I have a question.  I have 2 new boarders that we're working to get
> weight on (former boarding place nearly starved them!).  It's been
> raining buckets the past 2 weeks and I had to move them to the round pen
> as their pen went under water.  I put two muck buckets in there and I'm
> refilling them almost 3 times a day.  When I commented to the owner that
> their horses sure drink a lot, she got all upset.  She asked me to
> restrict their water intake to 5 gallons each so that they wouldn't
> colic.  Now, I have never heard of a horse colicking from too much water
> and isn't drinking a lot a good thing?  This is SE Tx and it is very hot
> and humid.
>
>
> Rae
> Tall C Arabians - SE TX
>
>
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