Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Founder - horses vs mules/burros

> Questions for the vet/shoer types on this list:
>
> Is there any reason to believe the story that mules and burros can't be
> foundered?
>
> Is there any reason to believe the story that a mule or burro won't
overeat
> if given the chance?


We recently had a donkey in the hospital that had gotten into enough grain
to founder badly, and had to be euthanized.  Someone on rotations with me
had mentioned there was also a mule that had foundered the year before,
though he recovered.  I don't know what initially caused the laminitis with
the mule.

Susan G



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