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Having moved my horses to paddocks and out of boxes seems to have 
agreed tremendously with all of them.  They have gained weight and are 
very happy, but I'm a bit concerned still about my favourite mare, 
Dory.  She's a copper chestnut who began getting white hairs sprinkled 
through her coat over the last few years.  Her coat is never thick as 
she's pretty much all Arab, but this spring I notice that it seems 
thinner than usual and rather dull in colour/texture.  She's always had 
a tendency to a dry skin and it's quite dry in places.  She's gained 
condition more than most of the others as she was quite thin before, 
and she has plenty of energy.  We enjoyed an hour and a half fast trot 
around the farms yesterday and she would have done most of it at a 
canter if allowed.  I'm trying to figure out if we have some sort of 
nutritional deficiency here or a hormonal problem????  We only have the 
most rudimentary of labs, so most of my fixes are trial and error. 
Their diet is a free choice mix of fresh alfalfa and rice hay with 
additional soaked barley, a bit of bran and chopped wheat hay, and the 
grass in the paddock. I'm going to add some corn oil to Dory's food and 
to my old lady Nimbus's (she's in her late 20's and not keeping the 
weight on so well anymore).  Any other suggestions would be appreciated.


Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
www.ratbusters.net
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with 
your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will 
always long to return." --Leonardo da Vinci


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