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[RC] botulism - was sick horses - A. PerezThis is one of my big reservations about using big round hay bales. If you bust open a small bale and find a dead critter in it (not at all uncommon), you pitch the whole bale, no big loss. But when about getting into a round bale and finding a dead animal? How much of the bale do you throw out, and at what cost? Not to mention you may have already fed out quite a bit of possibly contaminated hay before you even know there's a dead beasite in it. "Horses can also get botulism. I went out to feed last night & smelled that dead mouse smell - sure enough, somehow, a mouse had gotten into my grain & was oozing body fluids in my 3-way. The chances are slim, but I'm not going to make my horse ill by trying to salvage half of a $12.00 bag of feed. I tossed the whole thing & will replace it." ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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