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At 04:29 PM 11/15/2004, Marlene Moss wrote:
> Hi,
> I?ve got 7 horses and 2 of them are occasionally behaving
> strangely.  One has been seen a couple times very actively foaming
> at the mouth.  Once was within a half hour after feeding beet pulp
> and strategy mix in the morning, the other was during a 2 hour ride (no
> bit, S hack).  My husband pretty thoroughly checked her mouth (as
> much as possible w/o a speculum, he?s much braver than me!) and couldn?t
> find any signs of trauma.  Her teeth were done in August and didn?t
> need much work.
>  
> The other horse has just been seen kind of chewing funny when she hadn?t
> eaten anything recently, just a continual licking and chewing, but not
> foaming.  Her teeth were also done in August (extremely thorough
> dentist).
>  
> They are all on the same pasture with none of the mountain grass left,
> and plenty of weeds including a little locoweed, a small sage brush type
> bush and lots of pine and juniper.  They?re getting good hay that
> we?ve had for about 2 months.
>  
> Any guesses?  They seem to be behaving completely normally
> otherwise.  Only the one has been ridden recently and she was her
> very normal strong self.  The other has been given a break while she
> has been getting gastroguard for recently discovered ulcers
> (minor).

Sounds like possible chokes to me.  Every horse we ever had do this
either
had a choke or a stick stuck in the mouth.  Since you've already
looked in 
the mouth, I'd call your vet.

Marv "No time for Snigtags." Walker