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Re: [RC] clover question - Karen SullivanAngie, A heads up on putting the donkey on ANY kind of planted or green pasture. Number one, if he foundered before it's more likely to founder again,and you REALLY need to monitor food on donkeys, especially minis. A friend had one that was only fed grass hay, but got scraps of alfalfa stems dropped from the horse....it was enough to founder it twice. I would encourage him to dry lot the donkey and control feed; try to find the lowest quality grass hey he can...maybe some really limited grazing..of course this is not knowing if the donkey is overweight now...but most I have seen ARE! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:15 AM Subject: [RC] clover question Neighbor just called. He has a 5 acre field (lush) where he boards 2 retired endurance horses (Appaloosa & heavy built mare with no white markings) and a miniature donkey (foundered). He plans to plant clover. He said I told him in the past red clover was not a good choice. (I don't remember that). Now he plans to plant white clover. What do ya'll think? It's probably predominantly fescue right now. My only problem in the past with clover was it causing sunburn on horses with white markings and drooling. Is that hard on their liver or something like that? I recall bits and pieces of conversations about it but nothing well enough to give advice intelligently. This guy is an archeologist and does everything *very* by the book. If you give him a website to read he'll do it. Angie Angie McGhee http://www.lightersideofendurance.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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