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I have hauled just about 3-7 times a week, going back to 1990, ALWAYS have hay bag

of hay, have had, in that time, one very minor colic that may have been related to weather

changes also....for me, that's pretty good odds, the benefits of having them constantly munch

outweigh what I see is a very tiny risk of colic...

Karen

 

On 12/1/07, Kathy Klenk <kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was talking with some friends and was told just yesterday that an 'old
timer' that one of the ladies knows insists to NEVER give hay while
trailering. That is, do not put hay in front of the horse while you are
driving.  Stopping and giving hay is fine.  He (over 70 years of
experience) 'knows' that horses MIGHT colic if eating hay while
traveling.  Something about horses possibly getting a type of motion
sickness like we do, eating and not being able to burp.

Any truth to this?

I have put hay in front of my horses without incident so far but I'm
thinking of not doing that any more.  I was concerned with the hay
bothering their sinus but never thought about colic.

Kathy - SE

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