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Re: [RC] Hay while trailering - Truman PrevattDamn, I've been doing it all wrong my whole life and I'm not that young :-( . I keep hay in front of my horses all the time when they are in the trailer. I also offer them water every stop. I've traveled non stop from central FL to MT in 5 days, central FL to Utah in 4 days, central FL to East central Michigan in 3 days and every mile of the way I've had hay in front of my horses. We have done this with four different horses.So I guess I'd better change my ways. Truman Kathy Klenk 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. -- “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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