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RE: [RC] supplement for coming two year olds... - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMForgive the "me too", but I agree with Heidi's comments and suggestions 100%. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:08 PM To: Crickett MacMillan Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] supplement for coming two year olds... Ten pounds of Strategy?? Yikes! There is no substitute for a high forage diet, and giving him feed in a concentrate form will hinder his developing and properly utilizing his hindgut function. Give him ALL the good grass hay he will eat, supplement with a flake of alfalfa, and give him a good vitamin-mineral supplement in a HANDFUL of some kind of concentrate, so that he eats it. Check his teeth (yep, younguns have dental issues) and perhaps consider a fenbendazole purge, given his stuntedness, but don't go with concentrates/supplements--you will be doing him a big disservice in the long run. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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