RE: [RC] supplement for coming two year olds... - Terry Banister
I have also heard that feeding too much concentrates/grain/too rich a diet as babies can somehow cause for the cribbing/windsucking habit that some horses develop. Can't remember the reasons though. Terry
> From: suendavid@xxxxxxx > To: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; grace_herself@xxxxxxxxx > CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [RC] supplement for coming two year olds... > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:09 -0800 > > Forgive 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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