Re: eating while travelling

["spencer" <spencer@inu.net>]

Hi-Currently, I always have hay available for my horses when trailoring. 
No problems.  But haven't done more than 2-3 hrs drive in long time.  Have
trailored form CO to WA to TX.  Only used hay enroute and only grained at
night when we stopped.  No problem except some wt loss.
Mary Ann
Zavalla, Tx

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From: Lucy C Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Subject: eating while travelling
Date: Saturday, March 21, 1998 12:58 AM

> << Third, is it safe to feed cubes while trailering?
>  
>  I wouldn't, just to be on the safe side.  I've heard way too many
>  stories of choke, which wouldn't be as big a problem if the horse could
>  lower and straighten his neck to cough.  >>
> 
> Have to say that Susan is right on about the danger of choke in the
trailer.
> The more "chopped" the feed (as in cubes) the higher the risk.  


Does this mean that feeding hay while trailering is
relatively safe?

How 'bout if a horse is travelling in a slant load, untied, 
would he be able to lower his head to cough out blobs of 
choking food?

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Displaced English person in Sacramento, CA

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