Re: Feeding alfalfa when it is cold

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/5/99 5:44:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> suendavid@worldnet.att.net writes:
> 
> << Unfortunately, California is also #1 in incidence of enteroliths, and
>  the histories almost exclusively show the horses are fed high alfalfa
>  diets.  It's much more rare to see enteroliths in a horse fed grass hay. >>
> 
> We feed a lot of alfalfa here, and enteroliths are virtually unheard
> of--again, there is a lot of difference in alfalfa, and most of the hay
> growers here know enough to try to market the "right" hay to the horse people,
> and send that bright green rabbit food out to the dairies....  Have seen some
> of that California stuff--eeuuuuwwwww, about like me living on triple
> chocolate sundaes!  I'd sure die happy...
> 
> Heidi


Yes, California/Southwest-grown alfalfa is definitely a different animal
as far as the enterolith issue is concerned---way high in magnesium
because of the soil around here.  

Susan G