Re: RC: RE: Horses drinking cold water/colic....

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

This is very interesting. Living in North Dakota I have never
heard
of horses refusing to drink very cold water, in fact some people
don't
water there horses at all and the horses get there water from
eating
snow! Now don't flame me, because my horses get fresh water
every day. But the water I give them I get out of the well and
it is very cold. I have older horses and have never had a
problem with refusal. Even with
a tank heater, at 20 below the water will still freeze. It is
not that
I am disagree with this, I am very interested in this. I have
two older
horses and one, who is 21, we have problems with keeping weight
on him. He does not refuse to drink the water, but maybe does
not drink as much because it cold? It is a possibility. But in
the same regard the other one who is 19 is an easy keeper and we
have problems with him getting too fat over the winter. :-)

Just some food for thought. 
Lynette
is cold.  

Snodgrass, Bonnie wrote:
> 
> Very common problem actually.
> 
> Bonnie Snodgrass
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McClain [mailto:ranka@cns-nw.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:20 PM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Horses drinking cold water/colic....
> 
> I purchased a very nice Qh/BS paint mare recently, and in trying to get some
> background on her Sire and Dam , I contacted the owner of Jester`s Best [
> sire ]
> she said the outstanding Paint stud died of colic a while back, impaction
> caused from his refusal to drink very cold water, she was out of town at the
> time, and the care giver found the horse close to death.I was horrified at
> the thought of how painful a death that had to be.Has anyone ever heard of
> this water refusal problem
> in horses before, I grew up on a small ranch and had many horses who would
> break the ice for themselves to drink.   Sherrie McClain
> 
> 
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