Re: RC: Lewis on VFAs

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/17/99 12:25:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tivers writes:

<< Well, you have the expedrience--give us a clue. One week? One month? One 
year? 24 hours? Or is the answer that you don't have the foggiest idea? >>

Have never had one that had NO hay, but have had to rehab several who have 
been close to that--as in 5# or less of hay and 20+# of grain.  The lucky 
ones (those who don't suffer from a metabolic crisis) have shown severe 
debilitation in as short a time as 1-2 months--others don't go downhill quite 
so fast.  I truly don't know how long it would have taken them to actually 
die--my "scientific curiosity" does not extend that far, and my job is to try 
to make them better, not to see how much longer they can endure their 
particular problems.  The unlucky ones who colic or have other crises as a 
result of the diet can sometimes count their lives in hours.  Is that 
specific enough?

Heidi


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