This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/25/99 8:14:53 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< My young stallion Penfrydd's Raynor cannot handle alfalfa in hay form. When his feed becomes too rich he develops 'by-passing' (my term) In essence his stool is normal and well formed but when he passes gas and after a bowel movement he passes fluid which makes his back end look like he has diarrhea (sorry to those of you who havn't had breakfast). >> You know, I think Juniper is the same way. When we moved back to Oregon, we were at first in a boarding barn situation. The only turn out was the indoor arena. A horse had been fed alfalfa in the arena before her turnout. She grabbed up the scraps. I thought just a few alfalfa scraps once won't kill her. She colicked big that night. The only time she's ever colicked. The trainer asked me a week or two later if we could put Juniper on some alfalfa (we were working her pretty hard, and she was getting in really good shape, but dropping some weight). I was chagrined and alarmed. No alfalfa for my fjords. They do just fine on their timothy or orchard grass. Pamela
