This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Winter has arrived here with the first snow fall a week ago and my > Fjords immediately turned into a pack of beavers. I looked out the > day after the first 1/2 " of snow fell to see three of the four Fjords > lined up chewing on the fence. It was like a contest to see who could > demolish it first! They had not touched the rails all summer, so why > does the snow bring about this behavior?
This came up recently on the LONGEARS list (donkeys and mules). Someone said that an old vet book attributed post-frost wood-chewing to bot larvae migrating thru the animal's mouth/stomach. It probably wouldn't hurt to worm everyone with Ivermectin (again).... Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 30 mi SSE of San Francisco, Calif. -------
