This message is from: Steven A White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 07:59:17 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >QUESTION: >This has me baffled ....a good week ago, I opened up some more >pasture, after >the hay was taken off it, to my 2 geldings....within a few days time I > >noticed they both were DROOLING... They'll be standing there and then > >gusher! It's very much like water...but greener. They aren't sick. >They've >been eating, drinking, playing, pooping, all fine.... But it's really >gross! > The new pasture has a couple of Fur, pine and cedar trees, that I've >seen >them eating from.... Could this be caused by the pitch or something >they are >eating in the pasture? Any ideas? I've checked inside their mouths >(boy >did I get a bath) I can't find any foreign objects in there. Other >then >making a real mess of themselves and the tack....they seem happy! > >Thanks, >Aimee >In Maine Do you have any clover in the pasture? Excessive slobbering is often caused by the horses eating clover with a certain mold on it. It doesn't harm the horse in any way except making them drool a lot. Have your veterinarian do a thorough oral exam just to be sure. An easy test is to take them back off the pasture, and in a day or two the slobbering should stop. If you then put them back out on the pasture the drooling returns. Steve White, Waterloo, Nebraska
