This message is from: "Faeo, Victoria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > at the barn they have the trees wrapped with chicken wire........ gus > pretty much leaves them alone and haven't seen him trying to eat any > part that is exposed; and the chicken wire makes a good back/wither > scratcher when the need arises! > > Reena
Just before I got Einar (the magnificent Fjord!), I had a rescued Morab-Appy-Draft and he ate everything made of wood he could get his lips on. lol I tried everything (Quit paint, Irish Spring soap, birch sapplings offered on a regular basis) and the only thing that worked was chicken-wire, with all of the sharp edges removed. It worked wonderfully. The only problem was that I could not completely cover the birch tree roots (my pasture is a spruce-birch forest), and he loved the roots. So I did loose a few birch trees that way and had to cut them down. I only had this rescue horse for a year and a half, but if I had kept him forever I know he would have eventually eaten all of the trees. He had lots of space and got lots of exercise, I just think because he was starved until I got him, he was always very hungry. Eventually I would have had a beautiful meadow pasture! Einar, on the other hand, doesn't chew the trees or bushes at all. He only nibbles on the front gate pine 2x4 when he is extremely hungry, which has only happened a few times. Vic in Knik, Alaska (10 degrees) The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
