Re: high heat and humidity

2011-07-16 Thread kelly
This message is from: ke...@landsdrop.com When I bought my Fjord mare (TUF Annie) from Michigan and brought her down to Texas, we proceeded to have sixty consecutive days of temperatures over 100 degrees. To acclimate her initially, I had to keep her inside with a fan in her stall with

Re: high heat and humidity

2011-07-16 Thread Bonnie MacCurdy
This message is from: Bonnie MacCurdy bonniemaccu...@sbcglobal.net I used to live in the central valley of CA. The temps there were VERY hot, often over 100 degrees. My young fjords and my perch did fine. I would hose them if I could but they all tolerated the heat and just didn't move around

Re: high heat and humidity

2011-07-16 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com Here in south Florida, we generally have hot temperatures and high humidity all summer. The problem you can get into particularly if the horses are not used to it is anhidrosis--they stop sweating and can overheat fast. It does not seem to