Re: Heavy Heart - long

2000-12-29 Thread Steve White
This message is from: Steve White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Excuse my slow reply to these messages, but I am spending the holidays at my in-laws and am checking my messages remotely. The clostridium bacteria is the suspected culprit for the sudden deaths. The condition is also referred to as Colitis-X

RE: winter colics

2000-12-29 Thread Steve White
This message is from: Steve White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa, simply chopping a frozen tank with ice, does nothing to encourage them to drink alot of it... I agree 100%. How would you like to have a nice glass of iced tea to sip on while you're out shoveling snow? Studies have shown warming

Re: Heavy Heart - long

2000-12-28 Thread Steve White
This message is from: Steve White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, Colitis can come on very rapidly sometimes. Occasionally, there are no signs at all. You just find a dead horse when you go out to the barn. Other times they will go on for days. Very hard to predict or give a prognosis. Steve

RE: Heavy Heart - long

2000-12-26 Thread Steve White
This message is from: Steve White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brend, I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. It's never easy to lose a horse, but to have this happen at this time of year seems especially tough. It sounds like to me that your Burt may have been suffering from colitis or enteritis