This message is from: "Carole Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wow...a scary one!
I wasn't familiar with Moorglo so I checked their online add. Looks pretty safe with high fats but...when you think about it...you did increase it by a relatively large amount from what you had been feeding. If you are subbing for pasture I might use more hay or hay cubes -hence increased roughage rather than a grain or grain substitute. Many feeing experts encourage the feeding of hay before grain or grain substitutes in order to aide digestion. Did he have an associated work/exercise change? We have been battling hay issues here in Northern WV for the last two years due to LOTS OF RAIN. We do the best we can to pull the bad out but my experience is that most houses won't touch bad hay. We stay on the safe side and remove what we can catch with those horsey digestive systems being as fussy as they are. I'd keep the Moorglo intake where it was known to be safe and increase the hay or hay cubes prior to the "courtesy sniff" of Moorglo and oats. I am only waiting anxiously to be a happy Fjord owner/breeder but was a barn manager at a local equestrian facility. I have a little Haflinger experience. They need fed about as much as Fjords do! Good Luck! I hope Sonny stays Sunny from here on! Carole Cox BA, BS, EMT-B A+, Network+, CIW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Knuth Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:08 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Sonny Colic This message is from: "Mark Knuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have owned Sonny, 5 year old gelding, since June. He is typical of the Fjords as I've learned and lives to eat. I try to behave and not overfeed him. I let him out 24/7 to eat 2 acres of pasture (he has a quarter horse friend) and I give him 2 to 4 leaves of grassy hay also. There is some alfalfa in the hay. At night he gets a grain pan with a handful of Moorglo and a handful of oats. Mostly just to let him think he's special and that is what he got at his old home (which was next door!). The last few days I have given about 2cups of Moorglo because the pasture is so little. Anyway, yesterday morning when pulling out his hay I always smell it good to be sure fresh and I did smell a musty smell. I pulled and messed with it, I saw no mold, so I threw away in trash part of it and gave the rest to the horses. At 3:00 pm I noticed Sonny laying down which is not his normal behavior and by 4:00 he was laying down, getting up, laying down, rolling etc. I had the vet out and then out again later due to him still being in pain. Sonny got the pain shots and the mineral oil down him and is fine now, but I am scared to death! I do not want him to suffer again. He had never had colic before so I must have done something. Too much Moorglo or the hay was moldy. Give me any advice you might have or any experience with this. I know I just have to not feed him too much for one thing. That sure is hard!!! Thanks for any advice. Beth Knuth, in Indiana, near Wabash
