i have been using QUIT a supplement to stop wood chewing...for nearly a
month and a half he has a horse right beside him in a runout....It seems
on days the hay is "not good enough for his taste" the mud wins, so it
does
seem to be a boredom thing at this point. Also, where now it is becoming
as
infrequent as it is, I am alot less concerned. Possibly the Quit took away
the nutrirional loss that made him eat mud regularly, not it is maybe once
every week or so he licks it a bit..
or maybe he is just a jerk.....
<jennifer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Some like em, others dont......
> He might just be bored too. Try some toys, a companion.....
> He might need more hay too. Horses eat their own poop when they are
> hungry. Just try different things..... Unless you have very sandy
> soil, the mud will not likely cause any harm, but I would try to get
> him occupied by something else.
>
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:27:02 GMT, "RM" <bhre@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I have tried mineral blocks, he hardly will use a salt block...minerals
>>blocks he refuses to touch
>>"Truly Truckle" <administrator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>news:ebbg1l$5am$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> get him a miniral block
>>>
>>> RM wrote:
>>>> my 22 year old quarterhorse is in layup from a tendon injury. I do
what
>>>> i
>>>> can to "amuse" him even made him a runout with grass. However as the
>>>> grass eva****ates, he is eating mud...Is he just bored? a pig? or is
>>>> there
>>>> a real reason horses eat mud?
>>
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