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Post by Wiltshire Man on Dec 27, 2006 6:45:11 GMT
My horse has been seen eating a lot of wood bark off Oak tree, and also sort of eating his own dropping (yuck). He is out in the field with plenty of grass. I wonder if he has lack of minerals or what?
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Post by Wiltshire Man on Dec 27, 2006 16:57:35 GMT
Hi Overbent, Many thanks for your advice. I've put mineral lick and he didn't know what to do with it,(yeah he is a bit thick I think,lol).No he didn't have antibiobtics. I try buy some probiotics and put it in his feed and see what happen. Natural Yogurt, you mean buy them from supermarket??
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Post by blackknight on Dec 27, 2006 17:50:24 GMT
We had a connie that ate his own droppings at certain times of the year, we added seaweed to his feed as advised by our vet and he stopped. It could be worth a go!!
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Post by sallyw on Dec 27, 2006 18:38:34 GMT
I agree that NAF pink powder is brilliant for all sorts of things. Mine chew the fence a bit sometimes but none of them ever eat the (dozens) of oak trees. I was curious to know if your horses suddenly started this or whether he has been doing it for some time?
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Post by Wiltshire Man on Dec 27, 2006 21:34:51 GMT
I've had this Cob since Oct, I don't know if he had this habit before or not, but he only started this 2 weeks ago, so probably due to lack mineral or whatever. I will feed him with Seaweed and Pink Powder at sametimes and see what happen. Thanks for your advice - Blacknight, overbent and Featherston
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Post by Eyes wide on Dec 27, 2006 21:49:58 GMT
I would not recommend feeding pink powder and seaweed at the same time. They both contain high quanties of Vits and Minerals, not only will it be a waste of money but you could also cause more harm than good. Pink powder first for a few months then perhaps move on to seaweed. Seaweed will help with a brilliant coat for the spring to
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Post by MENTALHEAD on Jan 9, 2007 17:57:07 GMT
PLEASE FENCE AROUND THE OAK TREE IT IS POISONOUS TO HORSES... i know of a pony that dies from eating oak bark, it didnt even get to its stomach before it died.... I hope you arent too late
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Post by Wiltshire Man on Jan 9, 2007 19:01:23 GMT
I thought it was acorn from Oak tree is poisonous, not the tree. I've spoken to the Vet about this and he was surprised about it. Maybe this pony ate a chuck of bark and got stuck in his throat
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Post by daydreaming on Jan 10, 2007 18:15:26 GMT
We have dozens of oak trees on our propery, and I have to fence them off Autumn as some of my mares love acorns, which are toxic, and if they get any cause the squits, on the other hand oak leaves are natural immodium, and horses with spring grass tummies can be seen standing on their back legs picking the leaves. Mine do like a communal chew of the bark which does nothing but drive me mad and eventually kill the poor tree if not stopped.
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