http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/ need to ask about health concerns of horses? Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:39:41 GMT Kim Hollingsworth http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33948 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33948 Oh, sad.  I was thinkin of your friend.  We just had another two people not make it in an accident this morning, near my place.  Last time, five people Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:05:12 GMT April http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33947 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33947 My mare gets too hyper when fed oats. Even the oats in sweet feed do that to her. I switched to pellets years ago after seeing how the molasses in the sweet Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:24:25 GMT CJ Ewell http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33946 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33946 Whole corn is hard to digest. It does have quite a bit of fat. Why not get rolled or crimped whole grain, like oats. Does a good job also and is easier to chew Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:21:11 GMT Cathy Williams http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33945 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33945 Yes I do - forgot to mention that. I use to use Moormans, but it is difficult to find around here now for some reason. I switched to one that is like a mineral Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:07:53 GMT CJ Ewell http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33944 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33944 Prayers AND fairy dust, and a few horse hairs from Utah. CJ Ewell To: askavet@yahoogroups.com From: johannj65@... Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:04:27 -0800 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:05:14 GMT Jessica Johann http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33943 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33943 Sending prayers from Florida, hope all turns out well for your friend. God bless her on her journey of recovery.   Jessica Johann 941-755-5205 5936 Lorraine Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:19:53 GMT Lisa http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33942 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33942 Devan was certainly blessed to have survived after an encounter with a semi. That's a miracle. She will absolutely be in my prayers. ~*~ Lisa ~*~     A Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:49:22 GMT Looneyfarm151@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33941 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33941 Hay or even oats (which is also a roughage) are what keeps a horse warm in the winter (not just chewing it). It's the fermentation in the hindgut that produces Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:20:53 GMT Stacey http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33940 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33940 Cathy, did you add any vitamin pellets to this?  I had thought about doing oats alfalfa cubes and beet pulp type mix.  My older gelding is being a real jerk Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:23:30 GMT Ashley Shields http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33939 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33939 i understand perfectly what you are experiencing, recently, my (only horse-child) 29yo shagya arab leo went down with a severe colic (impaction) he was bad Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:37:12 GMT Lori Mardis http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33938 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33938 Okay, sorry this is long. I had a horse colic last night. I'm on 2 1/2 hours sleep so hopefully this makes sense. My vet and I believe he's through it but Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:19:14 GMT Cathy Williams http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33937 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33937 I have for the last three or four years been feeding a mixture of my own. But I am down to just my stallion now - but have fed up to 13 head this mixture. For Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:54:05 GMT Stacey http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33936 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33936 Corn is mostly protein, some starch, but it's more for energy than anything..  Oats are starchier, less protein.  Vegetable oil, corn oil is better for Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:52:26 GMT Cathy Williams http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33935 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33935 Corn is twice the feed per pound than what you would feed for example oat's. If you feed a pound of oat's you would only want to feed half a pound of corn.Corn Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:47:41 GMT Cathy Williams http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33934 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/askavet/message/33934 I know there is a lot of scare tactic's out there for corn -- and with anything if not fed properly can cause more harm than do good. I feed whole corn for a