[haflingerfriends] Re: Need advice- mare won't drink!

The other thing to keep in mind...if the water trough or buckets are outside, they are filling with the rain water also. We've gotten 2" in 24 hours and when the water is at the mark I have that shows the drop in drinking level, it's still at the mark. That tells me with this rain the buckets and trough are refilling with the rain. Now with her being gaunt, that does sound as though she is really stressed by these storms and may not be drinking enough.
Laura again
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Vicki Baturay" <baturayv@...> wrote:
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> Tam:
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> Have you tried putting salt on her hay or in her grain if she gets any?
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> You could also try an electrolyte paste in a tube like the de-wormers come
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> Does she have access to both the stall and outside? Our horses have
> 24/7/365 access and I notice when it rains a lot they do not seem to drink
> as much water from the buckets. They certainly look fine, so I came to the
> conclusion they are drinking water that has accumulated some where in the
> pasture.
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> I would also check with your Vet if Lola is looking gaunt, this could turn
> serious, she/he may have some answers also.
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> Vicki Baturay
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> From: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tamabamajama
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:05 AM
> To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [haflingerfriends] Need advice- mare won't drink!
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> I know, I know..."You can lead a horse to water but you can't make 'em
> drink"...but I've gotta try!
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> We're having a series of terrible rain storms (for us anyway) in California
> and everything is pretty much flooded around our barn. Lola is normally very
> easy going and she doesn't sweat this kinda stuff but for some reason she is
> very stressed out. She's eating in this really aggitated fashion,
> preoccupied with the rain coming down in the arena and won't touch her
> water. Now she looks gaunt.
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> She refuses electrolyte powder (even with her favorite treats). I brought a
> tub of water into her box stall (opposed to the auto waterer), tried turning
> her out in the rain (cuz I thought she might relax more in the open) but so
> far nothing has worked.
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> Getting very concerned she may colic if she doesn't start drinking
> soon...any suggestions??
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> Thanks!
> Tam
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