Wednesday, January 6, 2010

[haflingerfriends] Re: Ossage Oranges

I don't think it is a good idea to try giving them to horses. I still haven't found any more information on the topic. I just wondered if anyone else heard of this.

--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "lauraafana" <quiltedpony@...> wrote:
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> They don't sound horse safe to me, but I've never seen them in the flesh. I've only lived in California and Oregon, so there you go.
> Laura of Cal.
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> --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "kmt1172" <lrh1172@> wrote:
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> > If they were used for fencing, or hedgerows, that would explain why the are usually along the sides of roads. I always thought the "oranges" had a thick sappy fluid to them and would not think they'd be safe to allow horses to eat them.
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> > --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, Liz Farley <huzzagirl@> wrote:
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> > > the only thing i know about them is i buy them in the fall & use them to keep spiders away - they also used to make fences out of the branches i guess. i think cattle will eat them, too, if they are available. 
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> > > --- On Wed, 1/6/10, kmt1172 <lrh1172@> wrote:
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> > > From: kmt1172 <lrh1172@>
> > > Subject: [haflingerfriends] Ossage Oranges
> > > To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 11:10 AM
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> > > Has anyone heard of horses eating Ossage oranges, or monkey balls? An old timer horse woman I know said horses will eat them and they don't hurt the horse. I never heard of this or saw a horse eat them. There aren't any around now, but we have tons of them around here in the fall.
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