To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Pelleted feed, ignorance or bliss?
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:57:14 -0500
I do have a mare with a history of founder. (before purchase) She is
currently on a low starch-low sugar feed from Agway. Pellet form. (Triple
Crown Brand)
She is also never stalled, she has access to a barn but she and the other
two horses are free to roam an acre sized area 24/7. (that is winter only,
they have much more acreage in the spring/summer/fall.) They have access to
a good grass hay round bale sheltered from the weather. She is not the
mount I'll be using for MSAR. However she has gone on long trail rides (13
miles/ 20 miles) and done great. She is also barefooted.
I have zero problem of colic so far (knock on wood) and she has not had a
re-inflamation since I have owned her. I won't feed anything with molasses
to any of my horses. That is my option and I take it.