Faster horses said:If you water the hay, you need to do it 24 hours prior to feeding to get rid of the spores. (I didn't know this for 55 years.)
kolanuraven said:We found out that the cough/snotty nose cause for my old horse was polyp in his nasal cavity. It seems they're pretty common.
But, he's sooooooo old and in otherwise good shape and I'll keep him anyway till the day he dies I decided to just let it be for now.
But, Vet told me it's a pretty simple thing to diagnose and treat on a younger horse....could that be cause of yor horses cough?
Faster horses said:We sure don't like feeding horses in a bale feeder. It seems to us that they start eating and eat down deep into the bale, inhaling any dust that
is in the bale. We really try to feed dust-free hay, but don't always manage to do that.
The best way to feed hay is on the ground so the dust falls out of it as the horse goes through it, or at least the horses aren't directly inhaling the dust. Bale processors get rid of a lot of dust. But I doubt if you would want to do that. If you water the hay, you need to do it 24 hours prior to
feeding to get rid of the spores. (I didn't know this for 55 years.) We
can't do that in the winter time here, of course.
When our horse training friend called from Texas yesterday, he
mentioned that all the horses there seem to be coughing just from
all the dust in the air, on the hay, etc. It's tough to escape dust
this year.
RoperAB said:Well I borrowed a ring feeder for round bales lunch time today.
Hard to describe it. I didnt like the ones for bulls. They were opened at the top like a tombstone for horses but the openings for the head and neck looked to wide. The ones for cattle were all different. Probable most of these feeders were ancient that I was looking at.
Anyway I grabbed one for cows that looked the safest to use with my colts.
I think this is going to be the answer for dust but im kind of concerned about accidents with my horses. The bars are at an angle so if they raise their heads quick they will get a warning before they hit that top bar. This one is sort of shaped like an hour glass so they will probable hit their necks instead of their heads if something scares them.
Anyway time will tell if this works or not.
Oldtimer said:RoperAB said:Well I borrowed a ring feeder for round bales lunch time today.
Hard to describe it. I didnt like the ones for bulls. They were opened at the top like a tombstone for horses but the openings for the head and neck looked to wide. The ones for cattle were all different. Probable most of these feeders were ancient that I was looking at.
Anyway I grabbed one for cows that looked the safest to use with my colts.
I think this is going to be the answer for dust but im kind of concerned about accidents with my horses. The bars are at an angle so if they raise their heads quick they will get a warning before they hit that top bar. This one is sort of shaped like an hour glass so they will probable hit their necks instead of their heads if something scares them.
Anyway time will tell if this works or not.
The ones with a top bar will rub their manes off- so hope your not hoping to show them...I've got some angle ones that I use for calves but don't like them for horses- besides denuding the mane they also seem to bang their heads on both the sides and tops if startled by something...
There is a plastic round ring feeder that is made in Canada that is just like 3 4"plastic pipe rings held apart by about 6 3 foot straight chunks of plastic pipe...You just unbolt and remove the top ring and they work great for horses- and they are cheap as feeders go (about $150)...
Faster horses said:I'm with you Oldtimer. Horse bale feeders are made especially for horses. They seem to get in trouble with any of the others.
If there is any way they can rub it off, skin it off, poke something in it,
or worse, they will find a way to do it.
We had a small disc parked in a fair-sized pasture once.
Our nice paint horse walked all through that disc. Skinned his
legs up something awful. It wasn't deep, but it sure looked bad.
Why in the world did he do that? Had the whole pasture...
Good Luck, Roper AB.
Have these horses been vaccinated for Rhino? Sometimes
vaccinating them for that will clear up a cough.
RoperAB said:Oldtimer said:RoperAB said:Well I borrowed a ring feeder for round bales lunch time today.
Hard to describe it. I didnt like the ones for bulls. They were opened at the top like a tombstone for horses but the openings for the head and neck looked to wide. The ones for cattle were all different. Probable most of these feeders were ancient that I was looking at.
Anyway I grabbed one for cows that looked the safest to use with my colts.
I think this is going to be the answer for dust but im kind of concerned about accidents with my horses. The bars are at an angle so if they raise their heads quick they will get a warning before they hit that top bar. This one is sort of shaped like an hour glass so they will probable hit their necks instead of their heads if something scares them.
Anyway time will tell if this works or not.
If its 6foot3" how do you put the bail in it? Take it a part? Thanks OT when I get to town I will go into UFA and see if they can order it. The price sounds good!
The ones with a top bar will rub their manes off- so hope your not hoping to show them...I've got some angle ones that I use for calves but don't like them for horses- besides denuding the mane they also seem to bang their heads on both the sides and tops if startled by something...
There is a plastic round ring feeder that is made in Canada that is just like 3 4"plastic pipe rings held apart by about 6 3 foot straight chunks of plastic pipe...You just unbolt and remove the top ring and they work great for horses- and they are cheap as feeders go (about $150)...
Well thats something to think about. This Mare wasnt snotting though. I still think its the dust but if the new feeder doesnt cure it I will get her vet checked. She is my Top horse so im a little concerned!kolanuraven said:A polyp is like a little extra growth of tissue. The are ususally round-ish, bump like or can even have a stalk that anchors them into the membranes.
It occurs in mucous membranes and will irratate the area. L ike with my horse....it's what keeps his nose snotty cause the polyp irratates the membranes in his nose.