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Post by katiekynoch on May 3, 2010 20:27:13 GMT -1
Out on a hack a week ago Robin suddenly took a shine to sheep poo!! I thought this was a one-off but he did it again on a ride yesterday when he seemed desperate to get hold of another nibble of poo  Today he homed in on cow 'clap' but I drew the line at him actually eating it  Does anyone have any ideas as to what he might be missing in his diet? He's on Dengie HiFi Lite, Top Spec Lite, Speedibeet and chopped carrots once or twice a day, depending on workload. Ordinary table salt is added if he's been sweating and he also gets a slice of hay or haylage twice a day as the grass still isn't coming through. Advice and thoughts very welcome. |
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Post by harveydales on May 4, 2010 5:32:14 GMT -1
Don't know. I would have said he's looking for more fibre but sounds like you're giving him plenty. |
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Post by lancslass on May 4, 2010 5:57:25 GMT -1
maybe you could try a mineral lick.............if he needs it he will lick it  |
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Post by SuzieP on May 4, 2010 6:12:33 GMT -1
Bea tries to stop and sniff every horse-poo pile we pass (which can be a lot in Escrick Park LOL) but he's never yet tried to eat it. I think I'd second Karen's advice re a mineral lick - and then leave it to him to decide if he needs it.
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Post by valerie n scout on May 4, 2010 15:52:44 GMT -1
oh yuk, you poor thing...hope you find a solution x
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Post by greydales on May 4, 2010 16:27:55 GMT -1
Is he definitely eating it?? Dancer would stop to sniff every pile of poo on a hack (if I let him  ), and when he sniffs it he gets very close - almost touching with his lips, although he doesn't actually eat it. |
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Post by katiekynoch on May 4, 2010 21:27:03 GMT -1
Is he definitely eating it?? Dancer would stop to sniff every pile of poo on a hack (if I let him ), and when he sniffs it he gets very close - almost touching with his lips, although he doesn't actually eat it. Yup, definitely eating it, I had the remnants on his bit to prove it, very yukky!!  He's been given access to a mineral lick before but has a tendency to bite lumps out of it and would devour the lot at one go given half a chance. He spent his first 10 years in the Howgill fells on sparse rough grazing so perhaps it was a natural means of improving his diet! Last winter he veered off the track to grab a mouthful from a roadside heap of grit/salt . . . I presumed he was after the molasses which is now included in the salt supposedly to make it 'stick' to the roads for longer (though it succeeds in attracting sheep onto unfenced roads ...) So, in addition to two potty Springer Spaniels eating the stuff it would seem I have a horse with a penchant for poo too - none of them seem any the worse for it thankfully ... and thanks to all of you for your comments and suggestions too |
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Post by harveydales on May 5, 2010 4:58:57 GMT -1
Good grief! I didn't know they put molasses in road grit/salt!
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Post by harry11 on Oct 29, 2010 15:45:51 GMT -1
Try adding a vit and min supplement and oil.
Then when they work hard some electrolytes in feed.
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), and when he sniffs it he gets very close - almost touching with his lips, although he doesn't actually eat it.
