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CENTRAL FLORIDA SAND COLIC
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Living in Central Florida creates many challenges for horses. One of the more serious is Sand Colic. Florida is after all one big sand pile. Horses that graze on pastures are very prone to ingesting large amounts of sand in their stomachs. This can be a very serious and life threatening condition.
One way to tell if your horse has sand in his digestive system is to take a clear glass or jar and place a fresh piece of manure in the container and fill the glass with water. Shake the glass until the manure dissolves and then let it settle. If you see sand in the bottom of the glass then your horse should be given a preventative.
I feel that the most effective and most economical preventative is generic Metamucil. Metamucil is mainly psyllium husk. It will swell up and get sticky in the horses stomach and the sand will stick to it as it passes through the system.
I give my horses one cup twice a week, but there are different doses for different horses and the amount of sand that they are eating. A minimum of once a week is highly recommended. I add a little vegetable oil to their feed, and mix it completely. Then I add the psyllium and mix it. The psyllium sticks to the feed so the horses eat all of it.
I hope this is helpful,
John
John@JRHenline.com
www.CentralFloridaCountryLiving.com
407-451-5154
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