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To: CindyDawg; HairOfTheDog

Looking at George cross-eyed will make him founder.

Seriously, there are lots of reasons for founder to happen; horse drinking too much cold water when he's hot and sweaty, green grass, feed overload, road founder, the list goes on and on. Ponies are definitely the most suseptable but horses with a cresty neck are also big culprits.

Hair, it sure couldn't hurt anything to get them off the grass for a few hours a day. Yes, when they are fixing to founder their feet will be warm but George's are always warm so it's hard for me to tell if they are warmer than usual.


3,726 posted on 05/07/2005 7:18:28 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle; CindyDawg

And they can founder if they are sick with fever... something to be aware of.

I know ponies are susceptible, and Bay is a little cresty, so I think bringing them in at night and feeding them hay in the stall before turnout is good. Let them fill up on bland stuff so they are at least full and grazing slower when they do go out.


3,727 posted on 05/07/2005 7:22:16 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: tuffydoodle

There is also heat founder here in Texas.


3,751 posted on 05/08/2005 6:22:38 AM PDT by squarebarb
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