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#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#So maybe she couldn't have that particular 2nd cut hay. I have had that horse for 19 years, and if she starts acting WAY more than her usual level of psychoticness after a couple of days of a new (2nd cut) hay being introduced and stops within a couple of days of it being removed, maybe it's not scientific, but I think I can safely blame that hay. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Jakesterd wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#As for Ruths psychotic horse, all forages are digested in the hind gut into volatile fatty acids. The fatty acids are used as energy in the same manner as adding vegetable oil or rice bran. Generally considered cool energy as it does not influence the horses blood sugar at all. Blaming an incidence of behaviour malfunction on the forage is about as scientific as blaming it on the full moon.. Im not saying your horse didnt act like an idiot, im just saying that you cant blanket say that the horse cant eat 2nd cut hay.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Jake#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
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