Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Around the ranch
Another storm front was moving in Sunday when I drove up to the horse ranch for a horse visit. I had to go to the feed store to buy bags of pellets, so I unloaded them. It had rained that morning and snowed a couple days' prior, so everything was wet. (see Gigondas' corral)...I gave the horses an extra scoop of feed just to keep them warm. I also got a HUGE container of psyllium from a friend (Thank you, Hope!) and I ordered a smaller one to keep on hand. I've been doing some reading and it seems that shredded beet pulp also helps to clear out sand. Has anybody else read that? I have a whole can of shredded beet pulp, but I hadn't been giving it to the horses, believing that psyllium alone would do the trick...apparently not. I only have 4 1/2 more days of school, then I'm OFF for vacation for 3 weeks. My district decided to extend the winter break because so many families go to Mexico for the holidays. I've already had one boy check out and a girl is leaving tomorrow. The mountains were pretty and the clouds moving in from Temecula were coming quickly. It was misting as I was leaving and that's when I saw the rainbow over Sunni and Quad's corrals. My riding instructor invited hubby and I to a little get together at her house on Saturday night and I believe we will go. It will help the healing process. She's a great gal (Thank you, Annette) and she helped me get back on a horse this past summer.
I do not know about the shredded beat pulp. I use a product called "Sand clear". A couple of years ago Danny had some loose stools and the vet listened and said he had sand in him, so I used that and it took care of the problem. Now I treat my horses with it every six months or so. It says to do it every month, but I don't. Probably because it is so expensive, and every six months seems to work for me. Also I feed hay cubes which are in tubs, so they do get quite a bit less sand since I started with that.
ReplyDeletelove the pictures, bet you can't wait for the three weeks off! i know that I can't xx
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