Basically, there are two ways to prevent sand colic: 1) Making sure your horse doesn’t ingest sand; 2) Making sure sand is ‘flushed’ from the horse’s bowel regularly. Minimizing sand intake Your horse ingests sand when it grazes a meadow with short grass or is kept in a sandy or muddy paddock. Sand can also […]
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Is my horse eating too much sand?
A horse is ingesting too much sand in case more goes in than comes out. Of course, this is difficult to keep track of. You can assess how much sand is excreted, that at least tells you something. Of course, it is a good thing when your horse gets rid of sand in the natural […]