Do horses burp ?

[Porkie]

................ well do they ????

Cos I swear my horse burped at me last night !!!!

 

[Walder]

my last horse burped once after excessive grass eating - my freinds' did as well on the same day - so yes they do!!! x

 

[lizzieuk1]

NO! they can't its physically impossible for them to as their gullets are a one way system hence why they are prone to colic as the air can't come up it can only go down! i expect the 'burps' you heard were just air that was only in the upper oesophagus and hadn't yet reached the stomach.

 

[Porkie]

I did wonder if it was physically possible or not ! But it definitely sounded like a burp so I guess what you explained makes sense !!

 

[Gingerbird]

QR - it is physically impossible as lizzie says but my horse once made a noise so like a loutish belch that he is officially considered the 'beer swilling lad' of the yard!

It was bloody funny too!

 

[Salcey]

My mare does this when she comes in off grass. It sounds just like a burp so as lizzieuk1 says it must be wind in the upper part.....
does sound funny though

 

[jacks_mum]

both of mine burp - maybe they are evolving?

 

[Sooty]

Ours do! I know they can't be sick, but they sure as hell can burp...

 

[dozzie]

Mine all do bottom burps!!!

 

[Porkie]

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both of mine burp - maybe they are evolving?

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Jacks_mum ........ are yours Cleveland Bays? My boy is Cleveland Bay x, maybe its a Cleveland thing !!!!

 

[CentrestageSHS]

Mine burps if he eats his dinner to fast, i think it's just when they get air stuck inbetween their food when they swallow and it is pushed back up. His tummy sometimes make's like indigestion noises too!