Horse eating jeyes fluid?

[sydney02]

There's three horses and a pony on the yard i'm at who eat their beds (they don't get left much hay or get any turnout so they eat every clean piece of straw they can find yo has told them numerous times to leave them more/come up more but they don't).

To try and stop them eating all the straw the owner has been spraying jeyes fluid over the straw for the past month or so... I know it's poisonous for cats so it surely can't be good for horses? Does anyone know how dangerous it actually is?

I've learnt to turn a blind eye being on various yards over the years but I can't help but feel sad for the poor horses stood in 24/7 in their own muck usually with no hay or water and YO won't do anything about it despite numerous complaints.

 

[Charlie007]

It's not good for horses at all. It used to be the go to thing to spray on straw but was found to be harmful. I had one that absolutely gobbled straw and the only solution I found was to sprinkle some dirty wet straw back on the top after mucking out.

 

[VikingSong]

There's three horses and a pony on the yard i'm at who eat their beds (they don't get left much hay or get any turnout so they eat every clean piece of straw they can find yo has told them numerous times to leave them more/come up more but they don't).

To try and stop them eating all the straw the owner has been spraying jeyes fluid over the straw for the past month or so... I know it's poisonous for cats so it surely can't be good for horses? Does anyone know how dangerous it actually is?

I've learnt to turn a blind eye being on various yards over the years but I can't help but feel sad for the poor horses stood in 24/7 in their own muck usually with no hay or water and YO won't do anything about it despite numerous complaints.

If these horses are being kept stabled 24/7 in their own muck, without hay or water, and the YO won't do anything about it then report the horses' owners to the RSPCA.

 

[482739]

Mine eats fresh straw regardless of how much hay she has. I have to now sprinkle wet over the top too

 

[millikins]

If these horses are being kept stabled 24/7 in their own muck, without hay or water, and the YO won't do anything about it then report the horses' owners to the RSPCA.

WHW are more likely to respond than RSPCA.

 

[NorthDevonTraveller]

Don't sprinkle bedding with Jeyes Fluid. I had a pony on loan years ago where the owner had done this, and the pony suffered major liver damage and was nearly pts. Not worth it.