I think my horse has a steel stomach

[Toffee44]

I have a heavy irish cob and hes started spending longer in the field shelter and is now making it muddy, so I decided to put a bed in it (straw) because he is a cob and will eat everything I put jeyes on the straw. My mare sniffed it and walked away and my cob ate it but then walked off so I thought he decided it didnt actually taste good.

However this morning half a bed! I was worried coz of the jeyes fluid so I searched the field for loose poos, then worried he may not have passed and was late for work because I decided I need to see him poo to be happy his gut was, anyway half hour later a normal poo. He weed ok this evening as well. Is there any other way the jeyes can effect him my main worry was colic and diarrohea?? Not too worried as he seemed normal and it would have passed through him by now

 

[mrgoop]

Sorry but if you know he will eat anything why not use shavings or similar??? why give him the option of something yummy laced with poision

I knew someone once who had a donkey with an injury that had been left until there were maggots in it

his idea to kill the maggots was to fill the wound with Jeyes

result very very poorly donkey

Luckily someone stepped in and called the vet, the case was sorted.

If you had a child who liked sweets a bit too much would you give them strawberry laces dipped in arsenic??

Sorry if this seems harsh, but there were other options
Hope your cobbly is ok

 

[Toffee44]

I know what you mean however shavings just clog his feathers up and set like concrete when combined with mud, never tried straw with him before and its cheaper and Jeyes worked on the stable door when he chewed that just assumed it would again on the straw as quite a few people seem to use jeyes on it. I am hoping what he has done is turned the other side over and left the top layer if that makes sense as there is a thin layer left which i have collected up.

 

[mrgoop]

A safer option would be BELVOIR BEDDING chopped straw with an acky taste
I would rather a cob with chocked up feathers than a poorly/or worse one

Mud is easier to deal with than the unthinkable... i may be wrong and we will see from other comments but PLEASE don't use Jeyes fluid as a feed deterent

 

[kitkat86]

I've heard that a mixture of eucalyptus oil shaken together with water and sprayed on will help deter horses from eating straw. I don't think it would be as nasty if the horse did eat it!

 

[YorksG]

Wouldn't work with our old cob, she ate my eucalyptus bush, it died she thrived

Would rather use shavings myself if have a straw eater.