Worried1
Well-Known Member
Bit of a strange one so bear with me...
Diva is turned out for 4 hours each day in a field which has a row of plum trees along one side. Since the plums have ripened she has spent most of her time scrumping for plums rather than grazing.
She picks them off the trees rather than off the floor - she is far too much off a lady to scavange!
She clearly loves them - but she also eats the stones. She crunches them for ages before swallowing and I have had a good look in her pooh (sorry if you are eating your lunch!) and I can't seem to find any remnants of plum stones.
She seems fine in herself - she looks amazing and is going really well. Should I be worried or just accept that she has a sweet tooth and is ensuring she gets her daily dose of vitamin C!
She is fed excellent quality hay which has been analysed to ensure the nutrient contents, Topline nuts and HiFi plus cortaflex as well as access to a salt lick, once a week she is given a glucosamine lick (any more often and she eats the lot! Our grazing is superb, well maintained and with good drainage.
If we had to change field her turnout would be restricted to about half an hour which obviously I don't want to do unless I really have to.
None of the other horses have developed such an addiction. Am I worrying over nothing or has anyone ever heard of plum poisoning?
Diva is turned out for 4 hours each day in a field which has a row of plum trees along one side. Since the plums have ripened she has spent most of her time scrumping for plums rather than grazing.
She picks them off the trees rather than off the floor - she is far too much off a lady to scavange!
She clearly loves them - but she also eats the stones. She crunches them for ages before swallowing and I have had a good look in her pooh (sorry if you are eating your lunch!) and I can't seem to find any remnants of plum stones.
She seems fine in herself - she looks amazing and is going really well. Should I be worried or just accept that she has a sweet tooth and is ensuring she gets her daily dose of vitamin C!
She is fed excellent quality hay which has been analysed to ensure the nutrient contents, Topline nuts and HiFi plus cortaflex as well as access to a salt lick, once a week she is given a glucosamine lick (any more often and she eats the lot! Our grazing is superb, well maintained and with good drainage.
If we had to change field her turnout would be restricted to about half an hour which obviously I don't want to do unless I really have to.
None of the other horses have developed such an addiction. Am I worrying over nothing or has anyone ever heard of plum poisoning?
