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Post by mariedigit on Oct 10, 2008 18:48:04 GMT
hi ya, i have a friend that has an 8 year old horse that has stagnant water in his stable (up un till i changed it) he's still eatten and runing around the field be has been a little quiter in the stable in the mornings(hes not normaly that quite). so her question is do you think he will be ok now or do think we should have a vet in just to check him or is it because he wouldn't drink the smelly water?  ?? theres no lose of weight and he still eatting well!!!! hes eyes are still bright and his coat is too!!!! |
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Post by fleabitten on Oct 10, 2008 18:54:22 GMT
why was the water not changed/checked??
I would just keep an eye on him and maybe give the vet a ring for some advice. I think as long as he has fresh water in the field he should be fine but really he should have had fresh water in his stable at all times too.
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Post by mariedigit on Oct 10, 2008 19:01:20 GMT
yes fleabitten i told her that but because it a self filling trough she didn't think to check it, as she though it would be ok, but u would think she'd clean it once aweek.
i have the same in my stable but i empty mine every other day(as its a full size water trough) and she seen me do mine too, but never asked why.
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Post by raymond on Oct 10, 2008 19:03:51 GMT
Given the choice ray drinks water out of a stagnant pond rather than the fresh bucket of water I have struggled to carry out to the field generally in the freezin cold! He has never suffered any ill effects, but he is quite stoical!
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Post by madcatwoman on Oct 10, 2008 19:17:56 GMT
our old pony used to prefere the revolting water full of dead leaves and green slime in the old bath, to the freash everyday clean water in the trough , didnt do her any harm as she lived till 38 years old
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Post by haffyfan on Oct 10, 2008 20:09:04 GMT
Murph likes drinking out of muddy/yukky looking puddles too...there seems to be a trend appearing here
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Post by madcatwoman on Oct 11, 2008 6:49:33 GMT
perhaps it has more flavour lol
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Post by mariedigit on Oct 11, 2008 8:47:15 GMT
yes may be it does kflashy, but all is ok now i think!!!
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Post by baymare on Oct 12, 2008 9:23:25 GMT
gemma is the same, out for a ride sees a puddle head down.she loves it .
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Post by finefilly on Oct 12, 2008 14:06:08 GMT
i make sure thst all mine have lovely clean water in the stable and i clean their water trough in field out every week but they still prefer drinking out of muddy puddles
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Post by racaille on Oct 12, 2008 18:08:58 GMT
I never let mine drink out of puddles, there is a risk it is full of wild boar pee and sand. You perhaps won't be bothered by the wild boar pee in the UK, but the sand/mud should be avoided.
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Post by Becca on Oct 17, 2008 15:04:48 GMT
if he is drinking from it the water should be fresh, as it will refill. It'll be algae in the trough which as far as i know is fine. Stagnent water is water that just sort of sits and get the algae film over the top. takes a while though!
If thats what his water trough was like i would be more worried that the horse hasn't been drinking!
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Post by florence on Oct 17, 2008 17:23:10 GMT
becca's right - dehydration would be worse than the risk of drinking the stagnant water.
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Post by flyingfox on Dec 23, 2008 16:39:05 GMT
as long as he looks healthy i don't think there's anything to worry about. plus not all horses drink the same amount, my horse doesn't drink much at all, and the pony drinks loads, they've always been like that.
i've never got on with self filling boals, they always need cleaning, mines got one, which is all dirty, but instead of cleaning it i've just given him a big tug tub full of water.
they are wild animals, so wouldn't normally drink clean tap water am sure it'll be fine.
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