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Developing an understanding of post-colic feeding practices can help your horse on the road to recovery.
#horses PREVENTION to begin with is the key – think of how many ways you can better ‘naturalize’ your horsekeeping. Especially note diets … and what is warned against with concentrated commercial feeds …. THEY are the most common cause of COLIC! Prevent/Maintain/Heal = FRESH FORAGES … vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds as supplements (a little bit goes a long way) to a HAY BASED DIET. Don’t forget chlorophyll-rich GRASS! When getting the FRESH foods even the IR horses can handle grass!!! Check out http://www.thepenzancehorse.com ARTICLES for more reading about this.
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