01/25/2025
👩🏼⚕️Hi everyone!!
❄️Brrrrrrrr! It is SO COLD outside!!!!
⛄️Gentle reminder for our horses and other livestock spending time outside in this chilly weather:
-Daily oral electrolytes, salt and/or mineral (loose or blocks) to increase drinking
-Add lots of water to daily feed or add 1-2 buckets of soupy feed/flavored water daily to improve hydration & gastrointestinal function (consider what is best for your animal nutrition-wise)
-Make sure to have somewhere animals can hide from the cold & wind, and maybe some shavings/straw to bed down in!
-High quality forage for horses & livestock is VITAL!!! For horses—if you’re using round bales of ANY kind please ***use hay nets over top to avoid impaction colic!!***
-Does your horse have a history of choke? Consider soupy mashes and soaked hay rather than dry to help them thrive this winter! (Bonus: helps them stay hydrated!!)
🚑The average medical colic,choke, & dehydration treatment on farm costs owners between 400-1,500$—so let’s set your horses & livestock up for success this winter!!
📱Call or text me with any questions/concerns!!
-Dr. Emily Pulliam