Fresh Water For Your Horses
When summer is on the way and temperatures are rising, most horse owners hang up an extra bucket of water within the reach of their horses. While this is definitely a most favourable practice, it needs to be undertaken with care. Most horses are partial to their usual water buckets and reluctant to use any other bucket. Horses require clean water, particularly in summer, and a second bucket can sit unused and ignored by the horse for days because he'd rather drink from his preferred bucket.
Whoever tops off a horse's bucket, whether first choice or second, should check to see if there is any water left over from the prior topping off. If so , the left over water should be emptied out before clean water is added. Adding fresh water to stale water is not an ideal way of setting about things.
You can't do a favor much bigger to your horse than keep him supplied with cool fresh water when the days and nights are hot. Ask any pony, he will be able to gladly confirm this. This is not to imply that you should be rushing over fresh water to your horse every once in a while, it is just to suggest that you must keep a sharp eye out continually for the quality and quantity of water in your horse's bucket and refill it as soon as possible when it gets empty. If there is a bit of left over water in the bucket, make sure you dump it before adding clean water.
You've got to exercise some additional care with horses that wash out their mouths while feeding on grains, and with horses possessing a practice of dunking their hay. The water in the buckets of such horses usually will go bad really fast. Giving your pony one bucket is okay if you visit the barn a few times per day and check up on the water. If not, you will probably have to provide your horse with at least two water buckets, both replenished when required.
Use the same principals on water troughs. Make sure they contain only fresh water. Don't rely on natural condensation like dew to keep your horses watered at night. They must have access to fresh water at all times of day and night.
Whoever tops off a horse's bucket, whether first choice or second, should check to see if there is any water left over from the prior topping off. If so , the left over water should be emptied out before clean water is added. Adding fresh water to stale water is not an ideal way of setting about things.
You can't do a favor much bigger to your horse than keep him supplied with cool fresh water when the days and nights are hot. Ask any pony, he will be able to gladly confirm this. This is not to imply that you should be rushing over fresh water to your horse every once in a while, it is just to suggest that you must keep a sharp eye out continually for the quality and quantity of water in your horse's bucket and refill it as soon as possible when it gets empty. If there is a bit of left over water in the bucket, make sure you dump it before adding clean water.
You've got to exercise some additional care with horses that wash out their mouths while feeding on grains, and with horses possessing a practice of dunking their hay. The water in the buckets of such horses usually will go bad really fast. Giving your pony one bucket is okay if you visit the barn a few times per day and check up on the water. If not, you will probably have to provide your horse with at least two water buckets, both replenished when required.
Use the same principals on water troughs. Make sure they contain only fresh water. Don't rely on natural condensation like dew to keep your horses watered at night. They must have access to fresh water at all times of day and night.
About the Author:
Horses are Heather Toms passion and she enjoys sharing her
extensive knowledge through her 100s of articles with other horse lovers, like all things about western apparel
extensive knowledge through her 100s of articles with other horse lovers, like all things about western apparel
>
.jpg)
.jpg)
0 comments:
Post a Comment