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Posted 9/29/2008 4:12:13 PM


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uhhh ok well my friend let her horse out to run (stupid, stupid) and well i don't know what happened i was at a concert but i guess she got cut up and had to get stiches. but now I'M resonible for taking care of her...... anyway i can't get her to eat her bute and anitbiotics. they are both in powder form so i mixed it up in bran with lots of molasses and grain (all my horses love it) but she is soooo picky she won't eat it!!! so does anyone have any suggestions?!?!?!

 

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Posted 9/29/2008 4:15:59 PM


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Try mixing it with grain and add some treats that are broken up.

         

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Posted 9/29/2008 4:32:54 PM


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i've tried that but she just ignores it. sheesh that mare is crazy.......

 

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Posted 9/29/2008 4:49:54 PM


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try smearing it over apples, or mix it with molasses and a little grain.

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Posted 9/30/2008 1:26:07 PM


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mix it in some sort of liquid, put it in a syringe, tip her head up and squirt it in. that's what we did with Comanche's Omega3. it worked too!

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Posted 9/30/2008 1:36:07 PM


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my friends horse was like that what she did was took apples and applesauce and put the bute in the applesauce and stired it up, dumped it in the feed and put the apples in it and she loved it!!

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Posted 9/30/2008 1:46:15 PM


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my friends horse was like that what she did was took apples and applesauce and put the bute in the applesauce and stired it up, dumped it in the feed and put the apples in it and she loved it!!


yep thats what my friend does for her horse! he wont eat his so she mixes it with applesauce!

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Posted 10/1/2008 4:36:01 PM


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Yep applesauce is definetly the way to go

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Posted 10/3/2008 3:15:32 PM


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if you ever make your own horse treats, make some, but mix the bute in with it, then after its through baking, break up the treat into tiny pieces, and then put the pieces in her feed.

if that doesnt work, she's not a horse, i dont care what anybody says. xDDD