i am going to bring this strange question back up. below is the
same experience i had this summer while soaking his hay.

so now, i have come full circle: for the past week of soaking his
hay, his poop is "dryer and smaller balls" again.
yesterday, i substituted the ODTC for half his hay. today i'm
noticing that his poop is larger, moister and a different color.
i guess i am being anal (LOLOL sorry) but after his colic at
Christmas.... has anyone else noticed their horses poo change with
soaked hay?
val





--- In EquineCushings@..., "valdavoli" <STOMPERX@...>
wrote:

i have noticed a couple problems with soaking hay.

first, when he eats soaked hay, his poop is dryer and in smaller
balls.
i believe this is because soaking leaches fiber from the hay? so

his

system uses his "body water" to aid in pooping? however, with

soaked

hay, he does not drink more water: even when his IR symptoms were
most pronounced, he did not drink large amounts. he has always

been

a stall pig, his stall was always wet. with soaked hay, he does

not

seem to pee as much either: again pointing to his fluids being

needed

to aid with poop....?

second: with soaked hay, he coughs a LOT while eating and after.
almost as if the hay is getting stuck in his throat. i will have

the

vet out to check his teeth, but they were just done one year ago.

if i give him unsoaked hay, his poop is normal, his pee is normal

and

he does not cough.

anyone else experience this?
val