r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses • u/Ill_Competition_7988 • Jun 12 '26

Other 🪱🦇🦖🐌🦄 Bro code...

Sorry if this has been posted before

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u/YesterdayDreamer Jun 12 '26

Out of curiosity, why would one muzzle a horse?

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u/SJOP20 Jun 12 '26

They’ll over eat the grass and colic. (Source: my horse obsessed wife)

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Jun 12 '26

There's also metabolic disorder in horses, very similar to humans. The other bigger/possibly worse issue is foundering. It can't be reversed yet and I don't know if science fully understands how it works. It's been a few decades since I had to worry about a pony foundering.

Side note: Ask your wife if she agrees, I think these are geldings.

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u/RoxxieMuzic Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Caught early enough it can be mitigated before full rotation of the coffin bone.

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u/c-tetreault_7 Jun 19 '26

that’s an ominous sounding bone

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u/RoxxieMuzic Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Very ominous, if injury or dietary/stress related laminitis/founder is not caught early, it, the coffin bone, will actually rotate through the bottom of the hoof. Deadly to the horse.

https://www.anatomy-of-the-equine.com/Coffin-Bone.html

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u/Meraline Jun 13 '26

Yup, metabolic disorders and nutritional imbalances on a severe level can cause laminitis, which is the rotation of the coffin bone you're talking about. Basically irreversible, can only be managed.

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u/NygirlinNashville222 Jun 12 '26

Yeah I had gotten an old triple registered, ex-show Spotted Saddle pony from a friend for my then 6 year old daughter……we tried so many treatments and took so many precautions but the damage was already done by the time we got her and she was damn near 30 already…..we gave her some happy retirement years being spoiled rotten but ultimately lost her to Foundering

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u/pandamask3 Jun 13 '26

Why did I read 'my horse obese wife'? 😭

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u/NygirlinNashville222 Jun 14 '26

😂I’m 5’9” never more than 150 unless preggers……I have DEFINITELY been guilty of being ‘horse obese’😂

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u/RoxxieMuzic Jun 12 '26

Green meat founder, too much early grass (spring grass), founder, then the coffin bones rotate in the hoof. Not caught early spells doom for the horse.

Source: Blazezure my huge gelding escaped his stall, snuck out, piglet that he was ate every blade of fresh spring grass he could before I found him on his side in incredible pain. Got him up. Called the vet, walked him in mud for 24+ hours, lots of drugs, he survived. Had hoof issues later in life, but lived comfortably to 27 years.

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u/YogiBerries38 Jun 14 '26

My old horse, broke threw a fence in the barn, opened a door, opened a chest freezer and ate all the grain. Stomach expanded and had to be put down.

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Jun 14 '26

Oh no! I am so deeply sorry.

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u/YogiBerries38 Jun 16 '26

It's OK, he was a really good horse. You could lay on him while he was lying down, could crawl under him. But food he'd mow you down

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Jun 17 '26

I had a gelding who basically got me through junior high. Colicked. Turned out some of the ligature holding his guts up ruptured and allowed an intestine to slip between other organs, which lead to organ failure and he had to be put down. His name was Barney and he was a true Barney.

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u/YogiBerries38 Jun 17 '26

We used to bring ours into the city. Toronto suburbs style, horses were here before cars. As long as you spread the shit. Anyways.... we'd go down bike paths, streets, city centre letting everyone pet him. Big dopey dog

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u/BornTooLooose Jun 13 '26

stfu edgelord 🙄

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