tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773294397639465084.post6964165779481253986..comments2023-12-18T04:17:52.249-05:00Comments on Can I Have a Pony?: Why Do Horses Pee on Their Hay?Christie Maszkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06237968480153424007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773294397639465084.post-13784777039748355592014-01-23T01:05:53.624-05:002014-01-23T01:05:53.624-05:00Ponies.....Ponies.....Christie Maszkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237968480153424007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773294397639465084.post-7029200789248208902014-01-22T08:33:59.773-05:002014-01-22T08:33:59.773-05:00I was going to suggest that they use the hay to av...I was going to suggest that they use the hay to avoid splashing, too. Some horses do not like to be splashed on!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168070368360018750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773294397639465084.post-91879431313619581832014-01-22T01:10:44.286-05:002014-01-22T01:10:44.286-05:00I don't like to think that horses are dumb, bu...I don't like to think that horses are dumb, but what is their reason for doing things like this? My stalls are always open, and I like to provide bedding, but that is the chosen toilet for all my animals it seems. The donkey will literally walk into her stall and pee, and then walk out again, every day. She pees directly next to the trough (at least not directly into it!). If my animals would just pee outside, I would bed the stalls very deep. But that would cost me a lot of money because they think of their beds as a toilet. <br /><br />However out at pasture horses clearly define their grazing areas and their toilet areas (the roughs) so what is up with that? One possible answer I suppose is that in the stalls they can avoid splashing themselves when they pee in the deepest bedding/hay. However, even when I've removed all bedding and there are just rubber mats, the donkey walks into the stall, pees, and walks out again. Infuriating.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.com