Quidding And Spilling Grain Helped By Equine Dentistry
Posted by Geoff Tucker on Sun, Jul 05, 2009
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Quidding is the balling up of hay in the mouth (the quid) and spitting out the bolus onto the ground. Spilling grain is exactly what it sounds like. Several reasons cause these issues but the most common cause is the horse's inability to freely move his tongue to position the food. Again, pain is the root cause. Of course, your horse could be a slob. I won't be able to help with that.
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