babygoose
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Okay, strange question I know. But how many times in a 24 hour period would an average healthy mini pass manure? My palomino guy coliced the other day. He had to stay overnight at the vet, but by the next day had passed oil and was back to his old self. He has coliced a few times in the past. A couple resolved at home and he has had to go to the vet for a couple. He is probably in his mid teens and I got him from an auction a couple years ago, so I know nothing about his past. He has a salt block and fresh water all the time. But sometimes I notice his poops will get hard and dry looking. He lives in a big pen with access to a barn so I clean his pen about once a week. I have been closely monitoring his output the since the last colic and it seems like he is still not pooping much but I don't know what might be normal for him. The last couple of days he has gone about 5 times a day. All my horses live in big pens that get cleaned once a week, so my goal now is to monitor eveybody for a week so I know what their average output is. Only horse people would be this concerned about poop!