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Chinese Drywall – It has a peculiar acidic smell like wet paint. The emitting sulfur gases are also described as a sour or rotten egg odor. Faucets and showerheads become pitted or turn black. Copper pipes, electrical wiring and air conditioners corrode. Residents have complained of eye and skin irritations, nosebleeds and frequent ear and upper repertory infections.

100,000 homes mostly built in 2006 and 2007 may be affected. The drywall is being investigated by numerous agencies, including the U.S. Consumer Product safety Commission, The Environmental Protection Agency, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with state health departments. Several are due to report their findings in August and September. If the agencies conclude a “substantial” electrical, fire or health hazard exist, they could issue a recall or other action.

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Tips for hauling Your Horse in HOT Weather

Owning horses on your property in Florida or anywhere else where hot weather can be an issue, shows care must be taken during transport. Failure to consider hot weather transportation can potentially lead to your horse experiencing dehydration, heat stroke or heat exhaustion. Performance issues upon arrival are another consideration.

Even in ideal conditions traveling is work for your horse. Riding in a trailer uses as much energy as walking. Muscular energy is used maintaining balance in a moving trailer. Several hours of travel will fatigue a horse. Consider that on a sunny day your trailer can be 20 degrees hotter than outside temperatures.<!–more–>

Here are a few travel tips:

Schedule your travel during the coolest parts of the day.

Load equipment and feed first. Load your horse last.

The day before provide large amounts of water to your horse to ensure it is hydrated

Open all trailer vents and sliding windows for max air flow

Every 4 to 6 hours stop for a watering break. Allow at least 20 minutes for every stop. Try to park in the shade.

In extreme heat hose or sponge down with cool water

Give your horse electrolytes the day of travel.

It is recommended that trips 12 hours or longer horses should be unloaded and given an 8 hour rest from traveling.

Just for fun here are a few useless facts – Horses stomachs ca hold between 2 and 4 gallons of fluid. Horses can lose 0.44% to 0.55% of body weight per hour during transportation. If you’re interested in horse properties check out Levi Salmans of the Orlando area who specializes in equestrian property.

Concerned about your Horses getting enough nutrition foraging on their Orlando area Horse property? Don’t be. Horses consume about 1 to 2 percent of their body weight per day. Thus an average 1,000 pound horse will requires a minimum of 10 to 20 pounds of dry forage per day. Florida pastures  provide a major part of the nutritional needs of horses almost year round. Provided the forage is to the proper quality. This makes Florida a great place for Horse properties.

Cattle have a stomach that acts as a large vat that degrades poor quality, high fiber, and cellulosic materials by microorganisms. Horses on the other hand, have a simpler less robust stomach. They have adapted a large colon where the fermentation process occurs. Therefore, they are hindgut digesters, thereby requiring higher quality less fibrous forages.

Interested in purchasing equestrian property? Here is an important question to consider.

How many horses can you put on a pasture? There are lots of variables:

The size and age of the horse

Plant species grown and productivity

The amount of grain and other supplements fed

Grazing management

Time of year is another factor

The more productive the pasture the less acreage is needed. Typically less productive sites require 2 to 2 ½ acres for one mature horse weighing around 1,100 pounds. On productive well managed pastures 1 to 1 ½ acres will be adequate to support a mature horse.

You can increase the number of horses per acreage by increasing the amount of supplemental feed and rotational grazing. Moving animals every 14 to 21 days allows pastures to re-grow and recover. Avoid over grazing, plants are weakened, bare spots develop which lead to the encroachment of weeds.

Interested in Property for horses?

Levi can help you find your next pasture. Call him today at 407-489-0155.