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CntryBoy777
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Well @frustratedearthmother I'm not sure about it either, but excuse the non-technical terminology on my part....it use to be that she would act this way when she would eat certain plants, like sumac leaves....she loves them, but seemed to have problems with her teeth and couldn't bite the small twigs like they do....so, I just thought the teeth weren't allowing her to chew things good enough.....she would toss her head around and frothy stuff would come out with leaves encased in it and she would be okay....it has progressed from that and the help of baking soda kept it at bay for a good while, but now the baking soda doesn't work and I have noticed a rather large area at the bottom of her neck....where the neck and chest join that is very noticeable when she has one of those head-slinging frothy episodes....now, even grass will start it...I've been giving her crushed pellets that she licks up, but even that collects in the thick froth and chokes her. So, I don't know either and just keep trying to make sure she isn't just wasting away....she has lost some weight, but surprisingly she is maintaining most of it, so she has to be getting something in her....her rumen rumbles and she does chew cud.....
Star has had a full Good day than she has had in a couple of weeks....
....I'm not saying she is cured or anything like that....but, for the 1st time in a long while she has eaten both morning and evening pellets without any complications....she even got a good portion of minerals down also....her head, ears, and tail are all up and she even seems to have a bounce in her step....sure hope it lasts for a lot longer than just today.....
