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    Signs Your Horse or Pony may be too hot under their rugs or maybe too cold

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    By David Marlin on 12 December 2022 Articles

    SIGNS YOUR HORSE OR PONY MAY BE TOO HOT UNDER THEIR RUGS
     Sweating or moist to touch under rug
     Altered behaviour
     Restless
     Unhappy
     Kicking at rugs
     Biting at rugs
     Rubbing against objects
     Rolling
     Increased respiratory rate
     Reduced appetite

    SIGNS YOUR HORSE OR PONY MAY BE TOO COLD
     Lethargic
     Cold to touch over shoulder under rug (if worn)
     Reduced appetite
     Unhappy
     Depressed
     Shivering (extreme)
     Colic

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