Horses and flatulence.

[Globalti]

Why do horses fart so much? I was out on the MTB today and walked behind a horse just as it let out a real corker, several seconds long and of a timbre that would make a Radio 4 presenter jealous.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Horses are to be steered clear of, you should never trust an animal that shoots while it is moving.

It's not natural.

 

[Arch]

Why do horses fart so much? I was out on the MTB today and walked behind a horse just as it let out a real corker, several seconds long and of a timbre that would make a Radio 4 presenter jealous.

Just a natural consequence of their digestive system I guess. An all veggie diet, passed through a rather simple system that doesn't digest very efficiently - that's why horse poo has so much visible vegetation still in it, compared with that of cows or sheep, who digest their grass with several stomachs, and re-chew it. I guess that's why those animals tend to belch, more than fart.

 

[longers]

The lady who lived in the big house in the village where my mum grew up let out a fart on the way to church that she tried to blame on a horse. It was that good/bad.

 

[vernon]

The lady who lived in the big house in the village where my mum grew up let out a fart on the way to church that she tried to blame on a horse. It was that good/bad.

I'm jealous. Mine are toxic enough to stun children and small animals but I'd willingly swap toxicity for decibels.

 

[Aperitif]

The true reason for sporting a kilt is manifesting itself Vernon...The Laird of McBof.

 

[Saddle bum]

Hence the expression: "To fart like a brewery horse".

Incidentally, our pet moggie is very adept in the "Silent but deadly" dept.

 

[TheDoctor]

Dog farts are absolutely lethal, and usually SBD.
Of course, that could just be a natural consequence of the Labrador diet.

Horse ones, OTOH, have a most impressive length and decibelage.

 

[Hover Fly]

I'm jealous. Mine are toxic enough to stun children and small animals but I'd willingly swap toxicity for decibels.

As Saddle bum indirectly points out, you need vegetable matter for noise and meat for toxicity.
A well balanced diet gives you both.

 

[biggs682]

are you sure it wasnt the horses rider !!

 

[Night Train]

When I was learning to ride a horse the mare in front of mine had flatulence continuosly as we all rode around the paddock.
Not sure if it was better or worse that it the flatulence was more of the, ummm, 'feline' type?

 

[Ticktockmy]

I owned two horses, one Tom a gelding, had the most amasing ablity to shoot on people, if you saw him lift his tail it was best to run as all farts were proceed by loads of shoot, and worse still he would swing his arse round to aim it, and you could almost see him laughing afterwards, where Saffy who was a mare would look at him in a most distain way when he did it, often because she had gotten some of it, as she was often happy to follow along behind him.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I owned two horses, one Tom a gelding, had the most amasing ablity to shoot on people, if you saw him lift his tail it was best to run as all farts were proceed by loads of shoot, and worse still he would swing his arse round to aim it, and you could almost see him laughing afterwards, where Saffy who was a mare would look at him in a most distain way when he did it, often because she had gotten some of it, as she was often happy to follow along behind him.

Your Saffy was a strange mare if she was happy trotting along behind Tom for a faceful of shoot-fart.

 

[NormanD]

Try pushing them into starting stalls for 16 years, believe me farts are the least of your worries at the rear of a horse