My first thought was those fences too. I'm cringing sitting here.

Ikr thanks for mentioning!

Veronica the clippings are short and are fermenting, causing buildup and then colic. not to mention the amount of pesticides that may or may not exist on your lawn.

As someone who knows bupkiss about horses, how are fresh clippings different than what the horse bites off the grass blades? Do they eat the clippings too fast or something?

If you know horses ...no that'snot a horrible barn..it is not barn at all it is walk in. And a walk in is better than nothingand yes they do help...its for horses who live out... We have sheds outside too and it should not have a super small hole they can spook and get stuck the one side is supposed to be open...but yeah he should have an option to go in and out..they do not seem to know horses.

It’s less to do with what they contain (although it’s often high sugar so not good) and more the action of the grass when the horse ingests it- because grass clippings are quite moist but the horse hasn’t bitten & chewed it properly the clippings ball up and block the horses digestive tract, causing colic (hence why dried grass (hay) is fine because it doesn’t ball up in the same way).

They ferment REALLY quickly - especially in hot weather. Fermenting grass can cause colic. Plus clippings tend to be full of machine oil from the mower.

You are very lucky.. a) hey ferment and you horse can get very sick or die..and b ) they can only eat so much at a time that is why they are built to graze...giving them grass that's been cut can hurt their stomachand cause colic as well...they are made grazers to control how they should eat which is slow :)

When in doubt, ask a vet !!!

Just because it happened doesn’t mean you should do it. Grass clippings ferment fast and have other stuff xhoooed up in there like machine oil and what have you. DO NOT feed horses grass clippings please!

Yeah, I must admit to doing this too, when I didn't know better. Luckily my sweet ponies were ok:)

That small amount of grass clippings will not hurt him, he will have them eaten WAY before they have a chance to ferment