I do have three separate pastures so they can be rotated. They normal just eat the clover down to the dirt level. But in the winter months like right now as the grass is going dormant they would rather hunt around for snippets of grass rather than eat the hay I put out for them.
I trap a possum about five times a year on my deck where I feed the birds. They also come around for the water and food I leave out for my cats. If they won't go in the trap I shoot them.
I can say this abt possum poop. For SURE rotate your pastures and if you see horses nibbling at very low blades
of grass regularly, consider
putting them on another field for a couple of months if possible. If they only
have “a hangnail’s length” of grass they are much more
prone to eat possum
poop than if the blades are
longer and have grazing breaks here & there.
I do have three separate pastures so they can be rotated. They normal just eat the clover down to the dirt level. But in the winter months like right now as the grass is going dormant they would rather hunt around for snippets of grass rather than eat the hay I put out for them.
I trap a possum about five times a year on my deck where I feed the birds. They also come around for the water and food I leave out for my cats. If they won't go in the trap I shoot them.