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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: horse fascination with windows |
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I have seen this behaviour now with turkey, guinea fowl and most of
all a lonely horse.
Perhaps it is cruel to have a horse by itself for they are social
animals and need the feeling
of a group.
I keep a horse with a llama so they are not too lonely.
But I notice that the horse spends most of the time next to a window
where he sees his
reflection in the glass.
I noticed this behaviour by other animals. I think it is instinct of
social animals.
So what I recommend for farmers or others who have animals that are
alone, is
to have a window where their animal can stand up against and see
themselves
in the window (or even better a mirror).
My horse spends most of his time up next to that window where there is
the
north shade and perhaps the flys are less in that shade and he sees
his reflection
in the window all day long. He goes out to forage early in the morning
and in the
evening, but in the hot midday, stands up against the window.
We all know about moths attracted to light, but now we have social
animals attracted
to windows or mirrors to get them through their loneliness.
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