Watermelon...will it hurt him?

Hi! I just found out that my mini donkey loves watermelon. Not the rind, but the flesh. Will this hurt him? As the summer's coming on, our farrier suggested feeding an apple or carrot every day to keep them from dehydrating. But anyway, is it ok to feed this to him? Thanks in advance.

CloudNine

Yes ma'am, watermelon's fine to feed to equids.

My old mare used to LIVE for watermelon rind. Loved it...and she live to be just short of 37 years.

Watermelon is fine - our TB loves it, not sure about the mini yet as this is her first summer w/us. I do have to wonder, though, how feeding one carrot to a 1000+ pound animal would keep them from dehydrating.

Well mac, if you had one this size, I guess it would work.

LMBO - that's a big carrot!

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I kind of wondered that too! Umm....I think he just meant to keep their stomachs going....if that makes sense. Thank you everyone for your in-put!