My roommate stole my cookies, but they were actually biscuits to make my horse poop.

Here's what happened.

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This just happened today.

It took a couple hours of panicking before it actually started to be funny,

though my roommate may still disagree.

To set the scene, I'm an equian vet student, living with my roommate, a forensic biology

master student.

I grew up around horses, so I have a lot of friends in the equian world, and my program focus means that I now get to offer a unique perspective in offering some

help where I can, for non-life-threatening issues, of course.

And I always recommend speaking to an actual vet as well, since I can only offer so much.

Anyways, a friend of mine who lives nearby owns a senior horse who has recently developed bouts of bowel issues as elderly individuals tend to do.

She spoke to her vet about wanting to prevent colic, which is essentially where the horse

gets a stomach ache and can't poop and then dies.

So her vet prescribed an oral laxative for her horse to help prevent the constipation and

subsequent collic.

The problem is that her horse is a pretty big boy and is not a fan of taking oral medication.

And even in his old age can be a formidable opponent to try and tangle with.

My friend had approached me for advice and I offered to essentially

hide the medication in homemade horse treats since it was prescribed in

powdered form. Lots of horses are extremely sensitive to anything that tastes even remotely like medication.

So hiding the meds in a sweet and palatable treat would be a sure-fire way to get them into

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