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My 17hh Thoroughbred
needs to put on condition, but can't tolerate cereals. What can I use?
Triple Top-Up
will provide the calories to put on condition and is cereal-free. Easy
Rider or High
Fibre Complete Nuggets will provide a good maintenance ration as they
are both high in fibre.
My horse has an
allergy to barley. Do you have any feeds without barley?
Badminton Easy
Rider, Equipower
Basefeed, Evenkeel,
High
Fibre Complete Nuggets and
Triple Top-Up.
Even a cool mix
sends my Arab mare crazy. I want to do some endurance rides but don't
know what to feed. I have heard that vegetable oil is good.
It sounds as if your mare is 'grain sensitive'. Try Evenkeel,
which is free from whole oats, barley and maize. 1kg/day will provide
all the minerals, trace elements, amino acids, etc, she needs for a healthy
maintenance diet. Vegetable oils will provide the right fuel for stamina
needed for endurance work (aerobic exercise) and should not affect your
mare's behaviour. However, in their raw liquid form, oils can be unpalatable
and difficult to feed in a sufficient quantity to make a real difference.
Triple Top-Up will provide high levels of oil (26%) in a palatable,
cooked meal form. It contains lecithin, a fat emulsifier to aid correct
absorption. It also has high levels of Vitamin E (3,000 iu/kg) which acts
as an antioxidant. Fats are best fed long term, so start with 50g/day
and work up to 400g/day, if you are doing rides of 50 miles or more.
My horse comes out in bumps if I feed him a mix and he doesn't like
cubes. What do you recommend?
You should avoid products, which contain barley, as it sounds as if he
has an intolerance to it. Easy
Rider is a new generation fibre feed of long fibre and vitamin/mineral
pellets. It contains no barley or alfalfa. It is low in starch, high in
fibre and has no added sugar.
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