Re: Re: Beet Pulp

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

For everyone's info, there is a nice little article in Horse Illustrated
(just got my new mag....June?) about feeding myths.  It has included some
info about beet pulp (debunking the notion that it will swell up and
explode in the horse's stomach!).  Has some other good info, some I knew,
some I didn't.  Check it out.


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
> To: karlak@mail.tca.net; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Re: Beet Pulp
> Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 5:51 PM
> 
> Start feeding beet pulp as though you were introducing a different
hay---a
> pound or two the first few days, increase it a few pounds every few days.
> You can replace up to 50% of the hay ration with beet pulp without
worries,
> as it's digested and metabolized as a roughage, not a grain.  Don't worry
> about the molasses content, it's fairly insignificant.
> 
> I would not recommend soaking it for 24 hours---you're more likely for it
to
> start to ferment, especially in warm weather.  For the same reason, I
> recommend removing any beet pulp that hasn't been eaten within about 6
hours
> (though at my barn, there's no such thing as uneaten beet pulp).  A half
> hour or hour or so of soaking is plenty, and actually, plenty of it is
fed
> dry without soaking.  SOME horses will have problems with it dry (usually
> with the pellets, not the shredded as you have), so it's an individual
thing
> whether you soak it or not.  If it's feasible for you to soak it awhile
and
> still be around to hand it out, soaked is always nice.
> 
> Good luck,
> Susan Garlinghouse
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Karla Koch Dick <karlak@mail.tca.net>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:05 AM
> Subject: RC: Beet Pulp
> 
> 
> > I finally went out and bought a bag of beet pulp.<G>  The only thing
our
> > feed store had was beet pulp with molasis, it is dry and in shreds.  At
> > what rate do I add it to the ration?
> >
> > The bag has both wet and dry instructions, is it better to feed it wet?
> > I've a mare nursing her filly and wanted to add calories without adding
> > more grain, so I figured bulking up with beet pulp should do the trick
> > and also let me introduce the filly to another feed texture.
> >
> > The wet instructions say to soak 24 hours.  If you don't soak that
long,
> > but it is OK to feed it dry, is that still allright?  The guys at the
> > feedstore just look at me funny when I ask questions.  I suspect they
> > just feed and forget, but I'm a worrier.<G>
> >
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