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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:36
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Subject: RC: can I feed more fat?
My mare has dropped condition, and I would like
to increase her fat intake from 1 c. of corn oil to 2 c. Is it safe to
feed 2 cups of oil in one feeding in her beet pulp bucket (of course,
increasing from 1 c. - 2 c. gradually)? Unfortunately, I can't feed
one cup a.m. and one cup p.m. until she is out of the clinic. I am
adding a vitamin E to her ration... Will adding something like Farnam's
Weight Builder work better than adding more corn oil?
She is wolfing down several pounds of beet pulp +
Equine Sr. daily, and has free choice grass hay. She also gets Red Cell,
Acculytes (contains probi's), biotin, and Grand Flex in her bucket. I
know it's a lot of stuff, but her body is working so hard to heal up and she's
been 3 legged for a month and a half. She was anemic - the Red Cell
helped that. Anything I have missed or that is recommended for a very
stressed, stall bound horse?? Oh, she does have a salt block, too.
We checked her for ulcers, no sign of them yet. Might add aloe juice
from the health store??
Thanks -
m