Re: can I feed more fat?

["LAURIE AND WADE PEARSON" <WADEPEARSON@worldnet.att.net>]

Michelle,

 

When I need to add fat or calories this is what I do:

 

Seminole feed makes a rice bran supplement called Ultra Bloom. It is 20% fat and I feel it is better than oil. Well my guys don't really care for the oil. I feed a 11 % protein feed all the time and add the Ultra Bloom as needed. I feed Meadow Herb by Spillers (Seminole). My guys love it as well as the beet pulp based feed called Challenge.  The Ultra Bloom gives you the fat for higher energy, without adding extra grain and carbs. Look at the web site www.Seminolefeed.com

 

Good Luck,

Laurie

 

p.s. flax seed is great as well, My 34 year old loves both, and will not eat the oil to save his life. Stubborn Arabians

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Michelle Fink

To: ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 7:36 PM

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 -

 

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