Re: RC: Re: Beet Pulp Pellets????

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I'm not keeping official records or anything, but I think the record so far
for engulfing beet pulp is held by my four year old Karahty young'un Dakota.
He went this past summer to Karen Chaton's for conditioning and I breezily
told her she could feed him about all the beet pulp he wanted---never
expecting that overgrown piglet to stuff in more than maybe eight pounds
dryweight.  It turns out he is perfectly happy snorkeling his way through
fifteen pounds a day (yes, it was weighed) dryweight and then well-soaked,
plus plenty of hay and a bit of LMF, and looking for more of everything.
Before then, his mom held the record at twelve pounds a day, but she had to
be at peak lactation to do it.

Oh, well.  I've always thought a good endurance horse should eat like
there's no tomorrow, and if that's a predictor of future success, there
should be no beating this orangutang.  At least if we can drag him away from
his bucket long enough to agree to trot down the trail now and again. <g>

BTW, just as trivia, well-soaked beet pulp is one of the prescribed diets
for horses recovering from colic surgery at the CSU vet hospital.  Over on
the small animal side, they're also using it as a recovery diet for dogs
whose intestinal mucosa have been wiped out by parvo virus.  Handy stuff.

susan g

----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne/Elaine Delbeke <delbekew@sprynet.com>
To: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>; <bonnyfyrefarms@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: RC: Re: Beet Pulp Pellets????


> Just as a matter of interest, right now we are feeding 3 pounds of
> pellets to a group of our horses as a base for adding vitamins,
> minerals, grain etc. - which translates to a bit over 20 pounds well
> soaked.  Or put another way, 6 cups of pellets becomes 2 imperial
> gallons, 2.5 US gallons.
>
> Wayne Delbeke
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> Lazy ED Bar Canabians (Canadien/Arab crosses)
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