Complete feeds

[Lisa <lpopp@pa.net>]

With all this talk of 'complete' feeds, has anyone ever wondered what 
the psychological effects of a hayless -or minimal hay- diet might be on 
our horses?  I have (am I weird, or what?).  Considering that horses are 
meant to walk and forage *almost* 24/7 I have to wonder.  Especially 
with horses that are confined to smaller areas.  I guess I tend to 
overfeed hay, more so from a mental well being standpoint than for 
physical health.  I worry about the old guy I have that has no bottom 
teeth and gets all his feed (soaked senior and beet pulp) at once.  His 
nutritional needs are met, but what the heck does he do the other 23 1/2 
hours of the day? 
I need to get out and ride and stop thinking so much......
Lisa


> asked if we could develop a Complete
> Performance feed without hay and absolutely no dust for Race horses with
> dust allergies and  for horses with heaves. It was developed about 10 years
> ago and was the first beet pulp base horse feed of it type.  There are
> probable hundreds of horses that are at the tracks that thrive on it as
> there only source of feed. The feeding reccomendations for Complete
> Advantage for a 1000#  horse in heavy training is 23#, which would provide
> 9.2 # of beet pulp