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    Re: [RC] Help me feed my horse - Karen


    Levon: Have you heard of fat-pak? It's a dry white powder and you can use it in place of the oil. I have used it on one horse doing a lot of mileage with excellent results. Once I try adding more than 1/4 cup of oil to anything, Rocky won't touch it. He'll gladly eat the fat pak though.

    What I have found works well with the beet pulp, is that I gradually increase it until they get up to 3+ pounds a feeding. I mix crimped oats in with it -- however, I am using a great deal more BP -- usually on average if Rocky is doing doing a lot of rides (800 miles this season so far) I'll go thru one 50 pound sack a week for him. If I leave it in his stall overnight, it's always gone by morning. It did take many months to get him to eat that much BP though.

    Another thing I have learned is that the horses preferences change. Sometimes they'll gobble down the BP mixed with oats, and other times they don't care for it but will gobble it down if it is mixed with Complete Advantage, or Equine Senior. This is especially true when we are out doing multidays and I always have plenty of each item and will switch things around with each horse depending upon what mood he is in that particular day. I never feed more than a cup or two of any kind of grain or mix with the BP unless the horse has been worked or is going to be worked. (or, just did a ride---you get the idea---grains are not part of their regular ration on their off days)

    The first season or two, they tend to have a harder time keeping weight. Eventually their metabolisms change over and they get with the program.

    Good luck,

    Karen


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