Ridecamp: Re: [RC] beet pulp

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:24:46 -0600, Elaine Delbeke
<delbekew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Just want to say that a 38 year old horse which was to be put down 2
>years ago as she couldn't eat grass or hay at all anymore and was down
>to skin and bones, is now quite the personality and looking fantastic
>for her age on NOTHING but beet pulp for the last 2 years.  The people
>who own her cannot afford supplements, etc., but I talked them into
>trying the beet pulp.  They give her about a soaked qallon twice a day. 
>She gets quite irate if they're late with it.  Sounds like a bit more
>than 'filler' to me.  I recommend it regularly to people who are having
>weight problems with horses and so far it's never let me down."

Kahlil has essentially lost his teeth, and cannot eat hay or whole
grains.  His diet is a combination of a pelleted horse feed made for
senior horses, beet pulp, and a little cubed alfalfa.  The alfalfa
cubes are soaked and broken into the soaked beet pulp.  The "senior"
is soaked as well.  Sometimes put in a few small cut pieces of carrot
for a treat.  He gets three meals a day, two with beet pulp and one
without.  It's all the consistency of thick soup, and he loves it.

And, oh yeah, if we're late he sure lets us know!

BTW, he got to give a handicapped little girl a ride the other day.
He had a ball.  He often looks a little dejected when I ride out on
Shanshra and not him.  Sometimes I hop on bareback for a few minutes
after I get back so he doesn't feel left out.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com




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