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Re: [RC] Complete Feeds - superpatThat's a bummer, Val, Can you get Purina products? You may want to consider a feed that uses a beet pulp base, such as Complete Advantage. Whenever I forget to soak my beet pulp overnight, I give complete Advantage with the supplements I usually give and add enough water to make a very wet slurry soup. The horses love it. It does not need to be soaked and can be fed dry but the added , whenever possible, is a good idea. You can also try finding some shredded beet pulp which does not need to be soaked and if the barn will add water to make it very soupy, it should be a good way to go. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val Nicoson" <sweetmare55@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:51 AM Subject: [RC] Complete Feeds Did a search on the archives and need additional information please. Susan G--you might have the info that's needed here...you're a super source of that :-) Three horses at the stable where I board have been pulled off of hay altogether as of Saturday night. One was a lip injury and two were due to foxtail ulcerations (including mine). Stable won't return the "bad" portion of hay and most of the horses are OK...just a few are having problems. The other horse was worse than mine. Vet was out and fixed up the injured mare and took out the foxtail stuff from the other two horses with ulcerations...lips, mouth, between teeth etc...they did need to be slightly sedated to tolerate all this. She (the vet) suggested that we go to a complete feed until the ulcerations have healed (been dealing with my mare for two months over this now). The older mare is on Equine Senior and the Tb will be on an Adult Complete Feed. Currently bought one bag of local Complete Feed for my mare that is pelleted but am concerned about impaction. She was on grass hay...don't like Alfalfa if I can help it. Read that Strategy is Alfalfa based. Vet did approve Beet Pulp and have my mare on 1/2 of a 1# coffee can--well soaked of course. Will increase to a full 1# can later in the week. What suggestions should I use for a Complete Feed and/ or any other feeds to reduce the risk of impaction or colic? Should I soak the pelleted feed? She is not prone to chock that I'm aware of...and it would need to soak 24-36 hours as stable won't soak it...must be all prepared to throw in to the horse. All three horses are on anti-biotics as well...lymph nodes are swollen to various degrees. Is this OK for their guts without hay? Wouldn't think so...but can anything else be used with it to reduce stomach irritation? TIA, Val + Sania __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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