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> My question:  Is there anything in the beet pulp that the foal shouldn't
> be eating?  She eats quite a bit of grass hay in addition to nursing.
> Mom eats most of the beet pulp mix, but foal may get a cup or two of it
> each day.
No, nothing that will harm her.  The main problem feeding beet pulp in any
quantity to younguns is that it is not nutritionally dense--it is strictly
a hindgut thing.  So it takes up space in their diet that would be better
served by something that meets their higher nutritional needs.  But I sure
wouldn't worry about a youngun just stealing a bit of mama's like yours is
doing--might even help her develop a taste for it for when you're riding
her and you want her to eat it anyway!

Heidi



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