Re: Purina Athlete

["Jerry & Mary Fields" <fields@mesh.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: Jerry & Mary Fields <fields@mesh.net>
Cc: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Purina Athlete


>Jerry & Mary Fields wrote:
>I have tried many other supplements to add
>> weight and had problems with my horse not eating grain at all if I added
>> corn oil, rice bran, beet pulp. With Fatpack he had pulse problems. (I
may
>> just have to be happy with a skinny horse! )
>
>Hi,
>
>Don't be happy with a skinny horse!<BG>  Instead of Fatpak, try regular
>corn oil (buy it in small bottles, keep it in the frig so it stays
>really fresh).  Fatpak is a saturated fat, which *may* have something to
>do with the numerous reports of pulse-hanging.  Corn oil is primarily
>unsaturated, worth a shot to get some extra calories into your guy.
>Also, wouldn't hurt to give probios a try.
>
>Susan G
Thank you, Susan. When I tried corn oil, he would not eat the grain in which
I mixed it. What are probios? Is there a brand name?
Mary