Re: RC: HORSE 37 YEARS OLD

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

Get hold of some alfalfa/grass pellets or even straight alfalfa pellets
- they don't have to be "enriched" or "complete".  Weigh them - your
horse should get 2% of it's ideal body weight per day.  If the horse
should weigh 900 lbs, then feed 9 lbs per meal if you're feeding twice a
day.  Soak the pellets for at least one hour before you serve them - put
enough water in to cover the dry pellets with about an inch of water.
We've got an old mare with no back teeth & she does great on the pellets
- doesn't matter if they can't chew when the pellets are soaked!

We also add (over and above the measured amount of pellets) beet pulp
(about 3 or 4 lbs a day, also soaked) and a food supplement called
blue-green algae.  We feed vegetable oil in the winter.  Lif

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