My horse needs more energy!! He is a fairly lazy horse in general, but his energy has been really low lately. I know a large part of the problem is that the hay I am feeding isn't quite as good as I wish it was. I feed him a bit of oats and Nutrena Vitality, but I definitely need something more to fill the void. Any recommendations?
Posted 2014-03-09 7:42 PM Subject: RE: More Energy?
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Your horse sounds like mine lol. The hay here is terrible this year bc of all the rain we got during the summer-its basically a filler, not much protein. I started supplementing mine with alfalfa cubes, its made a huge difference w/o making him stupid. He's still his laid back self, but he's much more on the muscle when we run
Posted 2014-03-09 7:51 PM Subject: RE: More Energy?
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Oats are simple carbohydrate easily digestible just like chocolate instant high and sugar crash after.
I would try adding flax or stabilized rice bran, coconut oil to his oats. I may also put him on a vitamin supplement especially if the quality of hay is poor. I like red cell, but I don't think it is available in Canada anymore
More Energy?
