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Location: MN | I've been feeding Safe Choice Perform which is high fat, low carb, but wondering if there are any others out there that may be better? |
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Location: Kentucky | Low Starch |
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Location: NC | I like Triple Crown Senior because it is very low in starch but high in fat. But the ulcery horse I had decided she didn't want to eat the beetbulp shreds in it so I switched to Legends Performance Pellet and really like that too. |
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| Base your feed program off of alfalfa as much as possible. You will find the more you feed the less grain you will need.
low starch
feed small frequent meals like if you normally feed twice split it into 3 (if possible)
grass hay in front at all times
No molasses or sugars
I've been told to watch any joint supplement with HA or MSM (as MSM is derived from DMSO) which is hard on the stomach. Red cell can ask cause irritation
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| I feed Nutrena SafeChoice Special care , no corn, no soy, no sugar, Low, controlled starch |
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Location: Beggs, OK | We are feeding Blue Bonnet Ex Factor to some of ours. I like the information that they provide on their feed.
http://bluebonnetfeeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/172471_EX-Factor-Low-Starch-Fab_Sht.pdf
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Location: Beggs, OK | Here's a chart of all of their feeds and the NSC, Calorie, and Starch content of each.
http://bluebonnetfeeds.com/pdf/NSC-Calories-Chart-2012.pdf |
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| About 4 weeks ago I switched my ulcer prone horse to Ultium (high fat, low starch) and alfalfa hay. Not sure which has made the biggest difference, but he's feeling really good. I treated the ulcers also and am now trying to prevent. |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | I feed my ulcer mare, alfalfa pellets and stabalized rice bran. We don't do any grain at all. |
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Location: MN | do you? soak the alfalfa pellets |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | snoopy - 2015-03-27 11:43 AM
do you? soak the alfalfa pellets
Nope, I just give them to her dry. I feed a powder supplement so I splash some apple cider vinegar in with it to make the supplement stick. |
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| I have tried multiple feeds and the best thing that we have found is either the safe choice perform or triple crown alfa lox |
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| Renew Gold |
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| No grain |
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Location: MN | what s the dfference between Safe Choice Perform and Special Care, they are both low carb, and high fat? |
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Location: North Dakota | I feed renew gold and alfalfa. |
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Location: Heart of Texas |
My ulcer horse is getting this now too. Doing great. |
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| I feed safe choice perform to my ulcery horse, too. Haven't had any issues with it. I feed the original in the winter when not hauling so much and perform in the spring/summer. |
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| fabulous2006 - 2015-03-27 4:06 PM No grain
Ditto to this. I switched out grain for high quality alfalfa and my hottie got much more brainy. My colicky mare quit colicing. And there has been an overall improvement in everything including foot quality and behavior. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | Last year my horse got Ultium and SC Performance mixed together, didn't work for him he was treated by vet with large Ulcers. Switched to Renew Gold and keeping fingers crossed. |
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| No grain - I feed renew gold and alfalfa. Progressive ProAdd is also another great choice- a concentated feed. It sounds expensive but yu only feed 1 cup am and pm- has all their nutrients. Feed ot or the renew gold with soaked molasses free beet pulp for more calories if needed. I have not fed a grain for 4 years. |
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Location: Texas | Alfalfa |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I feed my high maintaince horse Whole Oats with soaked beet pulp, t&a pellets, with vitamins and oil |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Renew Gold |
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Best grain for horse with ulcers?