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Can bad/questionable grass cause or irritate ulcers? Our boarding place purchased new hay and it doesnt seem like the best quality, we are going to be sending it in to get tested.
Is extruded soy OK?
Alfalfa?
I remember straight beet pulp was good, what other products are good for ulcer prone horses?
Give me a good feed plan with no grains and remember we board so it needs to be pretty simple with once a day "special" feedings.
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| You can PM me and I can tell you what I feed. I have an extremely hard keeper, and I feed her all natural feeds. I wouldn't feed soy, corn, oats, wheat meddlings -as seen on your avg bagged feed, corn oil is terrible for them, molasses, basically you want to stay away from high sugar or high starch. Alfalfa is shown to have a high level of calcium and I haven't noticed it being irritating at all to ulcer prone horses, in fact I was told it should be fed and grass hay should be just fine, unless it was cut at the wrong time. Do you know what type it is? My belief is when we start adding a ton of extras that we start causing problems. Jmo
Edited by luckygirl04 2015-03-12 12:01 AM
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Alfalfa helps ulcer prone horses because it greatly reduces the stomach acid. Also Renew Gold for grain. |
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alfalfa/timothy pellets
vitamin/mineral supplement - I use THE with ulcer prevent and joint maintenance
ACV for the flies that are so bad here year long
And our hay is not high quality but it has no weeds and have never had an impaction colic on my place.
If I think they need more, I feed a flake of alfalfa hay
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Location: Sunny So Cal | GLP - 2015-03-12 6:46 AM renew gold alfalfa/timothy pellets vitamin/mineral supplement - I use THE with ulcer prevent and joint maintenance ACV for the flies that are so bad here year long And our hay is not high quality but it has no weeds and have never had an impaction colic on my place. If I think they need more, I feed a flake of alfalfa hay
 Totally agree with all of this! And THE can make a stronger ulcer prevent if your horse is super prone. It turns into more of a custom formula so it doesn't follow the same blend pricing. But still super affordable. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | As far as I am concerned grass hay is just for fiber and bulk.
Alfalfa is good and ballanced with grain
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Either alfalfa in flakes or soaked cubes.
Beet pulp soaked.
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Location: Where you need a paddle... Oregon! | I feed
Small amount of grass hay
Alfalfa
Straight coconut oil
A grain that is bagged locally that is timothy, alfalfa, beet pulp, rice bran (and a couple others I can't remember)
A couple added pieces of advice
Always have forage in front of them
Always make sure there is something in their belly before you ride/compete
Pasture or turn out as much as you possibly can swing
Animal Element makes a great product called In The Zone that I use before I compete also to help coat her stomach |
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Location: The Great Northwest | A ulcer prone horse should have hay available 24/7 and be positive the horse is eating enough of the hay. Some horse are nervous/worry and won't eat much or enough that's not good for a stomach that produces acid all the time. So, small amounts hours a part in not good on the stomach. There isn't enough chewing to producet the saliva to nutralize the acid. The Animal Element product may work to in certain situations. |
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Location: IL | Cowgirl Kat - 2015-03-12 1:56 PM GLP - 2015-03-12 6:46 AM renew gold alfalfa/timothy pellets vitamin/mineral supplement - I use THE with ulcer prevent and joint maintenance ACV for the flies that are so bad here year long And our hay is not high quality but it has no weeds and have never had an impaction colic on my place. If I think they need more, I feed a flake of alfalfa hay Totally agree with all of this! And THE can make a stronger ulcer prevent if your horse is super prone. It turns into more of a custom formula so it doesn't follow the same blend pricing. But still super affordable.
I did not know this...Good to know |
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