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| Does anyone here feed the Total Equine feed? If so, what are the pros and cons? My feed store just started carrying it and it was recommended to me. Its a bit pricier than what I feed now, but based on the reviews it says that consumption of both grain and hay is less. Thanks in advance for any input! |
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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | It changed formulas and all 10 horses lost along of weight fast as did others who I knew fed it. It was too expensive and I had to pour the feed to all 10 and pile up the hay to keep them decent weight. I only fed it because a friend was a dealer and delivered it to my barn for a little over his cost. Definitely not worth it!! I'm happy with Patriot. Half a scoop 2x a day keeps my crew in good shape. Hard working horses get 1- 1.5 scoops 2x a day. |
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Location: Here | Dash4KJ - 2014-03-20 10:10 PM It changed formulas and all 10 horses lost along of weight fast as did others who I knew fed it. It was too expensive and I had to pour the feed to all 10 and pile up the hay to keep them decent weight. I only fed it because a friend was a dealer and delivered it to my barn for a little over his cost. Definitely not worth it!! I'm happy with Patriot. Half a scoop 2x a day keeps my crew in good shape. Hard working horses get 1- 1.5 scoops 2x a day.
I agree it was good at first but I stopped feeding it long time ago
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Location: Texas | SG, what did you switch to? I am still feeding it and thinking about switching... |
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Location: Here | Trying something new :) I think my horses are happier too Standlee |
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| I tried it for two yrs, only 2 out of 8 horses did ok on it, my mare came up with too much calcium almost point of kidney stones, I stopped feeding it all together,
I feed Safe Choice maintance , all are doing good |
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Location: South MS | I had all my horses on it for about 6 months - then they all started to drop off and I was pouring the feed to try to get it back on them and for $19 a bag (40# bag= about 17 scps in each back) I was flying through feed
I ended up putting the pasture horses on just a cheap 12% pellet feed and the performance horses are now on oats/beet pulp/flax and alfalfa
I will say the horses looked great for the first few months but I can afford to pour 2 scps 2x per day to 5 horses - I was going through like 20-24 bags a month |
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Location: South TEXAS | Dash4KJ - 2014-03-20 10:10 PM
It changed formulas and all 10 horses lost along of weight fast as did others who I knew fed it. It was too expensive and I had to pour the feed to all 10 and pile up the hay to keep them decent weight. I only fed it because a friend was a dealer and delivered it to my barn for a little over his cost. Definitely not worth it!! I'm happy with Patriot. Half a scoop 2x a day keeps my crew in good shape. Hard working horses get 1- 1.5 scoops 2x a day.
do you know when the formula changed??? I had fed it(4#/day) and loved it till maybe November and mine went down hill. my BFF is a dealer and feeds her barrel horses 2 sc twice a day=8# that's a lot |
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Location: Hill Country of TEXAS!! | starkfarms - 2014-03-21 9:19 AM Dash4KJ - 2014-03-20 10:10 PM It changed formulas and all 10 horses lost along of weight fast as did others who I knew fed it. It was too expensive and I had to pour the feed to all 10 and pile up the hay to keep them decent weight. I only fed it because a friend was a dealer and delivered it to my barn for a little over his cost. Definitely not worth it!! I'm happy with Patriot. Half a scoop 2x a day keeps my crew in good shape. Hard working horses get 1- 1.5 scoops 2x a day. do you know when the formula changed??? I had fed it (4#/day ) and loved it till maybe November and mine went down hill. my BFF is a dealer and feeds her barrel horses 2 sc twice a day=8# that's a lot
Sometime in the fall. Sept/ Oct maybe? Anderson denies it changed but color and smell changed. |
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Location: Texas | Hmmm, mine have all the sudden become hard keepers too. Been feeding it for a couple of years, but this winter they are all looking ribby and stragley............ |
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Location: My Own Little World | I have never used it because for me to feed it to 4 horses was going to cost $264/ month at their reccomended dose. And as far as feeding less hay, I certainly wouldn't want to do that because we live in Nevada where there is no pasture and I think giving them less forage is not a good idea |
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | I feed TE to my mare,and had no problems. I have to be careful what I feed her. And TE has worked the best for her. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I fed it and liked it, but haven't since last fall. I just had my babies and show horse on something else. I don't think I will go back after reading this. It's hard for me to get anyways. I have actually been very happy with Safechoice Perform. |
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Location: Where the road leads me | I feed it and also noticed a change in the feed last fall. It use to smell yummy sweet like blueberry muffins and it sure don't smell like that anymore. Glad to know Im not the only one to have noticed something is different. Not happy. The hoof quality on my horses has declined however my horses still look and perform well and I will continue to feed Total Equine for now. I hope they get it fixed I would hate to have to switch.
Edited by Running2Win 2014-05-01 9:55 PM
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Location: In a happy place | I had good luck with it a few years back when I fed it to my stud horse. After reading this I won't use it again. |
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Location: Ellensburg, Washington | I just finished 30 days on it and I really like it. I just got 3 new bags today and noticed the color and smell difference. The pellets also look smaller. I feed 8# a day. I am hoping after reading all this I didn't waste my money on 3 more bags! |
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| I just got 4 more bags. My mare that I just could NOT get to fill out now looks amazing! She also went from 4D to 1/2D. I have not had any problems with her dropping weight at all. The bags I just got yesterday do seem to have smaller pellets, but I think that is good. My mare doesn't lose any that way! Smaller pellets doesn't hurt anything the weight of the bag is the same.
I just started my gelding on it too. They are OBSESSED with it. It still smells sweet to me like the bags before. I am sure it is like anything else it doesn't work for every horse. I would also check the hay your feeding, water content (if you are having calcium problems) and other supplements. The only thing I'd like to take out of TE is the sugar. I avoid sugar and corn in any feed. I am sure we are all crazy horse ladies/guys here and have our preferences though! lol |
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Location: South MS | My horses did really well on it for 6-8 months - then started dropping weight - I was feeding 2x what I was told I would need to so it got really expensive
I feed non performance horses a 12% stock pellet
Performance horses get rolled oats, beet pulp, and flax - they look better than they every have on that and they are only getting 1/2scp oats and 1/2 beet pulp 2x daily and are fat |
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| I feed it.. and have loved it. My colt really filled out on his top line and nothing I have is loosing weight.. I did notice a change in the size and also the smell... does anyone know what the deal with the smell was? It started to smell like some weird sweet flower or something.. interesting? |
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| I used TE for a couple of years, 2 out of 10 I thought did ok on it, as far as weight, then my mare starting acting colicy, had impaction, first vet said, then she quit urinating, went another vet, she had so much calcium build up to the point of kidney stones. I have been dealing with this since july year ago, poor mare, had meds injected into her kidneys, this has been a nightmare. I thought soreness in her back was ovaries. its been a long road of treatment,
I WILL NEVER FEED TOTAL EQUINE TO ANYTHING AGAIN!!
I use Safe Choice maintence now , mare is getting better not sure she will ever totally recover the other was a 20 yr old gelding. he is turned out now |
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