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Location: NE TX | I've heard it does and I've heard it doesn't. My mare tends to be hot very easily and is on calming supplements and stresses easily so is also on ulcer meds nearly year around to help out.
Was told to try adding alfalfa to my feed (around where I live that means either trucking it in or pellets/cubes) so wanna know if it will make her hot before I truck some in or buy a bag of pellets or cubes.
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| It does not make mine hot. |
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 Duct Tape Can't Fix Stupid
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I would like to know also. I have a new horse and all of a suden he was really hot the other day and was wondering if it was the alfalfa |
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I just read the headlines
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| Doesn't make my horses hot. Feeding the cubes has actually calmed them down at feeding time, and the horse that gobbles has really slowed down and chews his feed better. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | In my experience, no, it does not make them hot at all. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Not that I have noticed.  |
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Location: Smack in the middle of WA! | I also haven't noticed it making mine hot. I've heard that it also can be good for horses with ulcer issues due to the calcium it provides! Never had to deal with ulcer issues so not 100% sure on this. We are able to get a good deal on alfalfa and I feed quite a bit off it  |
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| My mare gets a pound of soaked alf cubes per day mixed with her renew gold & vitacalm. She also gets ulcer meds, vet told me that a little alfalfa will help with the ulcers. She's already sensitive & can get very hot, and anything over a couple lbs a day ( of the alf) does make her very amped & on the muscle. My gelding....he can live on alfalfa and it doesn't change his attitude whatsoever(he gets 5lbs a day soaked cubes ). They both get freechoice grass hay 24/7.
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| When we first changed the mare to it, she had a little more energy, but I think its because she was finally getting the protein she needed. She learned how to put that good feeling into harder work after a few rides though. So I'd say, no. |
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Expert
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Location: Willows, CA | In general there is more starch and sugar in grass hays. When you feed them together, the alfalfa will slow the hind gut some, resulting in more complete digestion of the grass hay and it's starches and sugars. Horses that are sensitive to this may be hotter. Those who are not that sensitive will not be. That is why there is confusion on this issue. So, it is not the alfalfa that makes your horse hot, but more complete digestion of the grass fed with it. That is why most horses on straight alfalfa don't have this issue.
Edited by winwillows 2015-12-06 10:57 PM
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | They get more energy which can be confused as hot....taking mine off processed high sugar feeds helped the most with hot-ness. |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | No, I've had good fresh green grass (i.e) pasture make them a little hot, but haven't any trouble with alfalfa. |
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| No it doesn't. Alfalfa has ALWAYS been a part of my feeding program , they got it at night with their grain. However, earlier this year when my 5 yr old gelding got ulcers, per my research, I took EVERYTHING off grain and switched to an alfalfa based diet. Protein is the building block of muscle! Taking my horses off grain was best decision ever. No more nervous energy, more focus and they look phenomenal. Shiny coats, healthy hooves. I am blessed to live in area that I have a good supply of alfalfa so I have access to it always. My feed cost cut by almost 40%.
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| It definitely gives mine more energy and I think bulks them up better. I don't notice a problem with "hot", but mine get turn out and rode daily. |
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| Grain is usually the culprit in making one "hot", if hotness is due to their feed program. If you take anything away from a hot horse, make it their grain. I finally realize just how much a role grain plays in the mentality of horses...lessons learned the hard way. |
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