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| Had the horse going on 2 weeks and I know it takes a while but I don't see a difference.
Teeth done the day I had the pre-purchase done
Eats 7# Blue Bonnet Intensify per day. That's 1.5 3qt scoops twice a day.
Gets free choice Bermuda hay
I am giving her a maintenance dose of Omep right now and she was on TX dose for a little over a week.
I just added beet pulp to her grain tonight. I am starting it slowly because she was not a fan when I tried to feed it to her from my hand. |
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Location: So. California | Why do you feed that grain?
The first 5 ingredients of the pelleted feed: Dehydrated alfalfa meal, rice hulls, wheat middlings, Rice bran, dehulled soybean meal. The textured feed doesn't like much better.
That looks like all filler to me, with little benefit for the horse. Rice bran is the exception. |
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| Anniemae - 2016-01-06 9:29 PM
Why do you feed that grain?
The first 5 ingredients of the pelleted feed: Dehydrated alfalfa meal, rice hulls, wheat middlings, Rice bran, dehulled soybean meal. The textured feed doesn't like much better.
That looks like all filler to me, with little benefit for the horse. Rice bran is the exception.
I love the Blue Bonnet Intensify. I have had nothing but good luck with it in the past. Its pretty high in fiber and that could be why the hulls and middlings. De-hulled SBM is protein, so is alfalfa and rice bran is fat. Im sure there are other reasons why those things are in there but that's what comes to mind. It has added probiotics and amino acids for muscle and bone health. It really is a pretty nice feed. |
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| Has the horse been worked? Platinum performance will help too. I feed two scoops to my big old mare, morning and night. I weight out my feed and two scoops weighs 6 lbs. |
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| streakysox - 2016-01-06 11:45 PM
Has the horse been worked? Platinum performance will help too. I feed two scoops to my big old mare, morning and night. I weight out my feed and two scoops weighs 6 lbs.
My scoop may be a 2qt then lol. I thought it was a 3... Anywho, I have not wormed her. I will go buy a broad spectrum today. The reason I have not yet is because A) she came from the track in October (late runner- 4&5yo year). I was hoping she would be up to date and they said she hadn't been out with other horses but.... and B) with her having tunny troubles from staying overnight at the vet and going off feed and needing omep I was thinking I should wait and let her settle.
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Location: SE Missouri | Is she cleaning up the grain and hay? If so give her more. Bermuda hay can vary a lot on quality as with any hay. So I'd make sure my hay is high quality. I like soaked alfalfa pellets for adding weight to one also.. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Roanie - I sent you a PM |
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Location: Florida.. | your not feeding her near enough... if your feeding a 2 qt scoop plus a half thats 6 qts a day =6 lbs..daily.
http://bluebonnetfeeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/172453_Intensify-Pelleted-Fab_Sht.pdf
she needs more calories.. People tend to think they need this or that and whats wrong with my horse its not gaining weight.. (which 2 weeks is hardly time to see a differance ) but they arent getting enough calories or quality roughage
http://bluebonnetfeeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/172453_Intensify-Pelleted-Fab_Sht.pdf |
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| She is cleaning up her grain but not her hay. She isn't leaving a bunch but she is leaving enough that I cleaned up the area where I feed her and picked up 2 wheelbarrows (accumulated over 2wks) of yucky hay because she left it and it got rained on, stomped in ect. I'm giving her about 25# Maybe 30# of the Bermuda per day. I'm getting a Bermuda/ Prairie mix today because she seemed to eat prairie better when I first got her even though the Bermuda is much better quality. Maybe she just likes the longer stemmed stuff... |
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Location: SE Missouri |
This.. Scales are super cheap and easy to use.. |
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| 6 lbs alfalfa pellets twice a day, 1.5 lb whole oats, with 1 lb rice bran twice a day. Stop the grain. Deworm, treat for ulcers. 10-14 days full tube Ulcergard, then drop to 1/2 tube for another week. Stomach by Nouvelle Research is black magic, everything I have is on it. Buy a horse round bale feeder, feed your small bales in that, it will keep her eating off the ground but won't allow her to waste her hay. Provide a mineral block.
Horses coming off the track are usually coming down off all kinds of things, not least being fed high as a kite. They usually lose weight if you don't feed them enough. |
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Location: sunny california | my track horse gained very nicely on alfalfa and timothy, 1 cup of the babies feed to mix in THE MM and that is it. |
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| I thought about trying THE MM or something of the like but she is pretty picky.... I would hate to waste it. I upped her grain this morning so she is getting 8# of blue bonnet (per day) now and I gave her extra hay to see if she would play in it or eat it. I'm upping her beet pulp as of this evening because she ate her 2 cups (already soaked) fine last night and this AM. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | RoaniePonie11 - 2016-01-07 8:37 AM I thought about trying THE MM or something of the like but she is pretty picky.... I would hate to waste it. I upped her grain this morning so she is getting 8# of blue bonnet (per day) now and I gave her extra hay to see if she would play in it or eat it. I'm upping her beet pulp as of this evening because she ate her 2 cups (already soaked) fine last night and this AM.
I can send you some of mine in a bag and you can see if she will eat it |
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Location: The Great Northwest | Muscle Mass from THE Equine is great. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | RoaniePonie11 - 2016-01-08 6:37 AM
I thought about trying THE MM or something of the like but she is pretty picky.... I would hate to waste it. I upped her grain this morning so she is getting 8# of blue bonnet (per day) now and I gave her extra hay to see if she would play in it or eat it. I'm upping her beet pulp as of this evening because she ate her 2 cups (already soaked) fine last night and this AM.
It is just going to take time to figure out how to feed her. I like being sure she has hay 24/7 to eat as she feels like put in a place where it couldn't be fouled. |
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Location: NE Texas | I'd go alfalfa hay twice daily. Whole oats once daily mixed with Cur-OST Stomach formula for 30 days. Add in a cup or two of flax seed, BOSS, or vegetable oil for a little added fat. Take her off the processed grain and omeprazole. |
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| I use a slow feed hay net for mine if I have to feed hay inside when the weather is nasty otherwise they waste too much of it. If nice out, I feed them in the hay ring outside. Also THE Muscle Mass has done wonders for my older gelding also I added the Amplify to his grain and I have him on Bluebonnet but I am in the process of changing to the Omnis cubes but will probably keep him on the Amplify for weight until I know for sure he will maintain his weight like I want. He lost weight after the floods here in June because of leg issues and that is when I put him and my other 2 on THE Muscle Mass with added 4 other ingredients to take care of tendons, immune, etc. Very reasonable priced even for 3 horses. They are all doing great (knock on wood). |
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Location: North Dakota | I've had the most luck getting one to gain without grain. Good alfalfa and prairie hay is what I gave mine when he needed extra weight. Sometimes all that grain just upsets disrupts the good bacteria in the hind gut. Take what you'd spent on all that grain and put it into quality forage. |
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Location: Midwest | Why did you only give treatment dose for a one week?
hit with a probiotic for a day or so, resume treatment, feed her more. |
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