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| I swear, she's holding out longer than I would have guessed. Good thing I have good hay! |
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Location: Oklahoma | When I switched my five year old to Renew Gold, he absolutly REFUSED to touch it by itself. The idiot would eat it with a little bit of oats thrown in there though! lol. I just gave in to him and always feed a little bit of oats with it. If I feed just the Renew Gold now, he'll eat it....but he sure glares at me.
I also have a mare that straight refused to eat it at all. Wouldn't even eat it mixed with the sweet feed when I was switching her. She held out for about two weeks. I finally just started soaking it with some beat pulp and oats and she'd eat it that way. After I tricked her into eating it like that, she eventually gave it and now is no problem. Good luck! |
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| Tried oats mixed in - NADA! I swear I AM going to win this battle! |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I had this same problem but it was on all 4 horses. No matter what I did everyone rejected the RG. HOWEVER I found out later that my bags were not very good. They were old and crushed up. I had no idea as it was the first time I purchased it and thought it was suppose to look that way. I gradually started weaning my horses off of sweet feed and about 3 months later tried RG again. ALL HORSES gobbled it up! Not sure if it was because I had fresh bags or because I weaned them off of the sweet. Don't give up, mix in some sweet and gradually cut back. Good luck its worth it! |
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Location: Willows, CA | It drives me nuts when distributors or stores don't ship out Renew Gold in the order that they get it in. Every so often they end up finding some that has been in the warehouse for a long time, and they send it out when it is past it's normal life. Here is how you can tell when it was made. On the bottom sewn strip of the bag there are four ink numbers about 1/2 inch high. The first is the year that the Renew Gold was made. Now this will be a 5 to represent 2015. The next three are the day of the year from 001 which was January 1st, to 356 which will be December 31st. So, the Renew Gold made today will be marked 5034. Always check this when you buy to be sure to get the freshest Renew Gold. If stored properly, it will last one year. If it is beat up or looks like the bag has not been stored properly don't take it. Some stores make no effort to take proper care in their storage area. |
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| Thanks everybody for your responses! I tried more oats with it last night and at least she ate a TEENY bit of it. The RG doesn't appear to be old, I'll have to check the bag for the date - I think she is just a sugar junkie! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Griz - 2015-02-04 5:33 AM
Thanks everybody for your responses! I tried more oats with it last night and at least she ate a TEENY bit of it. The RG doesn't appear to be old, I'll have to check the bag for the date - I think she is just a sugar junkie!
DNA test... This Might not be a real horse...  |
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| komet. - 2015-02-04 5:45 AM Griz - 2015-02-04 5:33 AM Thanks everybody for your responses! I tried more oats with it last night and at least she ate a TEENY bit of it. The RG doesn't appear to be old, I'll have to check the bag for the date - I think she is just a sugar junkie! DNA test... This Might not be a real horse...
I agree! And I thought my gelding was PICKY - geez, she takes the CAKE, (but won't EAT it)! |
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Location: MD | can you mix in some apple sauce or molasses? It may be a great feed but even taking that long to switch she may just want something tastier... and who can blame her?! My horses get real sassy every time I have attempted a pelleted feed and mixing in something sweet has helped them muster through eating it every time.
Now I feed Triple Crown Complete and they love it... I think they'd throw a pretty big protest if I switched them. It has that same sweet feed style of texture but obviously it's MUCH better for them |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | In the Zone paste by Animal Element has always worked for me to get one eating and drinking in no time! |
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| Bibliafarm - 2015-01-31 12:20 PM
you can always buy DAC oil.. it smells like caramel or butterscotch... and horses love it and it adds bloom to them.. put it as a topping..
I had to wean my horses on this, they went on a hunger strike for a few days. It smells like super glue to me :/ |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | AfleetEquine - 2015-02-04 7:13 PM Bibliafarm - 2015-01-31 12:20 PM you can always buy DAC oil.. it smells like caramel or butterscotch... and horses love it and it adds bloom to them.. put it as a topping.. I had to wean my horses on this, they went on a hunger strike for a few days. It smells like super glue to me :/
If it smelled like super glue I would think it was spoiled. |
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