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http://www.balancedequinenutrition.com/NSCinFeeds.pdf This link shows Nutrena Safe Choice a rather scary 26.4% NSC when the Cushings List recommends feeds to...
I have a 26 yr old mare . She is in good health. I had her teeth floated by the vet in May 2007. Then I noticed she was still wading up her hay. I feed her...
Beet Pulp (soaked) is a good hay "replacement". My friend had the same problem with her gelding and the vet advised her to not give him hay anymore because it...
My question is, this winter can I feed ... Hi, I have a 31 year old gelding who also wads up his hay. The vet told me that purina's equine sr is 50% alfalfa...
Many people feed alfalfa pellets and cubes soaked in warm water in winter, they love it. Combined with senior feed and soaked beet pulp and you are in good...
Thanks to all you guys so much. That's what I thought but I have never fed beet pulp and was afraid to do that. Anyway Thanks again for all the good advice. ...
From what I have read you feed can 9 pounds of beet pulp a day. I feed my senior horses soaked beet pulp. On July 26 we sent our 36 year old mare to the...
Hi: I have a 26 yo tb mare who is retired, last year we had very weather and this year a drought, now her hoof are splitting really bad, does anyone have any ...
Hi Susan, We've been having more of a problem with splitting this year too. The ground is so hard with the drought. This hasn't totally solved the problem, ...
Hi, I am new to the group. I have 3 TBs and 1 senior percheron cross who is 20. I would recommend putting front shoes on and bell boots. I have done this for ...
Yep, that's them! (There are other brands out there, sometimes called fly wraps, sometimes fly boots.) We originally started using them last year on Sonny...
Thanks, I was trying to avoid shoes if possible because they are out in snow etc, but I may have to. Susan ************************************** See what's...
Thanks Chris, it is worth a try and they are not expensive. Susan ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com [Non-text...
Hi All, I'm new here but have a senior equine that the flies love as well as a poor little donkey that they eat up in the summer. I did fly predators last year...
I do use the predators also, my blacksmith says the splits are from wet to dry weather. Susan ************************************** See what's new at...
I am interested in the fly predators - where do you release them at? The other problem is, I am next to a boarding facility, would fly predators benefit me if...
We use them and have pretty decent results. They didn't do as well this year, though, which I assume has something to do with the dry conditions. The...
I thought the same thing, this year they did not seem to work so well. Susan ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ...
... I do use it as a partial replacement for 31 year old Annie; I read that you can replace up to one-third of the forage (fiber) portion of the diet with it....
... Our dealer told us the same thing yesterday but gave a different reason. His distributors are telling him cattle producers are buying and feeding the beet...
I had not heard this, should we stock up?? Susan ... From: barbaracat13 <bmoney9@...> To: save_a_senior_steed@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, 22 Sep 2007...
Hi All, Don't know where you guys are located but I'm in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas and my fly predators did a great job again this year. Of course, I...