Low-sugar treats for horses?

So my horse had laminitis when he was younger and now to prevent it from happening again, asides from limiting his spring/autumn grass etc, I don't feed him apples or any sugary foods. His only treats as such is carrots and I was curious as to what other fruits/vegetables/anything he can have to eat as treats that he'll enjoy but aren't too high in sugar. Any ideas are appreciated, thanks!

2011-09-15T02:41:06Z

I did actually have a look around the internet and there is a whole pile of vegetables and fruit they can eat and for the most part knowing what is high sugar was easy, but I was just curious if anyone else had a horse potentially prone to laminitis and thus has to do a similar thing and had actually fed their horse vegies other than carrots. Thanks everyone for your answers.

zakiit2011-09-15T12:19:52Z

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The horse should not need anything extra. The fact that the horse has had laminitis proves the point.

passaro2016-11-18T06:53:44Z

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Darrin2016-05-18T12:42:26Z

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Jeniffer2016-09-17T16:52:10Z

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Anonymous2011-09-15T10:59:25Z

Carrots are very high sugar actually! I work at a rescue and we have about 5 horses that we can not get any sugary treats, one of these horses actually has diabetes. Because of this we have to be very careful with what he gets. Unlike what others have said I would not recommend alfalfa of any sorts!
Alfalfa, in any form, can cause laminitis especially if they are not accustomed to eating it. Spirit, the horse with diabetes, can not get alfalfa, carrots, apples, or anything with molasses or anything with sugar. He gets a bucket in the morning to help keep his weight up during the winter, he's an Arabian, and he gets Bermuda pellets, sunflower seeds, a special herb that does something for his diabetes, and flax seed oil. We use Bermuda pellets a lot of the time as treats, rather it be just to give them to a horse or with training. Bermuda is a great treat to give diabetic or laminitis horses, but make sure you read the ingredients because some do have molasses in them. For Spirit we give him Bermuda pellets and celery as a treat, along with the other 4 horses that can't have sweets because they either have founder at some point or had laminitis.

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