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A cool vitamin/mineral supplement (australia)?
I'm looking for a vitamin/mineral supplement for my young thoroughbred. I'm just wondering if I try something it might make him hot. He's REALLY EXTREMELY feed sensitive. He can't have any oats or grains AT ALL, it makes him rear and really naughty.
He gets twice a day in a 20L bucket, a big handful of salt, 1 scoop pollard, 3 scoops pellets, 2 scoops ezi-result (it's an extra steam extruded feed), rest filled with chaff, and a flake of hay. Twice a week he also gets 1-2 handfuls of cyllium husk (sp?) as he's kept on sand and it helps move sand out of their digestive tract to prevent colic.
He's a 17hh, 5yo TB. At the moment he's not getting any extra feed from me until he behaves (it makes him muck up a bit which is odd cause it's plain and cool) so he's skinnier than he normally is. He's not really skinny, he's just not as fat as he normally is, he's on the lower end of normal weight.
He's been picking through his/other horses poo too, which is an indicator that he's not getting enough vitamins/minerals.
I just don't want something that could make him hot. Anyone got any suggestions of supplements preferably available in Australia.
Thanks!
Let me know if you need more info!
Ok weights not an issue. I know what feed him to get on weight.
He gets so much salt only in summer. It males them drink more water to stop them getting dehydrated because it gets so hot.
Ok weights not an issue. I know what feed him to get on weight.
He gets so much salt only in summer. It males them drink more water to stop them getting dehydrated because it gets so hot.
Pellets are just normal pellets. I have no access to a diff brand all stores with in 2hrs and the stables delivery is all the same. They're pretty good when I wanna put weight on him.
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hi,
I give my boy Equilibrium B1 Cool mineral Mix, I used normal Equilibrium on all my horses in the past but as he was is an off the track TB I went with the B1 cool, same as regular equilibrium but had extra dose of B1, good for the nervous system :)
I have had zero problems with this and my boy is on a 0 grain diet, for the same reason as yours.
I feed him hygain ice, lucern & oaten chaff &speedi beet. morn & night, with his equilibrium in his night feed and lucern hay at night/whenever he isn't out in the paddock.
This seems to be working for him at the moment, so I am sticking with it :) he has put on weight and his coat is def better and he isn't too much of a nutter :)
Oh and he is 16.2, TB, 4 years old if that helps :)
- 1 decade ago
I have a couple of questions..
a) why so much salt?
b) what pellets are yiou using and have you tried otherss.
I ask this as we have had troubles in the past we putting weight on hoprses and some feeds being quite effective rocket fuel.
We had a lot of success out of a product called weight lifter(out of victoria I think) but we have another finicky horse who does well on home made mix with wheat bix and Copra in it !!
- PetleeLv 41 decade ago
I can only recommend what I used in the past. COOL HORSE AND PONY PELLETS they are only 13 % protein. Rice bran is another that I found to help put on weight and not heat them up. Salt and mineral block are also good to use.
- 5 years ago
Yes keep taking at least the prenatal vitamin throughtout your whole pregnancy and even after if you are breastfeeding. Feel lucky if you NEVER get morning sickness..I've had it with all three pregnancies and my two last ones have been the worse.
