Low-sugar treats for horses?

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

Low Sugar Treats

1

2

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.

This Site Might Help You.

RE:

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...

Good work for researching and understanding about starches and sugars triggering a laminitic episode. I would recomend only one carrot a day, even though we don't consider carrots and veggies having sugar, they are indeed loaded with natural sugar which is just as dangerous. Horses really don't need treats, a good treat would be giving him a really good rub in his "itchy" spot. If feeding him treats is very important to you, I think you could easily google "treats for laminitic horses" and that should bring up alot of options! keep up the good work!

This lady makes natural horse treats that have Sugar Free Horse Cookies that have no corn, oats, molasses, alfalfa meal, fruit or organic flowers. They're not THAT expensive. Just a nice alternative to veggies.

http://www.naturalhorsetreats.com/

Carrots are actually high in sugar as well.

You can always purchase the cookies meant for diabetics. They're specifically formulated for insulin problems so they should be safe for your horse. Alfalfa cubes are a great treat too but make sure to break off the flakes for them to eat it and not the whole cube.

sugar treats horses

carrots are a no no for laminitics the occasional apple is ok though. Try to make sure that he gets plenty to eat as the horses hind gut needs to be full.Lucern is a good feed you can buy bales of sun dried lucern and feed without worrying.