A & P Fast Fibre - yes or no?

[Mince Pie]

Never used the fibre mash but have a lot of good things to say about the ready mash, also R&B's customer service is second to none!

 

[SO1]

That is certainly not what they told me when I went to their stand at your horse live last year they recommended it as a bucket feed for good doer native. My pony is on box rest at the moment and having fast fibre twice a day as his bucket feed.

It is not suited as a bucket feed for weight gain though so perhaps that is what they meant and why your horse was loosing weight.

I spoke to A&P about fast f

It's designed as a complete hay replacer for old horses, a bag should only last 3 days, they told me

It's not meant to be used as a feed. I had my horse on it and wondered why he was losing weight so rang them.

I think a lot of people on her have the wrong idea about that stuff.

It's for horses with no teeth etc or who struggle eating hay.

 

[nosenseofdirection]

OP, I haven't read the whole thing so sorry if this is no use- I used to feed A&P fast fibre but found that
my mare would not eat it in the quantities needed to give her the cuts and mins she needs. So she now gets top spec light balancer, top chop light and speedibeet in the winter. She does much better on these and it works out cheaper too, as each bag lasts about 3 months as opposed to ten days with the fast fibre!

 

[nosenseofdirection]

Sorry, vits and mins, not cuts.

 

[LauraL23]

For those saying you don't add the recommended amount of water do you not worry about it swelling further in the stomach in the same way that sugar beet would if not soaked correctly?

I have just started using it and do find it very sloppy but once mixed with his safe and sound it gets soaked up nicely so the feed is just damp.

 

[OLLIEBOLLY]

My mare loves it! On the subject of it containing garlic It might have before but doesn't anymore. The others like cool & collected etc do still contain garlic but not fast fibre. I feed my 9 year old post kissing spines/gastr
ic ulcers fast fibre with baileys lo cal and a light chaff with added yea sacc and for the hormones naf oestress. She seems very content on that combination

 

[tallyho!]

For those saying you don't add the recommended amount of water do you not worry about it swelling further in the stomach in the same way that sugar beet would if not soaked correctly?

I have just started using it and do find it very sloppy but once mixed with his safe and sound it gets soaked up nicely so the feed is just damp.

funny you should mention it... in the US it is fed dry as standard.