Alternatives to Sugarbeet?!

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NicoleS_007

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Hi guys :) Gosh it's been a while since iv been on here :eek: Anyways I need some feeding suggestions for my little mare. We recently started feeding her sugarbeet a few weeks ago and she has suddenly came up in huge lumps all over her body! It started off on both sides of her belly but it has gotten worse within 24hrs and is all over her body, poor mare is starting to itch now :( She was getting 2 scoops per day split into two feeds with a scoop of mix in each aswell. She is doing quite a bit of work now and needs something to give her instant energy and keep the weight on her although shes not a poor doer. So I need some feeding alternatives that i can add to her current mix. She can't have Alfalfa either as she comes up in little lumps!! The only thing I can think of is soaked oats as I heard they were good for keeping weight on and might supply more energy?! Don't really want to be feeding scoops upon scoops of mix!! Open to any suggestions please :)
 
Alphabeet? It's supposed to be lower in sugar and better for allergies.

I feed it to one of mine and it keeps the condition on through the winter and have not had any issues with it :) Hope that helps!
 
Stute282 said:
Alphabeet? It's supposed to be lower in sugar and better for allergies.

I feed it to one of mine and it keeps the condition on through the winter and have not had any issues with it :) Hope that helps!
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OP said her horse can't have Alfalfa......



Was is 'full fat' sugar beet or an unmollased version you tried? If it was the 'full fat' stuff, then maybe too much sugar for her?
 
Are you feeding the mollassed sugar beet? I feed pura beet its sugar beet but without mollasses you could try this, neither of mine can have mollasses for different reasons and they do fine on it.
 
Speedibeet is unmollassed and you could add micronised linseed for condition. Why do you have to have "instant" energy? I ask because vegetable oil is a good source of slow release energy and helps keep weight on. If she does need extra to stop weight loss you could think about increasing her hay.

If she is struggling to find the energy for what you want her to do, perhaps she just needs time for her fitness levels to improve.
 
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