am i fizzing my horse up help

[martyna]

i am feeding top line cubes and alfa oil, one scoop cubes and handful of alfa oil. today my mare was v fizzy and . bucked , was it the weather (windy ) or the feed . ? please help. also to add she lives out with add lib haylage

 

[YorkshireLass]

Horses are more active in cooler weather, they are feeling comfortable, not slugish like in hot weather.

As far as your feed goes...

All food contains energy (calories) some types of feed provide quick calories, like when a human eats a mars bar! Cerials, starches and sugars provide these.

Things like oils and fibers, like chaffs, alfalfa hay and straw, provide slow release calories which keep the horse warm and give it energy without exciting it.. like when a human has wheatabix for breakfast. Oil is a VERY good feed.

So, have a look at what your nuts have in them! Some topline cubes contain barley and molasses, which wizz up lots of horses. You could try feeding something like Calm and Condition, which is barley free... for this very reason... or cutting out the mix and feeding something like unmolasses beet.

In short, go for high fiber, high oil, low sugar low starch, low or no cerial feeds and you won't go far wrong!

 

[twinkle]

have you just started feeding this or has she been on this for a whiile?

my mare was on topspec balancer and alfa.a but wanted a bit more energy so put her on alfa-a oil and well all i can say is she lost it absalute looney and that was from 3 days of a gradule change over from alfa-a not even just alfa-a oil so god nows what that would have been like so stayed with what i was before! but totally depends on horse aswell my friends horse is on alfa-a oil and is fine but i would say if you have just put him on this then could be the food!

 

[martyna]

thanks so could be either , been feeding her this for just over a week was worried she would lose weight , but she hasnt would the haylage alone be ok ? shes in light work at present.

 

[cellie]

I have just had same problems .Took him off haylage and after one night he was different horse.Had the same problems this time last year too much haylage sends him into rodeo and I have the bruises to prove it!!!!!Try haylage first before you mess around with hard feed.Two other horses on our yard have reacted the same too much fizz and rest this time of year.

 

[at work]

If she wasn't losing weight on whatever she had before and had enough energy when ridden I wouldn't change it - just go back to whatever you were using, it doesn't sound like she needs the extra