Anyone fed HorseHage Timothy for ulcers ?

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Looking for an alternative to alfalfa as I'm just not sure alfalfa is suitable for my horse who is in very light work. I've found HorseHage Timothy which looks like it might be what I'm after.
Before I get some id be interested to hear from others who feed this.
 
Notimetoride said:
Looking for an alternative to alfalfa as I'm just not sure alfalfa is suitable for my horse who is in very light work. I've found HorseHage Timothy which looks like it might be what I'm after.
Before I get some id be interested to hear from others who feed this.
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Do you mean as a chaff? We feed plain grass chaff. Graze-on and Readigrass are two brands but there are plenty out there. Not sure if it's Timothy grass but our horses (one has a sugar allergy so can't have anything molassed) do well on it and seem to enjoy it.
 
I'm in the same position NTR, horse has been on healthy tummy but is in very light (no) work at the moment!
I have started feeding plain oat straw chaff for him to munch on when his hay net is done and I have swapped healthy tummy for thunderbrooks healthy herbal chaff. He also gets a multi vit supplement and slippery elm in each feed. Touch wood seems OK so far.
 
Haylage, as Popsdosh says, is not the best thing to feed if your horse has ulcers; it's acidic (and some theories to explain the rise of ulcers point to haylage as a contributary cause). Can you get timothy hay, it's what we have always fed ours, and have never had an ulcer here......
 
I feed just straight timothy chaff, and my mare does fantastic on it. As a plus she finds it super tasty. I also feed a hay which is a meadow/timothy mix and she loves that too.
 
Cortez said:
Haylage, as Popsdosh says, is not the best thing to feed if your horse has ulcers; it's acidic (and some theories to explain the rise of ulcers point to haylage as a contributary cause). Can you get timothy hay, it's what we have always fed ours, and have never had an ulcer here......
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Well made haylage shouldn't be particularly acidic, and can be easier to digest. I found my horse with ulcers did well on it, and if he was having a flare up would eat it in preference to hay (he was always offered a choice). He'd go back to his hay once everything had calmed down, but time & again he'd go for haylage made for horses when there was a problem.

If you're looking for something as an alternative to an alfalfa chop have a look at Honeychop Lite & Healthy, it's unmollassed chopped oat straw & timothy grass.
 
Notimetoride said:
Looking for an alternative to alfalfa as I'm just not sure alfalfa is suitable for my horse who is in very light work. I've found HorseHage Timothy which looks like it might be what I'm after.
Before I get some id be interested to hear from others who feed this.
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I don't feed Horsehage, but I do feed big bale timothy haylage made fairly dry. This is the first year I've used it and I'm very happy with it. My good doer cob is actually losing a little weight in spite of having as much of it as he will eat. Two tinies are also losing weight very slowly, and a 'normal' bigger horse is doing very well on it with the addition of a kilo of oats a day. The big ones are in light work.

I'll certainly be sticking with it, if things stay as they are.
 
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