Apple juice - will anything else work?

[B_2_B]

Our old girl is on new medication at the minute for tendonitus but she hates it and wouldn't eat her food.
I don't know who came up with it, but a carton of apple juice in it works nicely, but is there anything else we could add, just to vary it a bit as she will probably be on this medication for a while.
Thanks

 

[horsegirl]

What about peppermint cordial?

 

[misterjinglejay]

Orange juice or molasses work well also.

 

[B_2_B]

thanks.
Is the cordial expensive?
i think we're gonna get orange juice too and see if she likes it lol.
We get molasses every so often, and they all get it when we do so she'd get that if we get some in.

 

[Happytohack]

I always found unsweetened apple juice worked best, but also grated/pureed carrots/parsnips worked well. As a last resort I used heinz apple puree baby food if all else failed

Simple System Feeds do puramint which is good. Feedmark do peppermint. If the apple juice is working, I'd stick with that.

 

[Horseymum]

Natural yoghurt has always worked quite well for me in the past when trying to "hide" medication, it is quite a strong taste but the horses seem to love it!

 

[B_2_B]

Yeah it's working for now, she still leaves the last bits though

yoghurt - might try that one! lol. Grated carrots aswell if we have time to grate them! lol.

 

[JessPickle]

Blended carrot/apple usually works a treat

 

[thinktwiice]

I can vouch for the peppermint cordial too.

 

[tiggs]

The hi juice apple cordial from most supermarkets works really well. You can add a splash undiluted to the feed and it keeps much longer than fresh apple juice so you can just keep a bottle in the feed room

 

[B_2_B]

ooh thanks tiggs, nice tip

 

[Would_I]

molasses - tastes good too!

 

[MagicMelon]

I find any strong smelling herbal supplement works well do disguise the smell. If you happen to have any lying around that is

 

[Donkeymad]

Blackcurrant juice is brilliant too, something like Ribena

 

[houdini]

second for ribena!!

 

[B_2_B]

lol! i'm sure she'd love ribena!

thanks everyone, i'll give these things a try

 

[Cop-Pop]

I use peppermint tea - put a teabag into a water bottle, add some coldwater and shake then add to feed.

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Fenugreek - It smells like curry, but they all seem to like it, some feed companies even add it to their feeds now too (I know Spillers sugar free mix, has it in).

Garlic is also good, for covering meds.

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

You can buy those dried carrot pieces in a tub that you just add water to. Ned might like those and easier than grating. Think you can also get dried apple pieces like this. I swear by a sticky golden syrup sandwich!

 

[B_2_B]

lol! i'm sure she'd love a golden syrup sandwich but she takes hours to eat her normal feed, we'd be there all day if she had to eat that!