Barefoot diet is making him crazy :( chaff recommendations

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Emilieu

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Deano's shoes have been off for over a month now and he is still very tender on stones so the trimmer recommended that I take him off of his high fi molasses free. He needs something to carry his supplement so i switched to fast fibre which i thought was a 'safe' base - he has been spooky and flighty ever since. I'm trying to work him gently in the school but the last two nights he has spun, tucked his nose between his knees and really went for it, all four feet off the ground style. As usual i'm left thinking - pain in feet? pain in back? saddle pinching? teeth needing done? ulcers???????????????????????????? :eek:last time this happened i had just put him on micronised linseed, I took him off of it and he returned to his usual self.

Anyway - long story short - can anyone recommend a chaff that is suitable for barefoot diets? The feed store couldn't thinking of anything they had that would fit the bill when I asked.
 
You say he has sore feet so isn't that pain?? Alternatively he might e feeling better and so full of beans? I have never had any behavioural problems with fast fibre or linseed, but I prefer speedibeet and I don't feed chaff at all.
 
Clava said:
You say he has sore feet so isn't that pain?? Alternatively he might e feeling better and so full of beans? I have never had any behavioural problems with fast fibre or linseed, but I prefer speedibeet and I don't feed chaff at all.
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Exactly - might be pain, might be lack of pain... who knows? But it seems sensible to start by substrating the most recent change which is the fast fibre. If the ff had worked for us I would have removed the chaff altogether but need to look at other options. Speedibeet might be worth a go.
 
I'd use unmollassed beet... Be wary of speedibeet, mine seems to be better on the 24hr soaked stuff so may be worth avoiding an issue :)
 
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