Best All Round Multivitamin?

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Hey Guys, I am after a really really good multivitamin supplement for my horse, he is a good doer (at the moment he is getting a small scoop of Saracen Re-Leave,) he is 18 years old, in regular work with a lesson a couple of times a month and can be lazy. I neeed something which will give him all the vitamins and supplements needed to maintain his lifestyle. Any suggestions please? :D
 
I swear by equimins advance complete, if you compair levels yourself you will find this is very good, and linseed base so no cheap fillers to pay for.
Thing is a lot of vits/mins and balancers use cheap fillers ( oat meal, wheat feed) even topspec use the outer husks which is how they get away with calling it cereal free because they don't use the grain! Just all the outer husks which are cheap byproducts.
Forageplus is also very good but please read the labels and find out what you are putting into your horse ( wish more people would) and don't be fooled into spending on expensive balancers when they are very very cheap ingredients and shouldn't be allowed to charge what some do. Personally equimins and yes forage plus are by far the best in my mind
 
Ok thanks for that, he is on Equininns Tip Top Supplement at the mo. I was just fishing around for any other ideas
 
Piglet said:
Hey Guys, I am after a really really good multivitamin supplement for my horse, he is a good doer (at the moment he is getting a small scoop of Saracen Re-Leave,) he is 18 years old, in regular work with a lesson a couple of times a month and can be lazy. I neeed something which will give him all the vitamins and supplements needed to maintain his lifestyle. Any suggestions please? :D
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Equivite every time would not consider any other.
 
thatsmygirl said:
I swear by equimins advance complete, if you compair levels yourself you will find this is very good, and linseed base so no cheap fillers to pay for.
Thing is a lot of vits/mins and balancers use cheap fillers ( oat meal, wheat feed) even topspec use the outer husks which is how they get away with calling it cereal free because they don't use the grain! Just all the outer husks which are cheap byproducts.
Forageplus is also very good but please read the labels and find out what you are putting into your horse ( wish more people would) and don't be fooled into spending on expensive balancers when they are very very cheap ingredients and shouldn't be allowed to charge what some do. Personally equimins and yes forage plus are by far the best in my mind
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Agree with this, mine are all on Equimins Advance Concentrate Complete as the base of the ration and do very well on it. They all also get Micronised linseed, grass chaff and Fibrebeet/Speedibeet then variously (depending on workload/requirements) soaked whole oats. I may use Coolstance Copra as well in winter if any of them need small amounts of an additional high oil feed.
 
thatsmygirl said:
Forageplus is also very good but please read the labels and find out what you are putting into your horse ( wish more people would) and don't be fooled into spending on expensive balancers when they are very very cheap ingredients and shouldn't be allowed to charge what some do. Personally equimins and yes forage plus are by far the best in my mind
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am trying to figure out if the ‘but’ is impying there are overpriced ingredients in the forage plus or not? ;)
 
Thanks guys, you have given me food for thought, problem is that there are far too many choices out there a bit like our MPs, promise you everything but deliver nothing!! I hope I haven't offended anyone with that comment!!
 
Another vote for Equimins Advance, my boy was previously on Forage plus, but he looks better on Equimins!
He is a TB and he held his weight all through the winter on this, I am very pleased with it.:)
 
Piglet said:
Thanks guys, you have given me food for thought, problem is that there are far too many choices out there a bit like our MPs, promise you everything but deliver nothing!! I hope I haven't offended anyone with that comment!!
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Have a look at Science Supplements new Well Horse range. It beats everything else for vits and mins and has joint and gut support.
 
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FreshandMinty said:
am trying to figure out if the ‘but’ is impying there are overpriced ingredients in the forage plus or not? ;)
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A direct comparison cannot be made as the ingredients differ but you can compare the levels of key minerals such as copper and zinc if you're good at maths!
Both are good imo but if you have problems which may be related to mineral deficiency then FP might be a better choice.
 
I shall now go and look at the science supplement range as I'm yet to find a vit supplement that compairs to equimins advance and can't believe it will match but will let you know ;)
 
I'm a Forage Plus purchaser too! After having a good chin wag with Sarah Braithwaite we together worked on the best balancer for him after having a bespoke feed plan done too (as he's EMS).

Been on it nigh on 3 years now and his feet and white lines have never looked better.

I'm a happy customer and would never consider anything else now.
 
Mine is on Codlivine and looks great on it - definitely better than he did when he was on TopSpec balancer. He did react as if I was trying to poison him at first, and went off it a few weeks ago, but he's eating it again now - very pleased I didn't have to start the search again; there are too many options to choose from!
 
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