Brewers yeast or Yea Sacc for plump native

[lillibet7]

I have been researching brewers yeast or yea sacc for itchy horses but both also seem to have the benefit of promoting condition so wondered if either would be suitable for an itchy plump native pony. Pony is well managed and in work so not looking for weight advice but he does get itchy & wears sweet itch rug. I thought the brewers yeast or yea sacc may help with the itching but can't find any advice concerning extra weight gain. Has anyone fed either to a plump native with success and which would be better? Or indeed anything else?

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I would not recommend Brewers Yeast for a plump pony. I fed some to my good doer (who can handle more feed when in work) for hair and hoof health and he packed on the pounds. I didn't feed much.

I would instead try linseed as I find it beneficial for skin issues but it doesn't pack on the pounds as easily, in my experience. Said good doer of mine is always on linseed and vitamin E. He's still a bit itchy when the bugs come out, but less so.

 

[TheSpottyCobby]

I've fed brewers yeast to my good doer cob for almost the entirety of the 3 years I've owned him to help with his sweet itch and it certainly hasn't made him pile on any extra weight. I feed it continuously all year round for it to have a benefit. He is in a good deal of work at the moment however. He's definitely a lot less itchy now, plus it's good for the digestion, particularly useful this time of year with the grass flushes. Grass and unsoaked hay makes mine fat, nothing else has ever made much of a difference to be honest, he's on copra now as well as he needs a lot of oil in his diet.

 

[Surbie]

I've given up on brewers yeast as the batches seem to be so variable in flavour & I'm fed up of having to bin it. Yeasacc is fed at a much lower quantity and my horse eats it without a murmur. He gets a small amount of micronised linseed as well and both have made some difference in his itchiness. (he is a plump good doer with sweetitch)

 

[planete]

After years of using various sweet itch rugs, I seem to have found a combo that works for mine. He has Yea-sacc, micronised linseed and 1gm a day of niacinamide (Swansons). The niacinamide seems to be the key ingredient. He has not worn a rug in the Summer for years. I only give him the niacinamide from March to November but he gets the linseed and Yea-sacc all the year round.

 

[ycbm]

I've given up on brewers yeast as the batches seem to be so variable in flavour & I'm fed up of having to bin it. Yeasacc is fed at a much lower quantity and my horse eats it without a murmur. He gets a small amount of micronised linseed as well and both have made some difference in his itchiness. (he is a plump good doer with sweetitch)

Me too. I buy 25kg sacks of yea-sacc and by the time you allow for only feeding 15g not 50g, because it's a live yeast that hasn't already been used to make beer, it's no more expensive but 100% consistent.

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[ester]

mine won't eat BY either.

 

[Pinkvboots]

The only thing that stops my horse rubbing his mane is to wash it in medicated shampoo at least twice a week in the summer, try bathing him in medicated shampoo a few times and put the rug straight on, it's an itch cycle you have to break sometimes just putting the rug on won't help if his itchy before it goes on.