Brewers Yeast.

[Louby]

I bought this a few months ago after reading about success with it as a calmer. Well my horse is feeling good ... too good. I started feeding it about 2 weeks ago and whether its a coincidence but hes definately on top note and feels very well. Ok it could be the weather or the grass but hgas anyone else found its had the opposite effect?

 

[kellyeaton]

no brewers yeast is usually used for digestion of food in the hind gut!

 

[CBAnglo]

It is supposed to act as a calmer, help with sweet itch, help the gut etc.

I tried it for 2 weeks. Both of mine became incredibly spooky on it (neither of them were for the 2 years before the BY experiment). Took them off it and back to normal within a week. It was not a coincidence for mine as I put one on it first to guage reaction then tried it on the other one a week later - they have the same feed, turnout, exercise etc so nothing else changed. It also did nothing for their sweet itch.

 

[ruscara]

How odd! My horse is very much calmer on Brewers' Yeast - I put him on it because of the midges, and it was then I noticed how much calmer he is.
He became a nervous wreck when I had him on Top Spec Balancer, though, and I understand this isn't a usual reaction to that.
So I guess it means that not all horses are the same!

 

[PapaFrita]

How interesting, how much do you feed?