Can anyone advise please? Feed

[poiuytrewq]

I’m trying to find out what the cubes I feed my horse contain and if I need to change!
He has had ulcers,had treatment and since scoped clear.
He’s fed Baileys Ease and Excel at the request of his owner (he’s on loan) and Baileys outshine
He’s always then had a scoop of conditioning nuts x2
He’s doing fine on all this but I’d like to know what exactly is in the nuts but I can’t find it anywhere.
I don’t buy expensive ones, Mole Valley or Heygates depending which direction I’m driving!
Are conditioning nuts generally packed with cereal or is their high energy oil based?
All I can find is percentages or protein and fibre online.
Which leads me to my next question!
What’s the ideal percentage of each?

 

[Puzzled]

I wouldn’t be changing brand....choose one and stick with it! Give the manufacturers a call and ask them what’s in it. Protein etc will depend a lot on what work he’s doing, type, temperament etc.

 

[fredflop]

That’s strange combination of Feed. The mole valley and heygates cubes are likely to be high in starch.

 

[JillA]

For avoiding more ulcers you need high fibre/low sugar, so really if you have good forage you wouldn't need much of a bucket feed. Maybe unmollassed beet pulp and a few grass pellets, works for my oversensitive TB. I thought feeds had to have an analysis on the bag - not necessarily ingredients but protein, sugars, ash etc?

 

[Shay]

That is an odd combination - and a heck of a load of calories. You have two different complete feeds and a high calorie balancer. Personally I wouldn't buy any feed that doesn't declare its ingredients - and the cheap ones don't, quite probably for a reason. You don't say how much you feed of each or what sort of work the horse is in. But I would ditch the conditioning cubes, if only becuase you are buying from companies who don't declare what is in the product. If that amount of energy is really needed you would be better to either increase the baileys ration, use straights like linseed, oil or beet pulp, or find another quality feed where you can be sure of your ingredients.

 

[RoR_nut]

To be honest the Ease and Excel contains outshine at he appropriate levels anyway so the horse is possibly being overloaded with oil for a start!
What conditioning nuts is he being fed? Most "Cubed / nuts" are packed full of starch and sugars so I would be avoiding them unless they are a basic fibre pellet.

Ease and excel is a complete feed so no additives are needed......if its extra condition you are after have you tried offering adlib forage or adding speedibeet?