Can horses eat swede?!

[horsesatemymoney]

To make a cheap bordom breaker, can horses eat raw swede with a hole drilled through to make them into a stable toy?! Anyone done this?

 

[LOZHUG]

Yes my horse loves the stuff

 

[horsesatemymoney]

Brill supermarket had it reduced for about 20p will do the same job as a likit for £3 just didn't want to poison him! Thanks

 

[MiCsarah]

Yer my horse loves them but lasts 2 minutes at most

 

[Supertrooper]

Yep, our boy has a whole one every Sunday (cause it's swede Sunday) we just throw it in field for him xx

 

[muddygreymare]

My mare loves swedes, they dont last very long though!

 

[juliette]

my horse loves them

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Yes, my old girl loved them, i often bought them as a treat for her...

 

[BillyBob-Sleigh]

My boy loves them too, but they don't even last 5 mins lol

 

[PoniesRock]

I just give it to my pony whole She plays with it in her stable for a bit and then takes about 3 mouthfuls to eat it!!!

 

[Chestnutmare]

always feed Mr T his whole.... doesn't take long before its gone

 

[Alec Swan]

For those who feed swedes, did you find that they were an acquired taste, or did your horses simply pitch in?

Alec.

 

[Supertrooper]

Ours went for it straight away but then he's not known for his restraint!!

 

[FionaM12]

Does anyone know how they compare to carrots for sugar content? I want to keep Mollie's sugar intake down, and I believe carrots are quite high?

 

[Supertrooper]

I think swedes are lower than carrots. Carrots though arn't that high as mainly water BUT I may be totally wrong xx

 

[bumblelion]

My boys love them! I drill a hole through and string them up in stables. During summer months I just chuck them out whole in field, keeps them occupied for ages!!

 

[BillyBob-Sleigh]

For those who feed swedes, did you find that they were an acquired taste, or did your horses simply pitch in?

Alec.

My boy had never had one before, and he wolfed it down in seconds

 

[caramel]

The first time I gave one to my boy he played with it and ate it, second time he demolished it in minutes, third time he ignored it!
Will give him one occasionally as something different.

 

[Cadfael&Coffee]

i tried these when mine was on box rest... took a disturbing 30 SECONDS to demolish it the clever little b@gger haha!!

 

[Nari]

One of mine loves them, the other hates them. If Little Un has just eaten one Jim won't talk to him until the smell has gone!

 

[jennifer83]

My horse didn't like it. I put it in his field and he used it as a football

 

[Jnhuk]

Yes although I tend to keep them as a winter treat especially when they are bored in the field when it is snowy and/or hard frost. Can put one in the feed trough to slow down their eating of ther feed.

The first ones are demolished in no time at all. The horses do seem to be less interested in them if they get them regularly - only eating the first half.

 

[marmalade76]

Both my ponies love swede.

 

[FanyDuChamp]

Yes, my 2 race to see who can get through a swede fastest, Fany always wins!
FDC

 

[unbalanced]

Does anyone know how they compare to carrots for sugar content? I want to keep Mollie's sugar intake down, and I believe carrots are quite high?

I have a laminitic and I feed swedes, apples, carrots and sugar free polos. As long as you are sensible and feed treats in moderation it's fine, according to my vet - and avoid sugary molasses filled store-bought treats such as likits and uncle jim's hanging balls, of course.

Carrots, apples and swedes have less sugar than grass.

 

[dunkley]

Swedes, and a whole sugar beet from time to time - they love them!

 

[SuperCoblet]

Once, I drilled a hole straight through one, and a couple of apples and carrots. Put a knot in one end if some fairly sturdy rope and threaded the swede first, then the apples and carrots and tied it too the roof if his stable where his likit usually goes, it's never taken him so long to eat one carrot, let alone the swede