Can I feed my ponies raw sprouts, cabbage etc?

[SpruceRI]

Just thinking as I'm chopping the veg for tea, is it OK to feed them raw veg? They get the carrot and parsnip already. Seems a shame to chuck the tough bits if a hungry horse can eat it!

 

[121272MDV]

no cabbage!! lol was always told by my uncle uncooked cabbage was very bad for you, weather its right or not i have no clue

sprouts i wouldnt no lol

 

[Cobland]

Definitely not cabbage, i looked into that. They can be given a little lettuce, and potato peelings.

Heard of warmer countries giving their horses melons etc to cool them down!

 

[Pancakes]

i wouldn't but i do feed my pony bananas (wait till there well ripe), pears, oranges, swede and peaches.
he eats more fruit and veg than me. lol

 

[sammy69]

arent potatos posinous to horses though????

 

[merlinsquest]

OMG i feed merlin sprout, cabbage, brocolli, swede, parsnips and carrots etc all the time.... he is still alive and well but now i am concerned at the reason for not feeding it????

I would never feed lettuce (no nutritional value and causes rabbits to bloat!!!) or potatos as I thought they were poisonous or at least they are for sheep and goats. Also if there are any stray bits in the cabbage etc that the local nursing home save for me he leaves them..... hence they must be dangerous (at least he thinks so)!!

Please enlighten me as to why cabbage is bad

 

[merlinsquest]

Oh and the outside of cauliflowers!!! Or whole ones if he is lucky........ or unlucky????

 

[Christmas_Kate]

Nope, potatoes are meant to be bad for horses.
Ours gets carrots, swede and parsnips.

Just to add another one in...can horses be fed tomatos?

 

[Cobland]

Had read lots of websites that cabbage is poisonious to horses, so refused to give it to mine.

Vet told me potato peelings are fine in small portions, i dont give lettuce to mine, but ones at the yard give their horses

 

[SpruceRI]

I also thought potatoes were poisonous?? Are cabbage and sprouts etc also of will they make the neds ill?

 

[Cobland]

A lot of potato is poisonous, mine get potato peelings the odd time, never ever did them any harm

 

[berry]

I feed my neddy all types she regulary has sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, parsnips, swedes, and celeric never done her any harm!!
I have never fed her any part of a potatoe though as I was always told that the raw skins contain arsnic (sp) dont know if thats true but they dont taste nice anyway lol.

 

[Cobland]

Vet says a small amount every so often will not do any harm, i heard others in the yard done it and asked the vet as i didnt want to cause any harm to my lot.

They get carrots, turnips, parsnips and the odd apple

 

[merlinsquest]

I'm feelin better...... keep going cobland!!!!

 

[Bex7]

Bert gets carrots, swede, apples, pears, oranges, berries.

A friend tried tomatoes once but they didn't take them...... either didn't like them or knew something we didn't

 

[SpruceRI]

Might try my neds on oranges and bananas instead then!

 

[Hattikins]

Fiddler gets apples, carrots, peaches, nectarines, water melon and very occasionally a grape or two

are grapes bad for horses???

 

[merlinsquest]

Have just googled 'cabbage poisonous to horses' and it came up with a load of stuff about Skunk Cabbage which is a plant not a normal cabbage!!!

Wonder if there has been cofusion??

 

[merlinsquest]

Grapes are very bad for dogs!!!!

But mine loves them..... suicide schnauzer!! He doesnt get them though!!

 

[Cobland]

Ive only owned my horse since december and i really get in a panic over what she gets, got the vet on speed dial lol.

Oh didnt know about oranges etc, got a few here, might try them.

My gypsy cob would eat anything, was munching some jellybeans and dropped two, she had them gobbled up before i could retrieve them, also she loves chicken and ham sandwiches.

On that point, how good/bad is bread?

 

[merlinsquest]

Think bread is ok in small quantities.... like not a loaf at a time!!!

But with my history, I should take that with a pinch of salt (which I believe can also be quite good for them)!!!

 

[Sooty]

Ours get Brussels sprouts peelings, parsnip and carrot peelings, broccoli stalks, cabbage stalks and outer leaves - pretty much all veg apart from potatoes. They are also very partial to a banana...

 

[merlinsquest]

Go sooty, go sooty, go sooty....... feelin so good now I can go to bed...... started to think merlin would be legs in the air tomorrow :-(

Cabbage makes their breath stink though...... not to mention the car when its been in there a couple of hours though.....................green face here!!!!

 

[Cobland]

Going to try my mare with a small bit of orange tomorrow, shes a gutsy and would eat anything!

Vet said a whole potato is bad for them, but some peelings will not harm them. Maes been getting a little amount every so often since december and shes no worse for wear.

Woman at the stables has been feeding it to her horse for years and her horse is grand.

Now my mare does get garlic salt, it dont smell too nice either!

 

[Sooty]

Mine thinks she loves them, but she just grabs any that dorp on the floor then hides them in her bed...

 

[alfirules]

i feed my pony sprouts, carrots, cabbage, swede, parsnips, apples and broccoli stalks. im worried now, is cabbage poisonous to horses??

 

[sloulou]

Potatoes contain glycoalkaloids which are toxic compounds (to humans, dogs and horses). Now I can understand that a vet might say a few peelings won't do any harm - but why feed them? They won't do any good either? Sorry - just wondering

This site has a list of things that are bad to feed horses as ever with the internet, who knows how accurate but here you go:
http://horses.about.com/od/basiccare/a/feedingtreats.htm

Notice cabbage is on the list too.

 

[merlinsquest]

Ooooh I wish they would say why cabbage is bad for them..... I cant think why except perhaps if they are not used to it it could give them wind.......... no change there though!!!