Can I safely swap oil for equi jewel for a horse who ties up?

[Tr0uble]

I feed a high oil diet for snips tying up, which was fine in winter when he was having a decent sized bucket feed (I was soaking it in with the speedibeet) but now he is getting porky so I've cut his bucket rations right back to 1/4 scoop of alfa oil, and 1/4 scoop of speedy beet twice per day (stubbs scoop)

This means his oil intake is minimal unless I add it directly to the feed, but then there's more oil than food, so it's a pretty unappetising sloppy mess!

I know the high oil dote is working for him and he's come out of winter looking better than ever and his paces are looking great...he's also got nice soft, pliable muscles instead of the slabs of concrete he normally has at this time of year (he has been confirmed as having recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis via muscle biopsy)

I have fed equi jewel in the past, to snip, without oil before I knew of his problems, and combined with oil since.

For summer feeding am I going to be safe to cut out the oil, and use equi jewel as his fat &oil intake? Or am I going to tie him up within a week?

Will probably still add oil to beet, but as the beet content of his feed is so low, it really is going to be a negligible source.

Any ideas?

 

[brucea]

An alternative to the liquid oil for him would be linseed meal - it has a lot of good things in it - and is readilly absorbed. I feed a tea mug each feed.

Costs about £25 for 20Kg of the Charnwood brand. Always fresh smelling and nice tasting.

Far better than a liquid oil. Cleaner too.

 

[soulfull]

Personally I wouldn't, he has been doing so well on it. I would look at swapping the alfa oil for a lite chaff and still add the oil.
I would also think that the equi jewel is just as fattening as what you are feeding in winter, if not you could go half and half but watch for signs of stiffness, or even grumpiness