Can you feed lettuce to horses ?

[Flibble]

Probably the dumbest question of the year but my cos and red lettuces are all ready at once and I would rather feed them to neddy than compost (there is only me to eat it).

Please only answer if you actually know.

Maybe HHO will publish me top of the top 10 stupid questions ?

 

[Shay]

You can. But I'm not sure they like it. Mine doesn't anyway.

 

[tikino]

i was once told be a vet you can't feed lettice to horses as they can easily choke on it . not sure if there is any truth in it but i have never fed it to mine just in case

 

[dorani]

You can if they will eat it,mine are never keen. Or you can make lettuce soup!

 

[popsicle]

Mine hate it. They also hate cabbage, cauli, tomato, broccoli etc. They are ok with swede and love pears.

 

[chestnut cob]

Mine will eat it under sufferance if it doesn't look like there is likely to be anything else on offer but he wouldn't choose it over say apples, swede or cabbage.

 

[Persephone]

Is lettuce actually any good for anything lol?

 

[popsicle]

Apparently if you eat about 6,000 of them, they help you sleep

 

[camilla4]

Why yes Persephone - feeding all my caterpillars !!!

 

[Donkeymad]

There are sources that say you should never feed any horse any greens (other than grass) however, I am one of those that have fed all these things all my life and never seen a horse suffer for it, and yes, they all like them all, including the lettuce. I cannot see how a horse can choke on lettuce more than they can on something like grass.