Carrots = Yes or No

In the winter my 2 x TBs get through a sack each a week. I always believed feeding succulents was important and I didn't know some horses weren't meant to have them. Interesting!
 
Mine gets some in her tea and breakfast
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I feed loads. We have a farmer next door who gets them by the crateload so either comes round with his digger bucket full or we go and collect them by the wheelbarrow full. I used to feed about a barrow a day between 3 of them and wondered why they were all nutters so they dont get as many now.
My horses would sulk if they didnt have carrots in their feeds and one actually kicks the bucket all over the floor if there are no carrots on top. Maybe I have made her a brat!!
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* What's wrong with feeding carrots?? *

They are very high in sugar, this could send a laminitis prone horse over the 8, if you know what I mean.

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Old wives tail

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agree my farrier said for them to cause lami you would have to feed trailers full of them
 
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Who makes the 'show mix' I will look it up and see if is 'allowed' for a Cushings horse, thanks for your help
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Definitely not suitable for a horse with Cushings
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Thanks Jaylen ....
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He doesn't like Happy Hoof and now High Fibre nuts are off the menu .... but not really allowed what he would eat 24/7 ... Grass, Carrots and Apples
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A bit like us humans really .... we want what we are not allowed to have
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Thats interesting you should say it's an old wives tale - I was given that information from The Laminitis Trust 4 years ago when one of mine went down with it.

On a mission now to find out the truth ...
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Eaglestone, Dengie have just brought out a new food approved by the laminitus trust that is supposed to be better than Happy Hoof, sorry can't remember the name though, would that be worth looking at?
 
Pidge gets through a big sack once a week during the winter and then goes on rations in the summer (tesco value carrots
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) he gets them in his tea, and when I first had him he would tip his feed over and fish out the carrots first. Not good on a shavings bed so he went to have his feed first with no carrots and once ate I would give him his dessert = carrots
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heaven forbid I was late bringing them down I would get a VERY indignant neigh
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Now he's more settled feed wise and has them mixed in with his feed.
 
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Thanks Jaylen ....
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He doesn't like Happy Hoof and now High Fibre nuts are off the menu .... but not really allowed what he would eat 24/7 ... Grass, Carrots and Apples
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A bit like us humans really .... we want what we are not allowed to have
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[/ QUOTE ] Have you tried him on AlfaBeet - that is Laminitis Trust approved and all my horses love it.

Another thought, have you tried soaking the fibre cubes to a mash with some hot water - some horses prefer them that way.
 
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Who makes the 'show mix' I will look it up and see if is 'allowed' for a Cushings horse, thanks for your help
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Would steer clear of any mixes due to the cereal content - bad for cushings/laminitics
 
A massive yes to carrots, our boys love them! Get 2 or 3 large carrots in every tea and breakfast. They also get apples, pears and other veg when it’s on offer in the supermarket!
 
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Eaglestone, Dengie have just brought out a new food approved by the laminitus trust that is supposed to be better than Happy Hoof, sorry can't remember the name though, would that be worth looking at?

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I think its called healthy hoof. Its looks and smells lovely, I was using on my boy but took him off it, as I felt his behaviour had changed on it. This happened to my friends horse aswell.
 
I don't very often feed him carrots but not for any specific reason. He gets apples, bananas, cauliflower, broccoli, swede, cabbage and pears also nectarines when I have them - just a bit in his tea
 
mine love safe & sound too
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they get whatever is on offer at the time, last week they had a few carrots in feeds, this week its parsnips
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I will try and find out where I read this, but for those of you feeding brassicas (brocolli, cabage etc..) it's not good for horses. But as I say, I cannot remember atm where I read this, so it's somewhat unsubstantiated until I do.

Mine all get lots of carrots through the winter, but only a few through the summer - I'm more likely to feed parsnips in the summer.

I almost never feed apples - too much acid IMO (think I read that somewhere too...)
 
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* What's wrong with feeding carrots?? *

They are very high in sugar, this could send a laminitis prone horse over the 8, if you know what I mean.

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agree my farrier said for them to cause lami you would have to feed trailers full of them

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Thanks bramblebits. The sugar content of carrots is low, the percentage of water is high.(approx 87%)
 
I think most things are ok in moderation - so 1 or 2 carrots a day probably would not do them any harm, same with apples.

My NF gets what I need to use up from home so normally a combination of apples, carrots, parsnip and swedes. He likes apples the best.
 
I use carrots in the field to stop my two looning around when i first turn them out. Takes their mind off it!! But they only get 3 or 4 a time...
 
Mine have carrots/apples/parsnips and swede (not all at once though!! - just a taste in their breakfast and dinner and the odd one by hand
 
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