cheaper ways to feed a tb on a fibre and oil diet?

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My horse has gut issues therefore my vet has said to feed him a fibre and oil diet, no cereals. That is low in sugar and starch. Currently my horse is on alfa a molasses free, mirconised linseed,fibre beet and oil. However it is costing me a fortune! Anyone got any cheaper suggestions? He is a big boy at 17hh and is a tb.
 
Why are you feeding oil and not alpha A with oil? That would be cheaper. Give the Dengies feed line a call. I feed alpha a (oil), condition and soak (red) and a general supplement plus beet in the winter. The alpha a should be putting weight on - how much are you feeding? Wasn't convinced by the expensive balancers so took mine off it (condition and soak instead) but I do feed an all round supplement. Mine is 17.1 TB X SF.
 
Jim bob said:
My horse has gut issues therefore my vet has said to feed him a fibre and oil diet, no cereals. That is low in sugar and starch. Currently my horse is on alfa a molasses free, mirconised linseed,fibre beet and oil. However it is costing me a fortune! Anyone got any cheaper suggestions? He is a big boy at 17hh and is a tb.
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I feed copra, Emerald green grass nuts, micronised linseed, and as much hay as can eat.

Unbranded alfa a cubes (soaked), unmolassed sugar beet cubes (soaked), vegetable oil from supermarket (add before soak cubes), as much hay / haylage as he will eat is probably your cheapest way of feeding.
 
Grass nuts, you can get them pretty cheap and as you have to soak them they really bulk up, micronised linseed lasts really well and is oil for him and copra cool stance is more oil and although expensive per bag as linseed lasts well as you don't feed a massive amount. Ad lib good hay. My tb is almost fat on that diet!

You wil probably find feeding a good balancer like Equimins or Forage plus will mean he needs less hard feed too.
 
Because when my horse left the hospital my vet had said for the treatment to have a large amount of oil in his feed. When he is back up to full weight ( he is getting there!) Then I am going to pop him on the alfa a oil. He is getting 3 scoops per day
 
wingedhorse said:
I feed copra, Emerald green grass nuts, micronised linseed, and as much hay as can eat.

Unbranded alfa a cubes (soaked), unmolassed sugar beet cubes (soaked), vegetable oil from supermarket (add before soak cubes), as much hay / haylage as he will eat is probably your cheapest way of feeding.
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Agree with this.
 
I feed my TB Countrywide's own horsebeet (like Speedibeet) and Value fibre cubes plus micronized linseed and Brewer's yeast. He's not having much hay ATM 'cause we still have loads of grass, which is still growing. I consider this cheap and he looks great on it.
 
Jim bob said:
When you do say unbranded alfa a cubes can you give me some examples
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Best thing is to ask your local feed merchant/producers what alfalfa or grass cubes they have in stock or are available locally as prices can vary. I get my grass nuts directly from the producer at £6 for a 20kg bag (Northern Crop Driers), the same brand (so really the same grass) but 15 kg bag of grass chaff is at £8.50 a bag at the local feed merchant. If you order a pallet you'll also generally get a better price per bag and you could potentially team up with someone and then split the pallet between yourselves. Northern Crop Driers cubes are in plastic bags so slightly more sturdy than paper bags for storage.

Cheapest place I have found for full fat micronised linseed is Equiworld (they have a website and you can even pick up if you are local which unfortunately I am not).
 
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