Paint it Lucky
Well-Known Member
When I was studying equine nutrition at uni my lecturer told us about an experiment she did for a feed company to find out which novel flavours horses liked best. Cherry won and now I have noticed that some horse feeds, in particular chaffs and lickits are being made in this flavour. The lecturer also told us that cherry is POISONOUS to horses. The flavouring is fine but the actual fruit is not, so please everyone don't be tempted to try feeding your horses real cherries! Personally I find it very worrying that feed companies use this flavouring but offer no warnings about it as I'm sure many people will think that if they can give their horse cherry flavoured food then why not give them cherries as well!
Disclaimer: (You'll probably all tell me you do feed cherries to your horses now and with no adverse effects!)
Disclaimer: (You'll probably all tell me you do feed cherries to your horses now and with no adverse effects!)