Completely non heating and low calorie mash

[IhaveTooMany]

I'm lookin for an empty mash basically just to give my horse a dinner with the others at the yard. He doesn't need any type of calories and the last thing he needs is anything that will give him energy or make him hotter. I've googled endlessly and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. If it's not sugars it's full of oils

 

[IhaveTooMany]

*he's getting dengie hifi light but I feel sad for him so want to add something to make it more interesting for him

 

[tda]

Allen & Page Fast fibre

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Rowan Barbary Fibre Mash - I feed 3/4 of a balancer cup full AM and PM, Digestible Energy is 7.5MJ/kg and its only about £15 a bag and lasts me a month

 

[JenJ]

Speedibeet

 

[FieldOrnaments]

Speedibeet (or just straight beet flakes e.g Purabeet but it takes forever to soak).

 

[honetpot]

Allen & Page Fast fibre

Its basically mashed straw and the DE of poor hay or straw, but they seem to like it and when soaked it looks more.

Estimated D.E. 8.0MJ/kg

https://www.allenandpage.com/product/fast-fibre/

 

[HopOnTrot]

When we were in mashes this winter we fed Fast Fibre and Bailey’s Meadow Cobs.

 

[Kirstd33]

Another vote for speedi beet as you only need a very small amount to make a decent feed, or Spillers senior mash if he's getting on a bit. Coblet has that for his bute and wolfs it down as it has a lovely appley aroma!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

*he's getting dengie hifi light but I feel sad for him so want to add something to make it more interesting for him

Does the horse eat it?
If so I would stick with that. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

 

[tatty_v]

I’ve recently put my older boy onto Fast Fibre, which genuinely does soak up the water in about a minute. I then mix in his happy hoof and he really enjoys it. He’s a good doer but needed a softer feed due to a tooth fracture for a bit and it suits him very well.

I’ve used speedibeet in the past and he loved that too. It took a bit longer to soak so I’d soak a couple of feeds’ amounts at a time, but then it would go mouldy quickly in the warm weather.

 

[nettle]

Allen & Page Fast Fibre. My horse went off it a bit, he says it’s a bit ‘meh’.
Simple Systems Haycare pellets are made of Timothy so not madly calorific and seem very tasty.

 

[Red-1]

Speedi Beet and a lami friendly chop for me. Some of it is compressed into nuts so there is texture. I add Platinum Pro Hoof for vitamins.

 

[ecb89]

Pink mash. The non conditioning one.

 

[Carrottom]

Mine seem to prefer fast fibre to speediest as a carrier for their powders.

 

[pistolpete]

Spillers veteran mash went down well for mine when he was getting over choke.

 

[Struddles&Trubinsky]

Rowen Barbury ready Mash (Green) is suitable for laminitic horses

 

[Albus15]

Rowen Barbary carrot mash

 

[irishdraft]

Pink mash

 

[dottylottie]

i use fast fibre for mine!

 

[Follysmum]

My fatty ponies had fast fibre but recently won’t touch it. I was recommended Baileys soft and lite it is a senior feed though.
I got a sample bag and they scoffed it up.

 

[JoannaC]

Another vote for Fast Fibre

 

[frankieduck]

I had the same dilemma and put my very hot and sharp horse on Fast Fibre a few months ago - I needed something with more 'bulk' as he gets a joint supplement that seems to be an inordinate amount of powder and he was turning his nose up at low calorie chaff. It hasn't had any adverse effects on his behaviour and I'm pleased to say he also hasn't gained any weight.

 

[Patterdale]

A carrot in a bucket would meet your needs.

 

[colourville 17]

I'm lookin for an empty mash basically just to give my horse a dinner with the others at the yard. He doesn't need any type of calories and the last thing he needs is anything that will give him energy or make him hotter. I've googled endlessly and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. If it's not sugars it's full of oils

Ive used thunderbrooks meadow nut n soak into a mash. Basically jst dried grass so nothing in it.