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Hello,

I am looking for advice/experiences with conditioning mash.

I have a 18year old TB who is a poor doer.
He is currently on A&P Fast Fibre and Dengie Healthy Tummy with supplement of linseed oil. He had previously been keeping weight on nicely however following 2 months on really poor grass (now moved) and having to top up with (very good quality) hay. He's holding on to very little weight and desperately needs help with condition.
He really enjoys his Healthy Tummy so would like to keep him on this but would like recommendations for a good conditioning mash that hopefully wont make him fizzy.
He is very chilled in nature. However, have found that slight changes in food can make him a bit hot. Clear of ulcers but at risk due to cribbing. Good general health. Teeth arent the greatest due to cribbing making them short.

Any advice/experiences would be great.

Thank you.
 
Copra or speedibeet are my go-to’s. Usually they’re not heating, but there’s always one or two exceptions to any rule so introduce slowly.
 
Two of my older horses 26/28 lost quite a bit March time this year . I used the recommended amount of veteran vitality, soaked grass nuts and linseed and within a few weeks they looked great. .
 
In my experience, Equerry Conditioning Mash puts condition on like nothing else without adding any fizz. Very palatable and cost effective as it's a complete feed. Had all types of horses on it for years with great success.
 
28 yr old tb.
Grass nuts, conditioning mash and alfa chop at the moment.
In winter add cooked flaked linseed and sugar beet, plus increase amount of mash and grass nuts. Split into several feeds.

Plus a much haylage as he wants, in a giant holed haynet to make it easy to pull out.
 
I’ve seen Cushcare work wonders! Reasonable NSC (hence being aimed at Cushings horses who can’t tolerate most conditioning feeds). Quickly forms a mash and seems to be very palatable in my experience.
 
A big vote for D&H Cushcare from me. My old boy came out of winter really quite poor this year (dropped off a lot in March due to spring being late to start and lack of grass), I had him on huge feeds of Topline Cubes, Rowan Barbary Mash, Linseed and Copra. After some research I switched him over to FibreBeet and Cushcare as it was the most conditioning yet lowest sugar & starch combo I could find, and he is now far too fat 🙈 His basic feed is now FibreBeet, half a scoop of Cushcare and a mug of micronised linseed. I actually cut the Cushcare out for a while as he was really quite chubby, but recently re-introduced it ready for autumn and he has immediately started putting weight on again, I am now considering having to cut it out again for a bit 😳
 
I used Spillers Senior Super Mash last winter along with micronised linseed and Dengie AlfaA Oil. I have a fussy mare but she happily ate this combination and kept weight on.
 
frankieduck said:
A big vote for D&H Cushcare from me. My old boy came out of winter really quite poor this year (dropped off a lot in March due to spring being late to start and lack of grass), I had him on huge feeds of Topline Cubes, Rowan Barbary Mash, Linseed and Copra. After some research I switched him over to FibreBeet and Cushcare as it was the most conditioning yet lowest sugar & starch combo I could find, and he is now far too fat 🙈 His basic feed is now FibreBeet, half a scoop of Cushcare and a mug of micronised linseed. I actually cut the Cushcare out for a while as he was really quite chubby, but recently re-introduced it ready for autumn and he has immediately started putting weight on again, I am now considering having to cut it out again for a bit 😳
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Did you feed all those different makes together? ie Rowan Barbary with top line?
 
Marshpiper said:
Did you feed all those different makes together? ie Rowan Barbary with top line?
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Not initially, he did very well on the RB mash and linseed for years but age is catching up on him and he dropped off more than I’d have liked last winter so we added in the topline cubes and copra after a chat with my vet. It did help but not as much as I’d have liked, so I switched him to the Cushcare as I liked the ingredients list and that it was very conditioning while still being low in sugar and starch. Been really impressed with it :cool:
 
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