do you wet your horses feed

[welshvali]

hi ..i have always wet my horses feed in winter ..but this summer he as only been having top spec lite on its own.. didnt really think i should have to wet as is similar to small nuts . but someone mentioned should always wet as there is a chance of choke .. what do you do ?

 

[Chico Mio]

My horses are fed soaked oats and soaked sugar beet with oil and vinegar so they have pretty damp food any way. In the past they were just fed straight, dry oats with no ill effects.

 

[HollyP]

yeah always

even if its a tiny taster...takes 2 seconds to do! x

 

[Flint12]

Always wet it, just been something i have always done.

Through the winter he has sugar beet so use that instea of water.

 

[samstar]

Ever since my pony had choke I've soaked her hi-fi and nuts, don't ever want to go through that again

 

[Torryvald]

yeah i wet my horse's feed, seems to make it easier to eat

 

[china]

yes always, if he doesnt have sugar beet then he has water, he rushes his food sometimes so he would be more prone to getting choke, especially if it was dry

 

[devilwoman]

mine have sugarbeet all year round so feed it wet anyway, if they didnt have the sugarbeet I would always wet it no matter how smaller amount it is.

 

[DunRoamin]

I Always wet Buzz's feed down, he doesn't like sugar beet so i just stick it under the tap for a few seconds

 

[cariadssogreat]

I do wet/damp feeds all year round to reduce the risk of choke. I cringe when people feed dry forage.

 

[3Beasties]

I never used to but now I am obsessed about feeding wet feeds

and have got everyone else on the yard just as obsessed!

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Yes, seren often gets soup! She scoffs and chokes on it otherwise, has to be thoroughly soaked!

 

[Puppy]

Yup, always add a splash of water

 

[snaffle]

yep always have done - but i've an oldie whose teeth aren't gd so he has it even wetter than the others. all mine get fast fibre which has to fed with added water anyway.

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Always.

 

[janet68]

Hi Welshvali you know it makes sense after you witnessed the dward with choke and vali having a bit of a splutter.

 

[golddustsara]

Yes always - I tend to put too much water in and it ends up chaff soup!!

 

[Ottinmeg]

Always, seen to many horses get choke through eating dry chaff etc.

 

[Pixxie]

Marley always does on the rare occasion when he gets a little taster when he comes in.

Teddy wont eat wet feed, unless its A&P calm and condition which is the ONLY feed he will eat a bowl of, so that and some chaff and he wolfs it down so it gets wet that way

 

[Fazzie]

After my mare got choke

I always always put water in because she always scoffs her food down greedy madam

 

[kellyeaton]

one of them as soaked food the other one does not!

 

[jumpthemoon]

I always wet my horses feeds - YO doesn't wet hers, although she adds sugar beet, it's very 'dry' sugar beet and doesn't wet the feed really. Her horses are all still in one piece!

 

[Sooty]

Always wet - Fraser likes soup.

 

[Dteccytiv]

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Yes always - I tend to put too much water in and it ends up chaff soup!!

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Ditto

 

[SunSmile]

I always wet feeds, not matter what it is or how big or small. Quite often it ends up as soup!

 

[RachelB]

Always. As with so many others who have replied, my mare had an episode of choking so it's not worth the risk IMO. FWIW I also soak her hay to stop her choking.
My YO's mare had a really bad episode of colic a few weeks ago, and YO was advised to make the mare's feeds into soup - she is now paranoid and gives all her horses soup!

 

[Hippona]

Always......its how I was taught back in the day

, and I still do it.

 

[AnnaJ]

I always wet Athena's feed and I use luke warm water in the winter

 

[Pidgeon]

always wet their feed

 

[fatpiggy]

Having spent 4 years soaking feed for a very elderly and toothless pony, the amount of liquid it absorbs, and the volume it increases by as a result is frightening - imagine it doing that in a horse's stomach.