andreo
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So Reo was diagnosed at start of May with bad ulcers, he is on Gastro guard and antepsin from vet, after advice from H/h forum have changed feed to alfalfa, ERS pellets and supplements are red cell as prone to anemia, horse first calmer , naf haylage balancer and protexin. I have also stopped his garlic. The problem is now he isn't that keen about eating up his feed he has always been a bit fussy and its a lot of supplements, and he is a not poor, Does anyone have any ideas what I can give in his feed to make it more appealing pls :$ I had thought maybe fibre beet as heard speedi beet was a no no ?
). The whole hard feed issue is a bit of a con . Let me give you an example. I am currently selling an organic ley hay made last july ,without rain. My customers have had problems keeping weight on their horses regardless of hard feed intake. Suddenly the horses are getting fat ,why ,because the hay has a DE of roughly the same as the concentrate they were buying ,but without the simple starches linked with ulcers.They are all having to cut back on feeding concentrates ,the horses simply dont need them. The hay ,even though it is top quality ,is still only £180 per tonne yet concentrates are more than twice that price. You can easily train a novice eventer on no more than the best clean hay. (though I would feed a mineral suplement purely for safety ).