Feeding Gelatine?

[Lill]

Have been recommended by someone to feed Blue gelatine capsule every other day for a month or so to help with the cracks in his back feet.... am not sure whether this would be such a good idea or not? Its not really anything they would eat in the wild so would it harm him?

 

[spaniel]

Seems totally pointless unless they are a foot long, you will need tons of it!

Look at one of the proprietory hoof supplements, you will get a result with those but remember you need at least 6/12 months before you really see a change, thats how long the hoof takes to grow right down.

 

[mickey]

Isn't gelatin horse's hooves etc anyway????
My farrier says lots of the hoof treatments contain elements of horse hooves themselves?

 

[minkymoo]

This is interesting:

http://horses.about.com/od/understandinghorses/a/understandhoof.htm

 

[vickers22]

i got told to feed jelly cos of the gelatine in it for zaks feet-he didnt like it though!!

 

[misterjinglejay]

Hiya, im new here so hope im doing this okay. My section D has always suffered from crap hooves, weve tried everything over the years. We changed yards and therefore farriers last year, and were told to try gelatine - one sachet per day in his feed. I wasnt sure i wanted my horse to become an omnivore. But over the course of the year his feet have improved no end. Now, could be just a farrier change, but all my friends beasties are on it and all have better hooves. I'm sticking with the gelatine!