Feeding Jelly & Seaweed to horses

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I've been told that feeding jelly cubes & a seaweed supplement to my horse may help his crappy feet..He's shod by a remedial farrier & had good feet up until he had to have his shoes off for an operation but they haven't really recovered since. I also use Kevin Bacon on his feet & he has a complete vitamin supplement. Just wondered if anyone uses jelly or seaweed & if they would recommend it. If so how much jelly do you feed? Many thanks
 
What operation did he have and is what way are they now crappy?
Did you always feed the V&M supp or is it a new thing?

Seaweed, mag ox, brewers yeast and linseed can help to grow better feet but its very dependant on the mineral levels in the other things he eats, for instance if one particular mineral in your grass and haylage is very high and you're feeding even more of that mineral in your supplement it could be blocking the uptake of other minerals therefore being counterproductive.
 
Seaweed is good for mineral and vitamins. I personally wouldn't feed jelly because it is of animal origin and it just doesn't sit right with me.
 
He had an operation on his pastern in a hind leg for ringbone. Crappy in the way that they are cracking & not growing..My farrier has the opinion that when the body is concentrating on healing an injury, footgrowth is the last thing the body thinks about. Our grazing is very good, he has hay not haylage. He was on Farriers Formula but switched to a complete allround vit when i got my farrier to look at them both & the vit contained everything that the farriers formaula included. He is in lovely condition otherwise, lovely shiny coat, good weight etc. But he dropped a hell of a lot of weight & condition after his operation as wasn't coping with box rest very well.
 
I feed linseed and brewyers yeast and black sunflower seeds. The last ingredient is the one that I found really makes the feet very tough.

Seaweed is said to give a good coat and feet, and I know they say jelly is good for human's fingernails but not sure about horses.
 
and just out of interest.. what type of horses do you have..(those of you who have given recommendations of things to use) My boy is a full tb and would have very flat feet if it wasn't for my farrier. The jelly was recommended by someone who uses it for their ponies.. just think its worth giving anything a try.
 
I used to feed seaweed, but tbh, didnt notice any effect! i now give my horse a V&M supplement (globalvite) which has biotin in it so i dont bother with seaweed anymore.
 
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