Feeding myoplast

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My daughters horse has just been prescribed myoplast by the vet (due to liver problems). He also has various other things to take. No matter how hard we try we cannot get him to take the myoplast it looks like tiny black ball bearings. It is really hard so I have not been able to crush it. It partially dissolves in boiling water but the smell is something else and still he won't eat it. the tub says it is palatable and just to put it in his feed but we have tried everything mint tea, golden syrup, molasses, treacle and all sorts but nothing will persuade him to do more than sniff it. He does not like apples but even if he did trying to stuff thousands of tiny ball bearings into an apple would be nigh on impossible! So....... can anyone think of anything else which might tempt him or does anybody know of a more palatable liquid or powder that does the same job?
 
What is it hun? Never heard of it. For liver problems I would have thought your vet would be advising a low protein diet - what protein the horse does have should be of the highest quality you can buy. Milk Thistle supplement (recommend D&H) supports the liver and Yea Sac aids hind gut digestion which is often compromised in liver damaged horses. Milk Thistle and Yea Sac are tasteless. No fats or oils, ever (too much work for a damaged liver to handle) - so that can limit what you can try to disguise the taste with. I'll google myoplast and come back to you.
 
Myoplast Power Balls are a manufactured product and their advertising bumff says builds top line, muscle definition etc etc etc. It is often difficult to keep weight and condition on horses with liver damage. Damaged livers cannot cope with oils and fats, the commonest ingredient in conditioning feeds. It might be that Myoplast Power Balls are able to help weight gain without fats and oils, in which case it would be perfect for liver damaged horses that are losing weight and can't be helped any other way. They have a website so I'd contact them and ask for help. They also offer a veterinary information pack - bet your vets already have it so you could ask your vets for assistance on feeding it. Good luck hun x
 
Can't help you with the getting him to eat it bit, but perserve as it has had the most amazing effect on a horse that had a number of vets shaking their heads as to why he held no weight and looked poor in his coat with no muscle.
I know it worked as his feed wasn't changed and he was on no other supplements and no I don't work for them, just very impressed with the covered, muscled, sleek coated horse I now see.
Best of luck.
 
My horse is on Myoplast. He has sugar beet in his feed and we have found that if the Myoplast is mixed in early he will not eat it. So his feeds are made up and then the Myoplast is added literally as the bucket goes into his stable.

Can your horse have slightly dryer feeds so that the balls don't break down with the moisture?
 
Thanks for the idea fed it to him completely dry with a handful of pasture mix and chaff and he ate most of it which is a big improvement! fingers crossed he will eat again tomorrow. Thanks again
 
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