Firming up poohs when oil is added to feed for weight on

[Achinghips]

Any ideas? "We are splatty now".

 

[brucea]

Don't feed a liquid oil - try feeding a solid oil such as linseed meal where you have the fibre and mucilage as well as the oil content. It's much better for them.

 

[Cazzah]

I feed lots of corn oil for condition - and also add a dollop of Pink Powder which seems to do the trick.

 

[Donkeymad]

Introduce te oil very very slowly. Otherwise, better and as already mentioned, get off the oil and feed linseed meal.
Or change the feed!

 

[Kenzo]

I'd feed Naff Pink Powder, healthy gut= healthy horse and a lot of the time is saves money feeding varoius weight gain feeds and oils etc.

If the gut is not functioning as it should, doesnt matter what you plough in, they won't put the weight on.

Obvioulsy I'm just speaking in general, nothing wrong with adding oil etc I'm just saying, give it a go if you havent done so already, you may be suprised.

 

[vhf]

Limestone flour - like you'd feed for feet or to a broodmare for calcium. Can't remember the specifics, just that it firms things up. (you'll need to double check you aren't unbalancing anything else for example, and whether it works on oil induced looseness or just nerves/haylage-induced!).

 

[HollyP]

pink powder