fish

[aran]

hello

i was just wondering (with all these feeding posts about) whether you feed fish products to your horses, and if you do whether it bothers you at all seeing as they are veggies?

 

[Dogbetty141]

cod liver oil isnt that a fish product

 

[Rambo]

Horses routinely get Cod Liver Oil with no ill side-effects. I believe some of the joint supplements contain fish based protein too, but again they only seem to do good things for my boy(s).

lets face it, if horses could hold fishing rods, they'd probably be quite partial to a little salmon fillet themselves

 

[SouthWestWhippet]

doens't bother me but I offered my pony a feed with cod liver oil in it and she nosed through it with a disgusted expression on her face then tipped it over the floor.

My friend's pony did the same thing so we have come to the conclusion that cod liver oil doesn't taste very nice.

 

[spaniel]

I wont knowingly feed a fish product to a horse, just doesnt seem right. But then look at all the weird stuff that gets fed to sheep and cattle....

 

[SummerStorm]

I use codliver oil as hoof oil (farriers advice and it does work brilliantly!

) but my lad often knocks the pot over and licks all the oil up

so yes, I do end up of sorts 'feeding' it.

 

[bellgave]

Im just a bit of a hippy at heart and dont think any a cow should eat sheep, horses should eat fish etc. No wonder they ended up with mad cow disease, its not natural its not as nature intended. I will not feed anything with animal products in it to any of our horses. Im sure Cod Liver oil does horses n harm at all, but because of the above I wont feed it. Also I hate taking it myself, it tastes gross!!!!

 

[Mid]

I would avoid feeding any animal products to a horse unless he needed it, what with being a veggie myself... However, I ride at a place that has a bay horse, 30-something, still fat, dappled, and trekking every day. They swear by cod-liver oil.

 

[Weezy]

No, just would never enter my mind to feed a herbivore a fish product

 

[MagicMelon]

I wouldnt like to feed fish stuff to horses as it isnt natural. Once I accidentally offered them cod liver oil in their feed, nobody touched it! So mine clearly dont like it anyway!