Fussy Horse and Horse Treats!

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First of all i have a very fussy horse, one day it will love carrots and the next it wont. one day it willl eat its feed the other it wont. I try to make it eat out of my hand, and some days it does saome days it dosnt.

Where she used to live she was a bit overweight and ate a lot of feed, but now she has lost weight, and is at a good size and has these off and one cycles.:)

Do you have a fussy horse and can you help?:confused:

I need to feed her minerals so i have decided im going to make treats, so hopefully this will work. But if not would you please help me!!!

Im making the treats out of quick cook oats, carrots, corn grits (blended), minerals and molasis.

Thanks
 
have you tried putting treacle in her feed? Maybe a bit of warm water to wet it rather than cold?

OR have you tried mineral licks? The really sweet ones that end up all over their faces? :D
I've never met a horse who didn't like those.
 
Paddock lick is it? The ones that are a reddy colour in a tub and really sticky. If your horse has a white nose you can wave goodbye to it though :)

Also i read years ago that you can plant a herb garden with certain herbs in it for your horse to pick at for extra goodness. Was in a really old book but i probably don't have it anymore and haven't a clue which it was. Might be worth looking into though. Although my big fat lump of a share horse would most probably just roll on it.
 
How many times can you call your horse "it" in one post?

I don't bother too much with treats - it just leads to pestering or nipping. I might give Jazz a couple of carrots but if he doesn't want them (which has never happened) then I would give them to another horse/save them for another day.

I don't really see the problem :S
 
Try stirring a cupful of apple juice into your girl's feed. It's usually enough to make a (well) horse eat. I'd be concerned if a horse of mine was intermittently off it's feed. It might indicate an underlying health problem. She could be getting bouts of low grade colic caused by ulcers. How quickly did she lose weight and was it a planned weight loss or did it just happen? Stress is a common cause of ulcers and is often seen in sensitive horses that don't have a routine and/or don't have a horse-friendly management eg restricted turnout, no company, worked too hard, tack doesn't fit, teeth not seen to, not got ad lib fodder when stabled etc etc etc. Another thing to wonder about is if she has had/still has a low grade virus so she just isn't feeling herself.
 
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