goat milk?

[mom]

i have an old gelding i am trying to put weight on, he gets a moist mash of misc pelleted feeds twice daily. after i feed him, i go milk my goats. hmmm, could i use that lovely fresh warm milk to moisten his feed instead of water? thanks!

 

[planete]

I used to when I had too much for us. The pony seemed happy to eat the food. Not sure whether it put weight on him or even if I was doing the right thing but he came to no harm.

 

[paddy555]

not sure if it will put weight on but our horses just sucked it out of the milking bucket. They loved it. As there were several horses they were limited to about half a dozen sucks each.

 

[Cortez]

I'm not at all sure that adult horses can digest milk, but it probably won't do any harm (maybe). I have reared orphan foals with goats milk, back in the dark ages before there was mares milk replacer, we kept goats for several years.

 

[Nicnac]

I always give my puppies goats milk as they can digest it. Can't do any harm as it's second best to mare's milk for foals.

 

[mom]

thanks everyone! i will try moistening his pellets with the fresh milk. i will keep a close eye on his behaviors and his manure. hmmm i wonder how that will mix with a few beers for him too?

 

[paddy555]

ah, well I did have one that was very fond of mackeson.

 

[MiniMilton]

Adult horses don't product lastase so they can't digest the lastose in milk or milk pellets.

 

[planete]

Adult horses don't product lastase so they can't digest the lastose in milk or milk pellets.

But there are other components in milk apart from lactose which is the sugar component, like protein and fats, which are probably digested?