Happy Hoof and Loopy Horses

[teabiscuit]

Has anyone experienced feeding Happy Hoof sending their horses loopy?

thanks

 

[TGM]

Never had that effect on any of mine!

 

[djb]

I'll be interested in the replies to this as I feed it to my horse who can be a bit spooky at times - I never suspected the Happy Hoof but it could be? I usually cut down the amount of Spillers H&P nuts I give him although he only has a small amount.

 

[Elle123]

sent a cob i had on laon up the wall. rearing and everything. put her back on the hi-fi good doer and she was fine again. bizare. don't know what could have caused it. the only this i could see was oat straw but a lot of them have that!

hope it helps
Elle
x

 

[scotsmare]

No, I've fed it to a few of mine and not had any problems

 

[PennyJ]

Yes, me! Even though its approved by the Laminitis Trust, it's very high in sugar. I switched to D&H Fibergy Chaff with Spillers High Fibre Cubes and the pony transformed overnight. I was advised by someone else with a sugar intolerant pony that Fibergy was the lowest sugar chaff around. That could have changed in the past 12 months, but I'm happy with the results so see no need to change again.

I would guess your horse has an intolerance to sugar/molasses. If you get results overnight by changing feeds then you will know that for sure.

 

[clairencappelli]

Nope feed it to my feisty TB and its never sent her nuts - most other thing to tho she has no mixes at all and can only have conditiong cubes.

 

[Ashkadog]

My horse cannot be fed any hard feed as anything sends him uo the wall. I have tried and given up on most things but he is absolutely fine on Happy Hoof. He is ridden most days, turned out all day and at present has 2 sections of hay at night and 1 scoop of Happy Hoof twice a day. No problem and this took ages to sort out. I thought Happy Hoof was low in sugar?

 

[xxcharlottexx]

My TB has happy hoof throughtout the year.... at times he'd be going backwards if he went any slower when out hacking he's that chilled out

deff not sent him loopy

 

[TGM]

[ QUOTE ]
Yes, me! Even though its approved by the Laminitis Trust, it's very high in sugar.

[/ QUOTE ] Happy Hoof is not 'very high in sugar'! All Laminitis Trust approved feeds have a strict limit on how much soluble carbohydrates they can contain (which includes sugars). Yes, they are allowed to contain a small amount of molasses (which can aid palatability), but not to a level that could ever be described as 'very high'!

However, it is possible that the small amount of molasses could upset a horse that is sensitive to it.

 

[kittykatcat]

Not sure how Happy Hoof could send your horse loopy! All it is is basically fibre with some added vits and mins, so if your horse doesnt go loopy on hay or grass, it seems a bit bizarre that it should go mad on Happy Hoof! However some horses are quite odd! I would just double check that you did not change anything else in your horse's diet or management at the same sort of time as changing him on to Happy Hoof!

 

[Elle123]

nope nothing else had changed for my girl. she was being exercised 5-6times a week as usual. and litrally as soon as she was changed back to hi-fi good-doer (which also has some molasses in) and almost instantly she was her normal calm self
Elle
x

 

[kittykatcat]

Bizarre! lol!!

 

[teabiscuit]

thanks for your replies everyone

 

[dwi]

I wish it did but sadly not

 

[Elle123]

its really is bizare. if it hadn't happened to me i would believe it myself! Lol dwi hehe pmsl! I thought that before my cob freaked out on the happy hoof. I am only 5'2" so when a 15.1hh super heavyweight cob goes up on a hack it is rather scary!!! lol
Luv Elle
x

 

[Chunkie]

Mine has been on it for 5 yrs and is a Welsh cob so it's difficult to tell...........

 

[JM07]

don't use HH anymore...i find Safe n Sound much "calmer" TBH...

 

[MotherOfChickens]

HH still has molasses in it-enough to set mine off anyway.
mollichaff high fibre alfalfa is fine for mine-no molasses it it at all.

 

[HelsB]

The second highest ingredient is molasses after chopped straw, I personally wouldn't sped that sort of money on such a product when there are far better quality products out there.