haylage balancer or pink powder

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i'm thinking of trying either one of these on my pony. when he has haylage in winter he has very loose droppings and passes a lot of jet propelled wet wind. also when the horses moved from their winter grazing to their summer grazing, he was the same for a few weeks. while he's fine now, i know once he gets the haylage again he will be loose again. and probably when they start strip grazing the winter paddock. any change upsets him, but the grazing and haylage is out of my control as the horses all live out as a herd and i cant have him separated and cant move him as where is, is perfect in every other way. so, the question is, which of the supplements would be best suited to him? he wont need it all year round, just from dec to april when he gets haylage, then again for a few weeks in june when the fields are rotated, and possible again in oct for a short while. the haylage balancer is cheaper and seems to be very similar to the pink powder anyway, but would it still work when he's not having haylage??? any thoughts welcome please!
 
pink powder is v cheap, esp once off the initial loading dose and onto the lower maintenance one, you hardly use any...is Thrive really any cheaper when thats taken into account? my PP lasts months, and horsey will eat his feed with it in cos you need so little.
 
thx. i worked out that thrive costs roughly £5 a month and pink powder, £6 a month, so not much difference. haylage balancer £8 a month. its more which will work best for my horse. i emailed NAF so i'll wait to see what they advice. many thx.
 
my guess is that they'll recommend the PP or HB for you as they are antacid, and help to keep the gut settled. Thrive is quite an old formulation now, and I don't even know if they still make it (could be wrong tho, but that's the impression I got from them at Burghley).

HB might be more expensive, but £8 month only works out at 27pence per day, so IMO still not exactly expensive, especially when you compare it to something like superflex at £1 a day!
 
I have heard lots of praise for pink powder, and have used it on my own horse to help build up condition. It was also quite easy to feed since it seems palatable.
 
I'm a big fan of PP, my mare has been sensitive in her gut in the past but since she has been getting PP regularly she seems to have settled down. I have always put her on the double dose when she has moved yards or changed grazing & it seems to help her adjust without her guts doing anything too alarming ;)
 
Pink Powder is very economical, I normally buy the big tub which is about £24 and it easily lasts 2 horses over 2 months, they each have a scoop twice a day.

The P.P is great for upset tummies or stressy horses- one of my horses gets very cross and grumpy if he doesn't get his pink powder!
 
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