Help! Horse not eating his feed.

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Hi all. Rocks has two new supplements in his feed (others removed) which hopefully will help his breathing. However they aren't tasty (aren't bitter or anything either, just boring) and he's only fed readigrass as hes allergic to every other horse feed (allergic to mollases, maize, wheat, barley and soya).
He already has apples and carrots in it but even if they are chopped up tiny and well mixed in he manages to pick them all out then leave the feed!!!!
He was fine when he was on his other supplements as they were sweet tasting.
So is there anything (cheap) that I can put into his feed that will encourage him to eat it? That doesn't contain mollases or any of the above things hes allergic to. I've heard someone using honey before but wasn't sure if that was true or not?
Any ideas?

 

[Tia]

Mix the drugs in a little water, put them in a syringe and syringe them directly into his mouth.

 

[Shipley]

can he have unmollased chaff, i feed my horse that.

Hsve you tried garlic?

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Tia - Good idea but will try that as a last resort.

Ship - Havn't tried garlic but what a good idea! Will def try that and see if it works - might help with the flies as well!

 

[paulo]

Yeah i know a few people who use honey, you gets those squirty bottles that are ideal.

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

And is honey ok to feed horses? As will try that if the garlic doesn't work.

 

[ihatework]

mint, apple juice, apple sauce

 

[paulo]

yeah as far as I know its fine, also agree that applie juice might help

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Aha apple juice, another good idea! I'm writing these all down lol

 

[Christmas_Kate]

apple juice is good! seems to fool most horses! I've even added it to water to encourage them to drink more in hot weather.

 

[lucym]

yeah, apple juice is grest, worked for me, if you add waer as well, it all gets mixed up

 

[k9h]

Don't feed too much honey as not good to give them lots.

I had a horse that wouldn't eat bute so before going for the syringe type I use to mix with peppermint corrdial into a paster then clean the bowl out with chaff to mix it with!! Worth a try.

Also that stuff I told you of you can just put a small squirt onto a peice of apple & then feed to him you just pick the ones that seem to fit him the most to his symptoms. But see how you get on with these first.

 

[k9h]

Don't feed too much honey as not good to give them lots. As of the seriously high sugar content.

I had a horse that wouldn't eat bute so before going for the syringe type I use to mix with peppermint corrdial into a paster then clean the bowl out with chaff to mix it with!! Worth a try.

Also that stuff I told you of you can just put a small squirt onto a peice of apple & then feed to him you just pick the ones that seem to fit him the most to his symptoms. But see how you get on with these first.

 

[k9h]

Has you can tell flipping proxy arror has posted twice!!//????

 

[charlottenicol]

What about a bit of marmite, some horses love it

 

[mickey]

My first thought was apple juice. I believe they give that to endurance horses in order to get them to take on fluids...feed...