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lynsey1808

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I've had my horse 6 weeks and was told he had an allergy to barley, I didn't buy directly off the owner and the person that sold him to me hadn't put this to the test. I have accidentally just fed him a scoop of leisure mix which contains barley and am now panicking! I left him at 7.30pm happily munching on his hay. Anyone have any experience of this and can hopefully put my mind at rest?
 
That's the problem no-one knows, so I'm not sure what worse case scenario is, I also don't know how long it takes to react. In fact I'm completely in the bloody dark!
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I don't have it, but I can get it so maybe that's what I'll do.
Trouble is I doubt if I'll be able to get it tonight. Shall I go down later and check on him? Yard shuts at 10pm but I can get in.
 
a lot of horses dont actually like barley, and the pony at our yard refuses to eat it! it dosent really agree with it i think.

you could feed your own mix though, ie. for a 16.2 horse one scoop rolled oats and half a scoop flaked maize? my horse gets that plus half scoop of sugar beet and a broad spec. vit supplement!

can you ring YO and ask if they could check up on horse?
 
Have a quick trip down there if you are that worried, as you will never sleep otherwise
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You may find he is fine and its only lots of barley that maybe makes him fizzy rather than ill???
 
He'd polished off the lot before I left, he's on calm and condition normally which he's great on, this was a complete accident. Apparently YO checks on them at 10pm so she'll ring if there's anything wrong. Thanks
 
You're right I won't sleep! Like you say he may just be a bit fizzier, I'd rather that than anything else. I can't imagine there's a huge amount in one scoop anyway.
 
My horse has feed allergies and gets itchy. Im sure he will be fine as there will be minimal barley in a scoop of feed. You may find he is a bit lumpy in the morning. I would ring YO though to put your mind at rest.
 
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