Help to disguise the taste

[Hedge_pig]

My horse won't eat her mineral supplement, she was on Top Spec but wanted to change her to a more barefoot friendly balancer so tried to give her pro balance but she point blank refuses to eat it.

I've tried some 'creative' recipes, so far I've tried baking it into biscuits with linseed and pears, and giving it with marmite in a sandwich but no luck. I can't say I blame her, cooking the stuff stunk out my whole house, but is there anything else I can use to try and disguise the taste? She desperately needs the minerals, she's a fruit loop since running out of the old balancer so I'm desperate for ideas.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I find that the "Super supplement" Garlic Parsley & Linseed oil really masks stuff, costs around £6.50 - £7 a bottle.
Even Tiny Fuzzy (notorious sniffer of noxious nasties) will scoff anything in a bucket with that in & she only gets 3 or 4 drops of drizzle once a day
The trick is to use the 'masking agent' with std feed, get them used to it daily (or twice daily) over several days & then add the dreaded 'nasty' and pour 10ml or so of the oil mixture on the top & stir in. Hasn't failed me yet.
No good if any of the ingredients are not allowed for your horses diet tho.
Good luck in whatever you try tho

 

[ITPersonnage]

I use Coolstance Copra (small cupful as mine is a good doer) and spearmint to mask the taste, keep at it and she will soon learn to love it All this is in Fast Fibre.

Make sure she's a bit hungry as well, leave her without hay for an hour or so beforehand.

 

[smokeyjo]

I went through this a few weeks ago when introducing my horse to yea-sacc. He is an extremely 'stomach-driven' horse who even relishes antibiotics so I was astonished when he completely refused his feed with the yea-sacc added to it.

I tried all the usual ploys - marmite sandwich, apple sauce etc - then searching the archives on here found the answer for us.

Someone suggested making up what is a sort of children's sandcastle-sized feed the night before with mix, nuts, speedboat or whatever is the horse's favourite food + the 'nasty', all soaked overnight, then giving it the next day before the main feed.

It worked for me like a miracle. Gradually I introduced the yea-sacc into the main Speedibeet ration when I made it up the night before and now he obviously doesn't notice it.

I feel your pain - it is horrible when they won't eat some meds or supplements that they really need. Hope you find something that works.