Hives / feed top spec

[racebuddy]

My horse is currenlty under vets but just out of intrest / comes up in hives , having allergy bloods done too , feed top spec mash / light balancer and dengi mollasses free healthy hooves ,

When reading the ingredients was shocked at what was in them to fair , obviously may not be food related but be intresting to know , when we first bought him he went nuts of the top spec balancer considering it was none heating ,
Anybody experiences
This with top spec ect

 

[Dave's Mam]

What are you bedding on? Horse on my yard recently came up in crazy hives after swapping to Raviera bedding.

 

[Surbie]

Do you have oaks in your fields? Mine has recently come up in hives and I think it might be from rolling where oak processionary moth nests have come down.

 

[asmp]

One of ours came out in hives which we put down to Moles own brand chaff so never used again.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We avoid anything with 'ingredients', having had problems over the years with a variety of feeds, including the latest; ForagePlus winter balancer. I think the problem was mainly caused by linseed. Anyway lesson learned - again!

 

[racebuddy]

He’s having bloods done but if something food related no idea we’re to start we’re feed is not full of ingredients ?? What do peopel suggest

 

[Cowpony]

Mine gets hives and terribly itchy on anything containing soya

 

[meesha]

I would remove all bucket feed, see if hives improve, if they do reintroduce 1 feed at a time slowly. If don't improve leave off feed and change bedding. If no improvement change hay then poss swap stables if stabled.....

They r such a worry . .. if only happening in winter and rugged, change rug !!

Good luck

 

[scats]

I had a horse who had an allergy to a certain type of sugar (diagnosed by Prof Knottenbelt) and he used to come up in massive welts all over his body at certain times of year or when he went in certain fields.

 

[spotty_pony]

Has he recently been clipped? Reaction to clipper oil? Allergy to own sweat? Or is he getting too warm? My boy comes up in lumps of he gets too warm in his rugs.

 

[onemoretime]

Mine gets hives and terribly itchy on anything containing soya

Top Spec is full of soya.

 

[racebuddy]

He’s been moved stables and having bloods run to see if allergy to feeds x

 

[Sossigpoker]

TopSpec feeds are based on low quality and cheap ingredients like NIS and GM soya. I'd stop that and see if the hives go down.

 

[ycbm]

He’s having bloods done but if something food related no idea we’re to start we’re feed is not full of ingredients ?? What do peopel suggest

I would remove all hard food and then introduce one of: grass nuts, oats, wheatfeed, bran. Starting with grass nuts if he's never shown any issues eating grass.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I would stop all hard feed for 3 weeks, monitoring carefully. Then I would start by feeding Agrobs WeisenCobs, or similar because they have nothing holding them Together and have a mixture of meadowgrasses that are not so common here. The easiest way not to feed 'ingredients' is to feed straights. We feed Aloe Vera Juice rather than a balancer, as it provides a number of vitamins & mins, whilst being a single ingredient food.
I would actively avoid soya, alfalfa, wheatfeed, linseed and anything that horses would not eat if given the choice in the wild, because it won't suit their digestive system.