Homemade likits

How about using a swede? You can make a hole through them and thread with bailer twine to hang up. Less sugar and more nutrition than a lickit, and horses love them! Should keep them occupied for a while too.
 
Why don't you just add a bag or two of sugar to his feed - not much difference :D If it's for boredom, can you not turn out more or increase forage? Or hi fibre cubes in a snack-a-ball type thing?
 
I use a swede, either hang it or as a foot ball! much better for ur pony!! or chop up apples, carrots etc and put them in a horse ball :)
 
vandn said:
My horse is crazy for the likcky likits and is going through them mega fast. Anyone know how to make my own????
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I would be careful your horse doesn't get colic from eating them too quickly, and as someone else has said, full of sugar !

I would be more inclined to double/triple net so it take longer to eat and keeps them occupied longer
 
please be careful when using string, bailing twine to hang/tie things up for horses to chew on as some have been known to nearly cut their tongues in half because of getting their tongue through the twine, not a pretty sight, very bloody.
 
Thanks for those replies, He already has just about everything to play/eat made from fruit and veg but was wanting to know how to refill the empty holders with a healthier treat/likit so that it will actually stay in the holder until it is all licked out!!
 
You can get some 'Uncle Jimmy's Licky Things' which I believe fit into a Likit holder.. they also come in sugar free which would be much healthier and also contains vits and mins.. They look like they would last longer than a likit anyway :) xx
 
vandn said:
Thanks for those replies, He already has just about everything to play/eat made from fruit and veg but was wanting to know how to refill the empty holders with a healthier treat/likit so that it will actually stay in the holder until it is all licked out!!
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How about using an apple corer on a swede or something similar so the lickit rod will go through (presuming you have the lickit holder that has two ends and a rod down the middle)
 
Blend a load of fruit/ veg and then freeze in one of the plastic tubs the lickets origionally come in. Obviously works better in cold weather but keeps all of mine occupied for a bit. :)
 
whirlwind said:
Blend a load of fruit/ veg and then freeze in one of the plastic tubs the lickets origionally come in. Obviously works better in cold weather but keeps all of mine occupied for a bit. :)
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Similar idea to what I do ................ I freeze chunks of fruit and veg in an old pudding basin with a weighted strip (with an apple) of old sheet to use as a tie.

My boys love them ! ....................never had much sucess freezing bananas though !!
 
I just made homemade likits today. They are simular to the Uncle Jimmy treats. The recipe I used was:

7 1/2 cups of sweet feed
24oz molassas
2 1/2c flour
mix together and bake at 350 for 20 min. I packed mine into a used likit container and dumped them out on a cookie sheet. A few of them kind of melted in the oven so I had to let them cool some then repack in the likit container. I then freeze them until use.
 
ldkgates said:
I just made homemade likits today. They are simular to the Uncle Jimmy treats. The recipe I used was:

7 1/2 cups of sweet feed
24oz molassas
2 1/2c flour
mix together and bake at 350 for 20 min. I packed mine into a used likit container and dumped them out on a cookie sheet. A few of them kind of melted in the oven so I had to let them cool some then repack in the likit container. I then freeze them until use.
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What 'Sweet feed' did you use ?
 
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