Horses eating bananas??

I'm very allergic to bananas so have never offered my horse one, but i know a few other people tht do and i know of one horse that would rather have a banana than a carrott
 
NicoleS_007 said:
I fed mine a plum once not realising they had stones!! My friend kindly told me as i fed him it so i stuck my hand in his gob to get it out :o If anyone had of seen they would have thought it was Jaws 3D haha
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I found a lovely description in a nineteenth century riding manual of a lady feeding plums, peaches and nectarines to her horse – it crunched up the stones. Rather her than me, I thought...
 
i'd not heard of it until the other week when my frined asked 'can danny have a banana?' i honestly did know they could eat them! apparently tangerines are good for horses too. Danny, mr pig, decided the banana wasn't for him but his mate scoffed it!
 
My mare says "gimme dat banana!" She adores them and smacks her lips appreciatively afterwards.

Also blackberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries. But not grapes, thanks.
 
Harvey loves them, but Nemo won't touch them.
Didn't realise they act as a calmer though, must remember not to give any to Harvey before riding, as he is slow enough as it is!
My local shop gives me a massive bag of them every week, the ones that are out of date...
 
My instructors horse loves all fruit and veg: bananas, oranges etc, cold pot noodles, a bottle of Heineken in her feed most nights etc...she is 29 years old so not dead yet :)

My friend once had her sausage sandwich eaten by a polo pony at a show, sausage, onions, tomotao ketchup the lot!!!!

The mare I had on loan was a right fuss pot though, wouldn't touch anything apart from granny smith apples!
 
Never tried bananas, but am going to now!

Ours get strawberries, raspberries, grapes, pears, parsnips, turnips, swedes - whatever fruit and veg we are eating, they get the leftovers/offcuts/peelings. We've recently got some hens, and someone told us that they love grapes, so I offered one or two to the horses first, and they loved them too!
 
Solo loves banana - In the winter I use alot of hot water in her feed let it soak it all up (& cool down a bit!) then a peel 2 or 3 banana's and mush it all in together then chuck the skins in aswell - she loves it !

Just thought I would add Pear seeds are actually poisinous to all mamals (inc. humans) so I would be slightly careful about feeding the horses whole pears :)
 
one day my pony dragged me along the yard.. obviously something in sight.. we got t o his destination.. who'd have known.. twas a bannana!
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why do they nod their heads up and down when eating it tho!? :confused:
 
Really interesting! I was out hacking yesterday, walking along on a long rein, and my horse leant down and snaffled up a banana skin quick as a flash. I was quite worried that it might be bad for her but this has put my mind at rest. I'll try her on a whole banana next.
 
I never knew that horses could eat bananas until a couple of years ago I was sat down in the field and started peeling a banana. My pony started to graze a bit closer to me and the next thing I knew, she ripped it out of my hand and scoffed it skin and all!!!!

Know she has a banana as a treat everynow and then and she goes crazy for them!
 
little_flea said:
Mine loves bananas. Not feeding the skin though. She loves all fruit though, she is more like a tapir that a horse.

I have actually had it recommended to feed a banana as an option to a calmer to stressy horses - bananas are high in magnesium, which is how a lot of horse calmers work. Can't quite see it working, especially considering the levels of sugar, but who knows?
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Oh dear!! I had a row with the OH the other day, he said that i should give bananas instead of magnewium supplement, but I argued till the cows come home that he was wrong.... lol.... whoops (dont tell him though)

Ted wont eat bananas anywhere he chews it then spits it on the floor lol.
 
They are also high in phospholipids which is supposed to help protect against ulcers.
They tried it at the Atlanta Olympics http://www.ker.com/library/Equinews/v4n1/v4n112.pdf

I don't like bananas if they are overripe so save them for Frankie and he will do anything for one, skins and all. I do tend to have organic bananas though as you can get pesticide in the skin.
 
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criso said:
They are also high in phospholipids which is supposed to help protect against ulcers.
They tried it at the Atlanta Olympics http://www.ker.com/library/Equinews/v4n1/v4n112.pdf

I don't like bananas if they are overripe so save them for Frankie and he will do anything for one, skins and all. I do tend to have organic bananas though as you can get pesticide in the skin.
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That made really interesting reading thank you /.
 
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