Laminitis - Feed Question

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Is it ok to feed a laminitic oil?

My mare is now clipped and her coat has gone dry. Can I give her Alfa A Oil (as that's better than adding pure liquid to her feeds)?
 
I have a lami who also has EPSM and she has 500ml of sunflower oil every day.

But I cut out as much sugar and starch from her diet as possible. Her turnout is restricted and her hay is soaked for a minimum of 12 hours and then rinsed through with more clean water.

Lami does rear its head when she gets too much grass or something equally sugary, but no problem from the oil.

Important to be careful that the overall calorie intake doesn't rise, unless your horse needs them.
 
That's just it, I've not been hardly giving any .... in case but as I can that's great news. Is Simple System Total Eclipse ok or should I check with company on Monday?
 
Toby773 said:
That's just it, I've not been hardly giving any .... in case but as I can that's great news. Is Simple System Total Eclipse ok or should I check with company on Monday?
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Depends on what you want it to be ok for?

Relatively low in sugar, has linseed which is a good source of amino acids (which lami's need for repair)

But seaweed is not a perfect vit/min source and in some areas is unsuitable.
 
I'm interested why seaweed isn't suitable for some areas LucyPriory? Is this the iodine content?

I've switched to linseed, brewers yeast, calmag, seaweed and I add a small amount of salt too in a small portion of speedibeet for my mini shetland with laminitis. She became much improved and is growing better horn quality with less ripples (daren't say none) since I stated this minus the linseed which I've only been able to get and given over the last four weeks. Apart from that she gets soaked hay and the odd piece of grass that manages to grow in the yard.

This seems to suit her and she's been on and off good quality balancers etc. for a couple of years with continued ripply feet and bouts of thrush. Of course it doesn't suit all, the main thing is soaking and even double soaking the hay imo but it seems to be trial and error to some extent.
 
amandap said:
I'm interested why seaweed isn't suitable for some areas LucyPriory? Is this the iodine content?
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Iodine can be an issue, especially if you don't know how much is in it and how much your horse is getting from elsewhere, but it is not my primary concern.

Seaweed is not a terribly good source of copper or zinc. In some areas these two minerals are either especially depleted (copper is very widely short across the UK) or the uptake is inhibited, often by the presence of iron.

To reach the required levels of these two minerals, for some horses, in some areas would require supplementing seaweed at a level which would breach the toxicity maxima for the iodine.

Some people (including me) have had better results (better hoof and coat health) by using different methods of supplementing other than seaweed.
 
LucyPriory said:
Some people (including me) have had better results (better hoof and coat health) by using different methods of supplementing other than seaweed.
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Now for the question, what do you use?:D
I was hoping with the seaweed and linseed I may well have copper almost covered. I have supplemented copper in the past in the form of chelated and copper poly.
 
I so wish I could do a forage analysis, but at livery with random bales of hay it isn't worth it.

I am not going to recommend any particular make. They all have issues.

I have done quite a lot of research and talked to a lot of well informed specialists. They all have their own opinions.

I have found many popular brands of supplements don't actually have very much copper or zinc in them.

But being just a one horse owner, at livery, my options are limited.

So I have chosen a well known brand that after much label reading, has the highest levels of copper and zinc.

I am going to run a two month trial with another high copper product as I am not completely satisfied with certain aspects of Grace's hooves/coat. I will post the photographic results on my blog when the two months is up.
 
LucyPriory said:
I so wish I could do a forage analysis, but at livery with random bales of hay it isn't worth it.
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Me too. I have mine at home but can't afford to buy hay in bulk for a few months sadly. I've had my soils tested and that's as far as I've got so far with testing. I hope to 'grow my own' in time.

I'll watch your blog Thanks for your blog btw, I'm learning loads and been so inspired.
 
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