Mash with calories and not heat

[IhaveTooMany]

My horse only gets mash as he can't have haylage or hay (diastema) I'm feeding him veteran vitality. He's in good condition but is getting really 'naughty' to ride which isn't like him at all he's usually laid back and easy going. It's 100% all the goodness in his feed as. Just wondering if there's a mash that keeps the weight on without the explosion

 

[ester]

Copra?

 

[Pinkvboots]

Unmolassed sugar beet, spillers speedy mash, copra, grass nuts.

 

[Lurfy]

My toothless wonder thrives on speedi beet, I don't find it heating.

 

[meleeka]

Unmolassed sugar beet, spillers speedy mash, copra, grass nuts.

This and I'll add Haycare to the list. Spillers also do a veteran mash which is very good. Veteran Vitality made mine go a bit loopy too.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

I put mine on Spillers Senior Super-Mash following a tooth extraction and it suited him and my EMS pony so well I’ve left them on it. Low sugar, starch, very palatable and not in the slightest bit heating. It smells of apples when soaked which makes it very appetising.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’m using Mole Valley Farmers own High Fibre Mash and Speedi beet for the elderly pony I’m looking after. She loves it and has piled weight on

 

[maya2008]

Fast fibre is mash and isn’t heating at all.

 

[Traks]

Veteran Light? Care and Gain?

 

[ecb89]

Pink mash the conditioning one

 

[Lauraback]

My elderly shettie thrives on spillers senior super mash as he can’t eat hay. Vet says he looks amazing , you could add a glug of veg oil if you wanted more calories and no fizz

 

[spacefaer]

I've fed Equerry Conditioning Mash for years and I find it puts condition on like nothing else without adding any fizz.

 

[HopOnTrot]

Fast fibre is mash and isn’t heating at all.

Fast Fibre is suitable for laminitis. Its what my vet has advised instead of hay for my mare.

 

[fredflop]

Would very well soaked sloppy pony nuts do the job?

 

[HopOnTrot]

Also vet told me to add veg or linseed oil if she loses weight. She’s 400kg so they said 400ml max a day.

 

[Sussexbythesea]

As a forage replacer I used to use Simple Systems Haycare for my oldie. I used to add a bit of mint as he didn’t love it but it did mean that he ate it more slowly overnight like he would hay. It’s very low in sugar.

Also did a smaller trug of Pure Feeds Meadow mash which was guzzled. As a bucket feed I fed Saracen Releve Cubes soaked. For extra condition I added Equijewel and/ or micronised linseed.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I’m using Mole Valley Farmers own High Fibre Mash and Speedi beet for the elderly pony I’m looking after. She loves it and has piled weight on

I'm using the MV fibre veteran mash for my oldie, he to has put weight on!!

 

[Highmileagereindeer]

Have you tried feeding hay or haylage? My old boy managed perfectly well with diastema, and still demolishes a very soft meadow grass haylage, despite losing around nine teeth.

 

[Albus15]

Personally I've had the best results with the Rowen Barbary Readymash Extra!

 

[YourValentine]

Allen & Page Soothe & Gain, won't act as a forage replacement but a good non-heating mash when soaked. I always add more water than they suggest on the bag, so it's a proper mash.

 

[IhaveTooMany]

My toothless wonder thrives on speedi beet, I don't find it heating.

Is there enough calories in that?

 

[IhaveTooMany]

I've fed Equerry Conditioning Mash for years and I find it puts condition on like nothing else without adding any fizz.

I've used that before it was like rocket fuel to mine

 

[IhaveTooMany]

Have you tried feeding hay or haylage? My old boy managed perfectly well with diastema, and still demolishes a very soft meadow grass haylage, despite losing around nine teeth.

Vet says to avoid it if possible as it wraps round his teeth and causes him issues

 

[spacefaer]

I've used that before it was like rocket fuel to mine

I'm surprised as I've fed a lot of horses on it with no issues at all. I've only had one horse which reacted and was noticeably insane on it, but he turned out to be intolerant to cereals. He had Spillers Conditioning Fibre instead.

 

[IhaveTooMany]

My friend had the same reaction with one of her geldings too on Equerry mash the other was fine.

 

[Traks]

Omega rice is fab, it’s micronised linseed and rice bran, it’s a feed topper so you add to existing feed. High calories but non heating. It’s helped my TB put on weight

 

[humblepie]

Omega rice really helped a poorly horse of mine. There’s an Allen and Page one which can out last year which is a mash. It’s designed for veterans. Can remember the name but a purple bag I think.