mollassed v unmollassed beet

[MrsElle]

Hi, my horse came to me on a diet of hifi senior, Alpha A and unmollassed beet.

Today I have been to the feed merchants and they have sold out of unmollassed beet and I have come away with mollassed.

There is no particular reason Ellie shouldn't be on mollassed but I don't want to change her diet. Will feeding her mollassed beet be OK until I can get hold of any unmollassed?

She is 27 and could do with putting a bit of weight on.

 

[TarantuLove]

The only difference is the sugar content. Do you have any unmolassed left? If not, just keep an eye on her whilst changing the diet, but it should *touchwood* be ok since it is fibre rather than cereal.

 

[MrsElle]

thanks, she's normally on fibre beet and I am actually away for a couple of days over the weekend which is when I would be able to get hold of any.

My fault for waiting until I have run out before going to the feed merchants, lesson learnt!

I will start her on the molassed beet and as soon as I can get hold of any fibre beet will reintroduce it again as it is what she is usually on.

 

[TGM]

As long as she has no tendency to laminitis it should be OK, but she may be a bit bouncier than usual as most molassed beets are about 20% sugar compared to unmollassed at 5%. I feed my veteran molassed beet and she is fine on it.