Chico Mio
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my friend fed my horse unsoaked sugarbeet!!
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DuckToller
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I was just thinking the same! Very informative answer by SONIC - much as I thought but good to see it in print.
ladyt25
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Well, our old horse once broke into the feed room with his donkey pal and together they consumed over half a sack of dried sugar beet shreds!!! Both were absolutely fine. Mind you, on a separate occasion he also decided a bag of cement powder was appetising and devoured a fair bit of that - hmm, how he lived to the age of 36 is beyond me!
As for the choking - horses can choke on any feed, i think it is just coincidental more than anything if they have done it with sugar beet. My pony used to choke quiet regularly on ANY food (bar grass) - think maybe he was starved at some point - he bolts his food. He had a fairly bad attack last winter but he knows how to deal with it - it's not nice to see and pretty revolting when the contents of his dinner comes back out of his mouth and nose! Once he's done though he just goes back to normal.
Still, it doesn't last long and he soon goes back to normal. I would get concerned if he'd choked on a carrot or similar but with food that softens quickly it's not a big issue unless the horse has underlying problems causing the choke (ie tumours blocking the oesophagus).
Interesting comment re the sugar too - have heard some people give their horses a handful of dried sugar beet as a sugar 'boost' prior to competing. Evdently if there's no sugar in it that's a waste of time isn't it!!!
As for the choking - horses can choke on any feed, i think it is just coincidental more than anything if they have done it with sugar beet. My pony used to choke quiet regularly on ANY food (bar grass) - think maybe he was starved at some point - he bolts his food. He had a fairly bad attack last winter but he knows how to deal with it - it's not nice to see and pretty revolting when the contents of his dinner comes back out of his mouth and nose! Once he's done though he just goes back to normal.
Still, it doesn't last long and he soon goes back to normal. I would get concerned if he'd choked on a carrot or similar but with food that softens quickly it's not a big issue unless the horse has underlying problems causing the choke (ie tumours blocking the oesophagus).
Interesting comment re the sugar too - have heard some people give their horses a handful of dried sugar beet as a sugar 'boost' prior to competing. Evdently if there's no sugar in it that's a waste of time isn't it!!!
Chico Mio
Antedeluvian
I quite liked this web page about sugar beet - very informative:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
PucciNPoni
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Years and years ago (more than ten less than twenty) someone suggested to me that I feed my horse sugar beet to help him gain weight. I fed it straight in with his mix. Never heard of chaff, never heard of soaking it. The horse was fine and did in fact put weight on. There were no instructions on the lable and no-one to tell me otherwise.
I was talking to my aunt in the US recently and she was telling me her 30 yo stallion was losing weight and only has 20% of his teeth. I suggested giving him soaked sugar beet with chaff. She thought I was nuts.
I was talking to my aunt in the US recently and she was telling me her 30 yo stallion was losing weight and only has 20% of his teeth. I suggested giving him soaked sugar beet with chaff. She thought I was nuts.
Pedantic
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Dont mean to be funny but how stupid is she! Some one did this to my horseto get to me coz they did not like me thankfully some saw her do it so i got up to the yard bought my horse in called the vet he had to be flushed out and it gave him lammi so he had to have surports on his feet in for a week just on bran mash. You are very lucky!x
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Bloody hell, what sort of people do you know, what fekin twats to take it out on an innocent animal
Dont mean to be funny but how stupid is she! Some one did this to my horseto get to me coz they did not like me thankfully some saw her do it so i got up to the yard bought my horse in called the vet he had to be flushed out and it gave him lammi so he had to have surports on his feet in for a week just on bran mash. You are very lucky!x
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Bloody hell, what sort of people do you know, what fekin twats to take it out on an innocent animal
PucciNPoni
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Just read that chicomio, really informative indeed.
Smurphy
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my horse had choke last xmas when someone gave him a handfull of unsoaked speedi beat in his dinner by mistake.
He has never had choke before so I just pressumed it was the sugar beat
He has never had choke before so I just pressumed it was the sugar beat
Chico Mio
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Just read that chicomio, really informative indeed.
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Good, isn't it?
Just read that chicomio, really informative indeed.
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Good, isn't it?
walkingman
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I was just thinking the same! Very informative answer by SONIC - much as I thought but good to see it in print.
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yeah, I wonder if they've got Sonic on ignore?
I was just thinking the same! Very informative answer by SONIC - much as I thought but good to see it in print.
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yeah, I wonder if they've got Sonic on ignore?
MagicMelon
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You get shreds in a lot of mixes, although only in a small quantity so I doubt it causes huge problems. Probably best not to feed too much of it though, personally I will continue to soak mine
Orangehorse
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As it was beet shreds horsey would be OK. Some feeds have shreds in them anyway which is fed only damped, not soaked. Still frightening though.
My horse choked once on grass nuts. He had had them before,dry, but I knew what the problem was as soon as he did it (it does advise to soak them first).
He was giving pathetic little neighs as if to say "help me" and looked very miserable and uncomfortable and hanging his head. I phoned the vet, who took her time coming, and just as she turned into the drive he put up his head and I knew he was OK.
She said she 50% of choke cases are OK and the other 50% she spends all night with ...........................
My horse choked once on grass nuts. He had had them before,dry, but I knew what the problem was as soon as he did it (it does advise to soak them first).
He was giving pathetic little neighs as if to say "help me" and looked very miserable and uncomfortable and hanging his head. I phoned the vet, who took her time coming, and just as she turned into the drive he put up his head and I knew he was OK.
She said she 50% of choke cases are OK and the other 50% she spends all night with ...........................
Scheherezade
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If beet has no sugar in - what is the purpose of feeding it? I always thought it was for the energy from the sugar..
I can't believe anyone would feed a horse anything that wasn't dampened - my horse gets a mix and alfa-a always with a good slosh of water in!
My lad got choke from hay, he started having funny convulsions, the vet said to just leave him alone with some water and he would sort himself out, and he did
I can't believe anyone would feed a horse anything that wasn't dampened - my horse gets a mix and alfa-a always with a good slosh of water in!
My lad got choke from hay, he started having funny convulsions, the vet said to just leave him alone with some water and he would sort himself out, and he did
Angua2
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I quite liked this web page about sugar beet - very informative:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
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I found this article very interesting, however I found the other article on sugar beet even better.... I was howling in laughter at description of her pets antics
I quite liked this web page about sugar beet - very informative:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
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I found this article very interesting, however I found the other article on sugar beet even better.... I was howling in laughter at description of her pets antics
Hippona
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Unmollassed sugaer beet is fed for the fibre.
Scheherezade
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Why would you feed beet instead of hay, then?
(Sorry, I'm not getting at you, genuinely interested!)
(Sorry, I'm not getting at you, genuinely interested!)
TGM
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Why would you feed beet instead of hay, then?
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You don't really feed it instead of hay but in addition to it! A lot of horses won't eat enough hay to maintain their bodyweight, but as beet is very palatable and provides a considerable amount of calories from highly digestible fibre (much more digestible than hay) it is a good addition to the diet.
Why would you feed beet instead of hay, then?
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You don't really feed it instead of hay but in addition to it! A lot of horses won't eat enough hay to maintain their bodyweight, but as beet is very palatable and provides a considerable amount of calories from highly digestible fibre (much more digestible than hay) it is a good addition to the diet.
TGM
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Interesting comment re the sugar too - have heard some people give their horses a handful of dried sugar beet as a sugar 'boost' prior to competing. Evdently if there's no sugar in it that's a waste of time isn't it!!!
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There are different types of sugar beet! Unmollassed sugar beet (such as Speedibeet) is about 5% sugar, whereas mollassed brands such as Supabeet are about 20% sugar. I suspect it is the mollassed kind you have heard of being used as a sugar boost!
Interesting comment re the sugar too - have heard some people give their horses a handful of dried sugar beet as a sugar 'boost' prior to competing. Evdently if there's no sugar in it that's a waste of time isn't it!!!
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There are different types of sugar beet! Unmollassed sugar beet (such as Speedibeet) is about 5% sugar, whereas mollassed brands such as Supabeet are about 20% sugar. I suspect it is the mollassed kind you have heard of being used as a sugar boost!
Chico Mio
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I quite liked this web page about sugar beet - very informative:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
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I found this article very interesting, however I found the other article on sugar beet even better.... I was howling in laughter at description of her pets antics
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It's a cracker isn't it?
I want a William - I already have the cats and the crickets!
If you want a sugar beet laugh folks, click here:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/squirrel.shtml
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I quite liked this web page about sugar beet - very informative:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/beetpulp.shtml
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I found this article very interesting, however I found the other article on sugar beet even better.... I was howling in laughter at description of her pets antics
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It's a cracker isn't it?
If you want a sugar beet laugh folks, click here:
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/squirrel.shtml
soph21
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Back In Feb 2 of mine managed to get in my feed room, and were tucking in to the sugar beet pellets
They hadn;t been in there long thank god, vet was out within 45 mins flushing them out.
What a horrid thing that it
Thankfully they were OK.
They hadn;t been in there long thank god, vet was out within 45 mins flushing them out.
What a horrid thing that it
Thankfully they were OK.
TayloredEq
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Someone did it with unsoaked alfa beet to my horse. 3 days and £350 later he was finally recovered from his choke.