Palatable vits & mins for hoof health

[little_critter]

I'm looking at trying my mare barefoot. It's been suggested that I ought to feed a good quality, low iron supplement (she only gets a little chaff for her feeds, so needs something for vits & mins)
I tried her on enquimins meta balance a few years back and she refused to touch it. She is currently on naf general purpose supplement but I've been told there's not much of anything decent in it.
I don't want to waste money on supplements she won't eat so can you suggest ones that are likely to be tasty?

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

I used Dengie no molasses chaff,very tasty, and also non molassed s/beet flakes. my boy ate evrything, but just ask for a sample from manufacturer.
Micronised linseed also, some supplements have this included, but it is expensive way to buy it.
I don't think the supplements are tasty, but the fact they refuse certain tastes. Introduce over seven days.

 

[lurcherlu]

Pro hoof is it called from progressive earth on eBay

 

[criso]

The problem is, the better hoof supplements (forageplus, progressive earth, equivita) don't have sugar or molasses added so they are not as tasty. The minerals themselves don't taste very nice.

I assume I will have introduce gradually and get them used to it slowly rather than expect them to eat it from the start. One of mine is very fussy and it took me over a month to build up to the full dosage starting with a tiny pinch and taking things very slowly.

 

[Dream19]

My Dales is really picky, but she eats forageplus with handful of healthy hooves and little speedy beet to dampen. She has refused many pelleted balances.

 

[splashgirl45]

my mare is very fussy but eats formula4feet with nothing else added so it cant taste too bad...

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

My farrier recommends Farriers Formula.

 

[criso]

my mare is very fussy but eats formula4feet with nothing else added so it cant taste too bad...

Formula4feet comes under ones with additives to make it tasty. It has apple and soya.
I also prefer the mineral profile of the forageplus, progressive earth and equivita which have good levels of zinc, copper and magnesium but also crucially don't contain iron, manganese and calcium which are generally overloaded in UK forage.