Pears

Yes, but not too many.

A horse I once knew ate loads of fallen ones from under a tree and he got 'drunk' on them.
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Emmiec - Mine loves bananas, I don't give them to him very often. Even when they are really ripe and black!

I have two pear trees in my back garden so when they're ripe he gets his share too!
 
Pears, bananas, melons, stawberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries etc etc..ours love them all!!
 
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but mine hates brocolli, he spits it across the yard
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Sensible horse brocolli isn't good for horses (neither is anything else from the cabbage family for that matter).
 
We used to ride in a field with the best pear tree ever. They were small and really really sweet and juicy. We would stop under the tree to pick them from horseback, while the ponies searched like mad on the ground to gobble up the fallen ones. Pears, YUM!
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Does anyone know why 'green' vegetables are bad for horses? Once a week mine gets a 'vegetarian roast' with broccoli, sprout & cabbage peelings, but I will think twice about feeding it now!
 
mine have always had cabbage,broccoli,cauli flower, not everyday mind you just when there reduced in the supermarket never seem to have had any probs x
 
Yes pears are fine to give but be careful that they are ripe. If they are not ripened they may give the horse slight colic. My horse has always been prone to gassy colic but this hasn't prevented me from trying lots of different foods with him. I am obviously quite careful to only give him small amounts to start with. I give my lad bananas, grapes, dried apricots, pitted dates, plums (pitted again), liquorice, pears, and he has even had melon (hated it) as well as the usual apples, carrots, turnips and swede (he hates swede and turnips). I buy spearmint or peppermint from the Health Food shop which is sold per ounce and this works out a whole lot cheaper than saddlery shop mint especially for horses. I have also bought the herb valerian loose per ounce and this works out about 50% cheaper again than equestrian shop bought valerian. I also give him about half pack of polo's or extra strong mints, or about 12 mint imperials most days as treats, but he never bites or nips as he has been taught not to and can take a tic tac from between my finger and thumb by just using his muzzle. Horses do not get tooth decay like humans so you are in no danger of doing them any harm by feeding them mints and such things. Apparently if you give your horse a plum he will spit out the seed but I have never plucked up the courage to try this theory out for fear of my horse having broken teeth or a load of plum stones rattling around in his gut!! x
 
You have to be careful giving horse too much spring veg as it can cause copious amounts of gas - this applies to cabbage and cauliflower more than anything. This could lead to spasmodic colic and a little explosion of sorts in your stable when your horse lifts its tail - he, he.
 
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