Silly question about bananas

[Meredith]

Inspired by a lovely picture on the photo thread.
I have never fed any of my horses bananas.
I don’t eat them. Mr M does.

Questions
Do you feed the peel?
If you can.
Mr M usually eats a banana for breakfast after I have left for the yard.
Is it safe to feed the peel on my next visit?
Which may not be the following day.
Thanks

 

[Rumtytum]

‘My’ RS horse was given a (peeled) piece which he necked it in his usual Welsh D way then spat out with the force of an Exocet missile. His expression of outraged indignity ! Couldn’t believe the horse who eats everything didn’t like bananas!

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

I don't feed her the peel but she has been known to eat it too!

Two of her foals loved them as well, the taste must have transferred in utero.

 

[Peglo]

I don’t feed the peel but it has been known to be stolen off the muck heap on the way past. Some of our ponies don’t like them, some love them

 

[onemoretime]

My old companion pony has had a banana every evening for several years now without the peel, however the way we discovered that she liked bananas was that she nicked my husbands banana off the outside window ledge of her stable where he had left it to eat later and ate the lot, peel and all. My little competition mare now has decided that she likes bananas, so she has one each evening minus the peel.

 

[dogatemysalad]

Mine eat bananas both peeled and unpeeled, so I did a test and held one of each in my hands. The unpeeled banana was their preferred option.

 

[Arzada]

Questions

• Do you feed the peel? Yes
• Is it safe to feed the peel on my next visit? Which may not be the following day. Yes

Arzada loves them

 

[Merrymoles]

Friend's old horse adored them and would eat the whole thing happily. My old horse thought they were the work of the devil and refused to have anything to do with them.

Neither of the new horses seem fussed either way, although mine has now discovered that he quite likes the odd Stud Muffin.

 

[ponynutz]

Mine also spit it out when I fed without the peel

 

[Meredith]

Thanks everyone. It looks like it will be worth trying

 

[Surbie]

My horse loves them. Peel and all, the older the better, though the inner bit is his favourite.

When I tried beetroot on him (homegrown, organic, small and tender) he spat it out so hard it bounced.

 

[Pinkvboots]

Neither of mine will touch them.

 

[nikkimariet]

Rooni will eat the soft fruit. A yard I ride for feeds them whole and the horses LOVE them.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Not the peel of banana, BB doesn’t seem to like the banana texture

He does love pears, apples, carrots and oranges with the peel on.

 

[Indy]

Friend's old horse adored them and would eat the whole thing happily. My old horse thought they were the work of the devil and refused to have anything to do with them.

I wholeheartedly agree with your old horse.

 

[Meredith]

I wholeheartedly agree with your old horse.

Is that because you or your horse don’t like them?

 

[Indy]

Is that because you or your horse don’t like them?

It's because I don't like them. I can't bear to look at them and I have to remove myself from the room if there is a banana there. If I see someone eating one it makes me sick, if I see a banana skin on the floor or in a bin it makes me sick, if I smell an unpeeled banana it makes me sick. If I know a banana has invaded a fruit bowl I can't eat the other fruit because yep it makes me sick. If I see someone on TV eating a banana, heyup it makes me sick. Totally irrational and ridiculously over the top stupid I know but there you go.

My horses have never eaten not will they ever eat a banana because it will probably make me sick

 

[Barton Bounty]

It's because I don't like them. I can't bear to look at them and I have to remove myself from the room if there is a banana there. If I see someone eating one it makes me sick, if I see a banana skin on the floor or in a bin it makes me sick, if I smell an unpeeled banana it makes me sick. If I know a banana has invaded a fruit bowl I can't eat the other fruit because yep it makes me sick. If I see someone on TV eating a banana, heyup it makes me sick. Totally irrational and ridiculously over the top stupid I know but there you go.

My horses have never eaten not will they ever eat a banana because it will probably make me sick

I am like this with t bags

 

[Indy]

I am like this with t bags

Bonkers isn't it?

 

[Barton Bounty]

Bonkers isn't it?

Absolutely… Guess what.. OH loves tea, I literally take a t bag out the tin with a spoon and hold my breath

 

[Spotherisk]

My cob once ate a whole over ripe pineapple, I just held the stalk and he necked the rest of it. It was very messy and he was in heaven! He does also eat bananas, and enjoys a whisky.

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

I gave my horse some banana on a fun ride last summer for 'energy' , he spat it straight out poor lad thought I was trying to poison him

 

[Vermeer]

Can't believe I've never fed the pony a banana before! I will test this tomorrow

 

[tda]

My old pony Tinker once stopped mid hack to pick up and eat a banana skin she nearly stepped on

 

[Birker2020]

Inspired by a lovely picture on the photo thread.
I have never fed any of my horses bananas.
I don’t eat them. Mr M does.

Questions
Do you feed the peel?
If you can.
Mr M usually eats a banana for breakfast after I have left for the yard.
Is it safe to feed the peel on my next visit?
Which may not be the following day.
Thanks

I often fed Bails bananas and always peeled them first. The only time she had one whole peel and all she colicked. So i never did again.

Lari has something different from Aldi every week. Three weeks ago bananas. Two weeks ago it was cucumber, last week sweet potato, this week spinach. And always carrots and apples too.

The only thing he hates and spits out are soft mints, he can't bear them!

 

[PurBee]

Mine love all fruit, havent tried more exotic fruit yet tho! Bananas without peel they love…i wasnt sure whether peel is safe to feed, despite them trying to nab that too!

The mare loves celery, but the boy doesnt, except the leafy tops.
Celery was given for silica for tendon strain for the mare…she really loved it!

 

[SEL]

I can't stand bananas - the smell

A friend used to try and feed them to my horses who used to ignore them. She was all excited one day that M had eaten his. Then I picked out his feet - nearly threw up at the smell of squished rotten banana

 

[Esmae]

It's because I don't like them. I can't bear to look at them and I have to remove myself from the room if there is a banana there. If I see someone eating one it makes me sick, if I see a banana skin on the floor or in a bin it makes me sick, if I smell an unpeeled banana it makes me sick. If I know a banana has invaded a fruit bowl I can't eat the other fruit because yep it makes me sick. If I see someone on TV eating a banana, heyup it makes me sick. Totally irrational and ridiculously over the top stupid I know but there you go.

My horses have never eaten not will they ever eat a banana because it will probably make me sick

Well it really would make me sick. I am highly allergic to them. Will not have them in the house.

 

[little_critter]

I tried feeding a banana to Skye, the way she reacted to it you’d think it was a gun, not a banana.
Theo loves bananas, I used to peel them but now feed them skin on.

 

[lynz88]

Strange timing! Mine was insistent on eating a banana peel that another girl at the yard had in her hands yesterday. Gave him a piece for which we thought he ate but about 5 mins later spit it out and decided he wanted more. So according to my horse, banana peels are for chewing and spitting out but not fully eating!