Overgrown Pony
Well-Known Member
So guys
Who out there doesn't feed a balancer? It wasn't that long ago that there was no such thing and horses still looked well and did well.
My lad is on Topspec Cool Balancer and has been for a few months (along with Copra Coolstance, micronised barley & Topspec Alphalpha Topchop). He's looking good weight wise, although I like to keep ontop of it as he was in poor condition when I got him and it's taken me a while to get it on him.
So my question is, do I really need this expensive balancer? I've thought about a vit&min supplement instead but it works out just as expensive. I read that horses get all the vits&mins they need from grass, so would a grass pellet do the trick (grass that's been pelleted at the peak of it's condition in summer)?
Who out there doesn't feed a balancer? It wasn't that long ago that there was no such thing and horses still looked well and did well.
My lad is on Topspec Cool Balancer and has been for a few months (along with Copra Coolstance, micronised barley & Topspec Alphalpha Topchop). He's looking good weight wise, although I like to keep ontop of it as he was in poor condition when I got him and it's taken me a while to get it on him.
So my question is, do I really need this expensive balancer? I've thought about a vit&min supplement instead but it works out just as expensive. I read that horses get all the vits&mins they need from grass, so would a grass pellet do the trick (grass that's been pelleted at the peak of it's condition in summer)?
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