Top chop zero

[Supertrooper]

I've started my pony on this today as a low calorie filler. The little git won't touch it though, just sniffs it, kicks the bucket over and walks off.

Arghhhh, I've told him he's obviously not that starving then.

Why do we bother 😢😢

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

Mine were mardy about it at first but they soon learnt to eat it. Poor things will get a shock come summer when it's basically all they will be getting when stabled 😂 xx

 

[SEL]

Personally I can't stand that apple smell so we're changing to honeychop (which is cheaper). My 2 are usually grateful for food of any description but I have noticed that I have to give it to them before their haynets otherwise it gets left!

 

[dreamcometrue]

Mine prefers Honeychop too and will eat that on its own as a filler in the summer when she is on restricted hay but she won't eat Top Chop Zero on its own, I use it as chaff with her balancer.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ah interesting! Mine won't touch it either. I may try honeychop sometime

 

[Flibble]

My boy has been on Topchop zero all winter.
He gets soaked hay and then a tub of this damped down to keep him going when the hay runs out. Not sure about the ref to an Apple smell there is no apple in it.

 

[jules9203]

When I talked to a Top Spec rep they said that horses didn't always 'want' to eat the zero. It is after all just straw. However all those I've fed it to have ended up liking it.

 

[Notimetoride]

I started mine on that a week ago as I had to get her off alfalfa. She too turned her nose up at it so I mixed literally just a handful of her old chaff into it and she ate it. Did that for a few days and reduced it and now she's happy eating it on its own.

 

[Supertrooper]

I'll introduce it more gradually and dampen it xx

 

[Flibble]

When I first gave it to him he was mad for it ate it before his hay then the enthusiasm petered out now he is happy to eat it.
I weigh out how much I give him every night. Some morning the tub is licked clean sometimes it has a small wet amount in the bottom and occasionally it is buried in his bed so I can't tell.

 

[Notimetoride]

I'll introduce it more gradually and dampen it xx

I wet it for my horse too. Eating it dry wound be horrible I should think

 

[MissJessica]

My horse likes it and can be a picky eater however I only use a handful dampened down to feed supplements alongside a balancer.

 

[LaurenBay]

Mine loves it! Did also try the Top Chop and she ate that also.

 

[SEL]

My boy has been on Topchop zero all winter.
He gets soaked hay and then a tub of this damped down to keep him going when the hay runs out. Not sure about the ref to an Apple smell there is no apple in it.

http://www.topspec.com/products/topchop-zero/
Apple flavouring of some sort per their description - I can't stand the smell at 7am!

 

[Flibble]

Good grief so there is. just goes to show I can't smell any apple at all

 

[SEL]

Good grief so there is. just goes to show I can't smell any apple at all

I can't smell the mint that's apparently in it just the honk of apple!

 

[MiniMilton]

I had some top chop lite left over when I bought my first bag of top chop zero. I mixed it 50:50 and the horses ate it no problem and gradually made it all zero.

 

[Supertrooper]

He says no to eating it dampened but I'm now mixing it with his SS lucie stalks, hard to say if he's eating it but if nothing else it's keeping him occupied picking the lucie stalks out of it!

 

[atropa]

I love this stuff, to me it smells and feels amazing and both my horses like it.

 

[Abby-Lou]

I use top spec zero and both mine eat it but they have turned their noses up to other chops previously. Its great to help with keeping the weight off in summer

 

[Flibble]

Just thought I would do a quick update on this.....suddenly we are back to when I first bought it I have a new bag don't know if that's significant. He comes in to his netted soaked hay and has a few pulls I push in the trug of Topchop damped down and he turns away from his hay and tucks into the Topchop.

 

[Supertrooper]

He's eating it now dry, with just some top chop lite mixed in xx

 

[Ellietotz]

I think mine would have a heart attack if she knew there were horses out there that left their food! She's such a greedy mare!