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Does anyone use this and can recommend? Horse is in 24 7 due to laminitis and he scoffs his hay down as quickly as possible and I hate leaving him with nothing but he eats whatever hay is put in front of him so ad lib is proving tricky!! Saw this advertised and thought it might work so he has something else to chomp on when hay is finished.
 
Funnily enough I have just ordered some. Will let you know when I open it this evening whether its any different to the (considerably cheaper) basic oat straw chaff I have been feeding till now
 
Fab - thanks. I just like the idea of it basically being zero calories but still palatable so when hay has run out, there is still something for them to munch on.
 
I have just ordered and received a bag of this. Looks nice and not dusty and has a nice smell to it. Pony and arab were quite happy to eat it, older mare was picking at it - but she is rather sugar addicted (which we are working to wean her off!). I do like the TopChop stuff though - reasonably priced and always seem to get a quick delivery from them. :)
 
I got a bag free with antilam. Though is 12.5kg is same volume as normal bag of topchop. Gave a handful to my mare & fair to say she didnt gobble it down but didn't turn her nose up. Think will be fine to feed alongside balancer but not sure she eat from a bucket on its own.
 
I use the cheaper oat straw that WelshD mentions, and its deliberate :) Mine eats it when hes genuinely hungry otherwise he leaves it as its not really palatable. I smelt WelshDs tonight and it smelt delicious! Definitely not for my fatty! But would be fine if you didnt have a pig of a cob :lol:
 
I have to say it does smell awesome! its finer cut than the basic oat straw I have had before. I'm not utterly convinced its worth the extra but I have two ponies under 13hh so my useage is not massive
 
Myloubylou said:
I got a bag free with antilam.
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Me too. I feed it to my good doer to keep him busy whilst my other horse is fed. He wasn't exactly thrilled but eats it and it smells of something - not sure what it is. The mare ate it as well (I got their feeds mixed up) and she is a fussy wotsit. I damp it down as the good doer eats so quickly he coughs and splutters and gets hiccups.
 
carolineb said:
Fab - thanks. I just like the idea of it basically being zero calories but still palatable so when hay has run out, there is still something for them to munch on.
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Nothing is zero calories - it has a DE of 4 which is very low, just over half of products like hi fi and top chop lite, there are still calories there.
 
I've been giving it to my 2 fat boys to 'dilute' their HiFi Lite, so mixed half and half.

Both ate it quite happily, but one developed loose droppings, which stopped when I stopped feeding it
 
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