Ultra low calorie feed for carrying supplements?

[SadKen]

Hi all, my first post! At the risk of causing barefoot furore, would anyone have any suggestions as to what feed I could use as a carrier for a magnesium supplement and some nice herbs? The horse I am considering buying is in great condition on just grass,so I don't want to give him many extra calories. However he is quite sensitive to touch (everywhere, he isn't horrified but is 'aware' of the touch, if that makes sense). He is already barefoot, always has been and has fab feet.

I'd appreciate any suggestions, brand names would be useful. Low or no sugar preferred.

Thank you in advance!

 

[Erin]

Fast fibre or unmollased beet

 

[Burnttoast]

A lot of people use Fast Fibre (A&P) for this very purpose

 

[YorksG]

Honey chop, plain oat straw chaff, works well for our fat lot!

 

[Oberon]

Unmolassed hay chaff/unmolassed straw chaff/Fast Fibre......

 

[Shysmum]

Hi and welcome

Fast fibre !

 

[Toffee44]

I use speedibeat literally a handful hides all sorts if meds

 

[Rudolph's Red Nose]

Hi, I have a cob who lives out 24/7 unshod and lives mainly on fresh air. However, in the winter I give him in the evening with a haynet in his shelter a couple of handfuls of Topchop lite, with carrots and his supplement for creaky joints etc as he is 18

http://www.topspec.com/products/topchop-lite/

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Speedibeet is not low calorie - we use to put/keep weight on our retired cob. Straw chaff is the lowest calorie option of all those suggested.

Fast Fibre ingredients, from A&P website

Nutritionally Improved Straw, Oat Feed, Unmolassed Beet Pulp, Linseed Expeller, Grass Meal, Di-calcium Phosphate, Soya (bean) Oil, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Mint, Fenugreek, Yeast, Fructo-oligosaccharides

Definitely not a no/low-calorie feed.

 

[SadKen]

Great suggestions folks, might try fast fibre and see how he does, I like the fact there's a bit of linseed in as well.