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[Josh_craney]

increase my horses energy levels she gets mollichaff apple for feed at the minute, i dont want to change her feed but, what can i give her to give her more energy, does anyone know of any household stuff?, eg olive oil for there coats.

 

[spaniel]

Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES shoud you feed olive oil to horses.

You will make your horse very ill if you feed olive based products.

 

[debs_07]

no advice .. but i want the opposite effect hahah !!!

xx

 

[the watcher]

feed ing olive oil that you buy in little bottles from the supermarket would be a very posh, but hugely expensive way of doing it!
Apple chaff is basically just fibre, is your horse holding her weight? if the weight is going down the a basic grass nut might introduce a little more energy, fat and vits and mins..if your horse is still too hefty, then maybe just a multivit balancer is the way to go.
Also depends on what you are doing. Most of the feed companies have an advice line with trained people just waiting for a call like yours - go on, make their day..but be ready with details (height. workload, weight, breed, etc)

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Why don't you want to change her feed?
If all she's getting is Applechaff then she's getting very little energy from that as it's a very low energy feed.Could you not change to their new high-fibre alfalfa?That would have a higher feed value and I doubt it costs too much more than the applechaff if cost is an issue.
What else does she get forage wise?Hay/haylage?Is this ad-lib or rationed?

Olive oil is a very bad idea,as Spaniel says.
Soya oil would be much better,and is more suited to equine usage.

 

[Josh_craney]

well we get the diffrent mollichops so she doesnt get bored on one flavour so she will get the herbi and original sometimes,she is on haylage, i also meant to say i dont mind adding another feed but what should i give her?