What to mix supplement with

[abbie22]

My horse doesn't have hard feed but needs a supplement- what feed could I give him that won't make him at all fizzy or make him gain weight that I could just mix with the supplement

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

Fast Fibre or damp chaff

 

[EQUIDAE]

I use baileys hifibre complete nuggets - low energy (no more calories that the chaff you would mix a powder supplement with) and have all the vitamins an minerals needed. They are thumb sized nuggets so can be fed from the ground, treat ball or even from the hand as a treat. They work out about £13 for a 20kg bag

 

[be positive]

I use baileys hifibre complete nuggets - low energy (no more calories that the chaff you would mix a powder supplement with) and have all the vitamins an minerals needed. They are thumb sized nuggets so can be fed from the ground, treat ball or even from the hand as a treat. They work out about £13 for a 20kg bag

They may be low energy but if fed at the recommended amount they will put weight on, on their calculations my horse would need 3kgs daily he currently gets about 250gms of grass nuts with his daily supplements, if fed below the daily amount they will not be getting the required vits and mins so the OP will be best giving a supplement in a token amount of fast fibre/ speedibeet or unmolassed chaff, it will be less expensive as well as less fattening, the other option would be a balancer where you feed a very small quantity daily.

 

[supsup]

I'd say: any low calorie, low sugar/starch feed your horse likes. If you're only feeding it to get a supplement in, then you probably won't need a large amount, and I'd go with something your horse finds palatable. Otherwise you'll only end up increasing feed amounts because your horse isn't keen on the bucket with the supplement in. Low sugar/starch levels should prevent fizziness. This could be a chaff, some high fibre nuts, alfalfa or grass nuts, soaked unmollassed beet (which is what fast fibre is mostly) etc.