What weird things do your horses like to eat.....?

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Mr B loves mr Kipling slices I found out last weekend, especially bakewell slices :-)

He doesn't like bananas or honey though xx
 
My pony loves bananas! He doesn't eat the skin, only the actual fruit. Fortunately for him I don't really like bananas that much, so most of the time he eats them for me. xD
I fed him some popcorn once, it made him go very hyper! He also loves cookies, though I don't feed him human food often at all, as I am sure it's no good for them!
Some horses I look after for a friend loves parsnip, but they hate polos and bananas. xD
 
Buddy loves iced buns, cheese pasties and once knocked a chocolate milkshake out of my hand and proceeded to lick it all up :rolleyes: He'll taste everything but usually spits things out, except pasties... all moderation though obv, a moment on the lips n all that ;)

Hates sugar lumps though...
 
Everything and anything..quite literally. Mcdonalds, coke, fanta, chicken sandwiches, crisps, chocolate + chocolate milkshake..you name it, he will demolish it!
 
I was showing my friend a partially made birds nest made of hay, horse hair and moss that I found in my hay that I was currently using and her horse saw it and reached out and ate it! :D
 
Big Fuzzy absolutely adores mallow bananas - will drool at the smell of them in my pockets :D also partial to cheese & onion crisps. Otherwise anything goes down the hatch - and I mean everything! Those 2 are her most favourite tho if she gets a chance.
- also loves to inhale smoke from anyone with a 'rollie' (not me!) tho detests straights! :confused:

Tiny fuzzy likes parma violets and refreshers (least that is what she was snuffling on yesterday when being given said offerings by a visiting 4 yr old laddie) tho she is new to this game so far.......
 
My late, great Clyde loved anything. I was preparing to give my farmer friend some lunch, when the farmer went to wash his hands. When he came back he looked a bit preoccupied and quizzical. I asked him if there were a problem. He said he couldn't find his sandwich. Thunder, my Clyde, was "innocently" licking his chops. When I decided to look in his mouth, there was tuna fish and lettuce on his tongue and between his teeth. He was just waiting for the Danish pastry to complete his meal!
 
My boys are both young so won't eat much in the way of odd stuff. Tommy likes irn bru but i think its more the bubbles he likes! He's also partial to cheese and onion crisps! Bradley looks at you like your trying to poison him if you offer anything! Even apples and carrots get spat out! I used to ride a fell mare who got a can of ginger beer as a reward after showing classes!
 
Fabio LOVES gingernuts and gingerbread. He also likes mince pies but will only eat Tesco's luxury ones, he'll spit out any others, even M&S ones! Weird horse! He also loves redbull! He doesn't like banana's though. About the only thing he doesn't!
 
My old boy used to be rather partial to a cup of coffee form the vending machine - milk and one sugar. He was also rather passionate about refreshers, which I used to give him to encourage him to salivate whilst schooling.

WFP's greatest horse of all time (Steadfast!) ate roast chicken baguettes whenever the opportunity presented itself!
 
Would be quicker to tell you what mine doesnt eat! He will eat anything offered to him except Croissants and Choux buns (excuse the spellings if they're wrong). Caugh him eating a gorse bush today!

He would walk over hot coals for a bramley apple and blackberry pie!
 
My girly is boring - wont try anything new and doesnt eat anything but 'normal horse feed' or proper horse treats. She wont even eat mints!
BUT the old pont LOVED Jam sarnies - strawberry jam of course! Then again,...I think he'd have eaten me if I stood still too long :rolleyes:
 
My current horse is quite selective - he only likes extra strong mints and isnt such a fan of polo's, he adores certain brands of cereal bars but not others and he adores apples but isnt quite so keen on carrots (weird!). My other 2 ponies are very picky and wont eat anything weird, one is so bad he is suspicious of his every feed in case I've hidden medication or a healthy vegetable in it!

My last horse would eat pretty much anything - he used to devour our sandwiches at events if we weren't careful (any kind - ham, tuna etc.!). As a treat at shows, he'd get a can of coke or sprite, loved the stuff and would drink it straight from the can! He'd also drink whatever concentrate juice I had made for myself in a big bottle but he preferred fizzy drink.
 
I had one that loved chilli sauce :eek:

I tried it to stop her chewing wood, only to find that she absolutely adored it and went around everywhere licking it off :p
 
cptrayes said:
I had one that loved chilli sauce :eek:

I tried it to stop her chewing wood, only to find that she absolutely adored it and went around everywhere licking it off :p
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:D :D :D

Half a cheeseburger. Managed to remove the other half to safety. :)

There's a Dick Francis mystery where the detective is looking for a stolen stallion, and manages to identify it because it has a liking for anchovies! :D
 
Olly seriously isn't fussy (typical cob!), I remember on one occasion I won a mince pie in a little u/a dressage competition and the little so and so swiped it! Or the bacon and egg butty he stole... Oh and the bonios I was trying to give the dog!

Millie on the other hand is quite selective and doesn't really eat anything odd.
 
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I knew a horse at the riding school that had a one-off treat of a can of red bull! Normally he was slow and a plod but he was absolutely hyper and speedy when I rode him in the lesson - and he kinda jumped the poles on the ground so it is true that red bull gives you wings!! :D :p
 
mine doesn't really have weird tastes, she is very fussy. If I have touched any dog treats or anything like sudocreme, she won't take anything from my hand. She also won't eat sugar free polos.
 
Dolly likes everything, but OH feeds her revels when he thinks I'm not looking! :p

Loves bananas, pears, garlic bread :rolleyes: hot vimto!

Not found anything she doesn't like yet.

Tried to eat me today ;) but my dodging skills won out again!!! :D
 
My Friesian loves anything ginger and broccoli. Ex racehorse didn't like anything but horse nuts when I got him -7 years on, he'll grudgingly take polos. He goes mad for coke tho' even diet!:p
 
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