Wheat intolerance in horses

[Booboos]

Has anyone come across this before?

I was chatting to someone I met today and he described a pony that was very reluctant to go forwards but improved tremendously when they removed all wheat from his diet. Has anyone tried this and if yes, what do you feed?

 

[YorksG]

We had a mare who was intolerant/allergic to all cereals. Fortunately she was fine with alfalfa and unmollassed sugar beet. I would try those, but if the pony is a poor dooer, you may find that this improves when you have elliminated wheat from his diet.

 

[hellybelly6]

Its unsual. Wheat is the seed which is used to make bread.

I would feed chaff, sugarbeet and straights such as maize if this was needed, along with a GP supplement.

My horse is allergic to Alfalfa, sugar, garlic and has to have a low protein diet due to kidney problems.

 

[Booboos]

Thank you both very much.

The person I was chatting to is now feeding Alfa-A Oil, sugarbeat and oats. I've swapped mine to Alfa-A (no need sure I want to try the oats just yet!) to see what happens!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Just be careful with Alfa-a original because it is mollassed, which causes a problem in some horses. Intolerance /sensitivity to one substance can make the individual less tolerant of other substances so other common foodstuffs might not be suitable feed either. It really is trial and error, I had a mare who could not eat any grain or mollasses and who suffered terrible withdrawal symptoms just like a junkie going cold turkey when we removed them from her diet, if I was doing it again I would make the withdrawal period longer and more gradual

 

[_daisy_]

my WB mare has an intolerance to wheat found on blood tests.
i looked through all supplements/feeds and a lot have some kind of wheat product in them, so she is now on simple systems grass nuts.