What Should I feed My balancer?
Balancers are formulated to be fed alongside forage (pasture, hay, haylage), of average nutritional quality, although this will provide varying levels of fibre and calories, according to a range of factors.
Do horses really need feed balancers?
Horses fed a healthy balanced diet will have improved coat condition, better quality hooves, more top line and a healthier immune system. An average 500kg horse would require approximately 500g of balancer to meet all the vitamin and mineral requirements, significantly less than other types of feeds.
Why is balancer good for horses?
Quite simply put; a balancer contains the essential vitamins, minerals and protein that a horse needs in their diet that they may not be getting from forage alone or when fed a calorie restricted diet.
Is beet pulp good for horses with laminitis?
Laminitis horses often cannot tolerate alfalfa so using a pure unmollased beet pulp is a good choice. Beet pulp can absorb 4 times its dry weight in water, which results in a high volume but low calorie meal and a good way to get extra water and supplements into the horse.
Can you feed alfalfa to horses with laminitis?
Alfalfa can be an excellent addition to most horses’ diets, even for those that are insulin resistant (IR). After years of working with horses, it appears that it may, in fact, lead to laminitis in some horses. I found this to be very puzzling since alfalfa is low in sugar and starch, even lower than most grass hays.
What is Protexin for horses?
Protexin is a brand associated with the highest quality and assurances guaranteeing stability and efficacy. Protexin ensures the stabilisation and maintenance of a beneficial microflora within the hind gut of all horses and ponies which in turn supports their feed utilisation, health and temperament.
Can you feed a horse too much beet pulp?
As with any feedstuff for your horse, if it looks different or smells funny, don’t feed it. Due to beet pulp’s relatively high calcium and low phosphorus levels, feeding too much could imbalance the calcium to phosphorus ratio in the diet, which could interfere with normal bone development in young horses.
What are the ingredients in topspec comprehensive feed balancer?
The typical ingredients of TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer are soya bean meal (GM), wheatfeed, high fibre oat by-product, linseed expeller, grass, full fat soya (GM), vitamin and mineral premix, molasses, soya oil (GM), yeast, lysine, MOS, methionine. “At Van Olst Horses we aim for the best.
What is the best feed balancer for elderly horses?
Topspec Senior Lite Balancer 15kg Senior Lite Feed Balancer is designed for elderly horses that are prone to weight gain. It combines the benefits of a low-calorie feed balancer and a joint supplement, in a highly cost-effective way.
Which is the best comprehensive feed balancer for my Dog?
Topspec Comprehensive Feed Balancer 15kg Comprehensive Feed Balancer is a very palatable ‘Non-Heating’ pelleted feed that is formulated without cereal grains and is low in sugar and starch. It contains many supplements combined with good quality protein to promote muscle development and topline.
What is the best balancer for forage?
Balancers are designed to complement forage, to me there is a world of difference between Blue Chip and TopSpec and would go TopSpec every time on spec alone. However, the Spillers Balancer is also very good.