Horse Supplement Question!!! Please Answer!!!?

Question

I was wondering how do you feed horses supplements? Can I just give it to them by itself? Or does it have to be mixed with something? Have any of ya'll ever heard of Grand Meadows supplement? Well mainly I just want to know how to feed horses supplements. Any answers would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

It depends on the supplement. i'd sugest talking to your vet or a horse noutritionist about what supplements tofeed your horse.

Answer 2

I was unfamiliar with the Grand Meadows products and so I looked them up before I answered this question. These products look like they are fed the same way as other horse supplemental products which is fed with the regular horse food. Many of the supplements don't have great tastes and so if you try and feed it to the horse itself, the horse won't touch it.

Answer 3

I add the supplement to a little sweet feed and either feed it by hand if the horse is on pasture and not grain fed or mixed in the daily grain or beet pulp ration. You can check to see that they have not sifted through their meal and left the vitamin pellets behind - horses can do this. If they do this try sweet feed or molasses to mask the taste. Liquid supplements are also available. Most have a flavour horses will gladly eat. Whatever you use, add it to the grain to be certain they eat it.

Answer 4

supplements are usually powdered or pelleted and mixed with the horse's grain.
Why are you feeding supplements? Does your vet say that the horses need them? The only one I feed is biotin because my horse has extremely crappy feed. I also have selenium added to my grain because my state's soils have pretty much no selenium in them and therefore the hay is lacking it. It is a micromineral so you need to be careful about the dosage.

Good quality hay and a mineral block is all they really need (in most cases) for their nutrition. Grain and supplements are extra and if some are fed in excess, they could cause major problems including toxicity or blocking the absorption of other minerals (for ex, and excess of Mg inhibits Ca intake. Too much Ca can inhibit a lot of the microminerals.

Answer 5

Depending on the form it is in, and how it tastes. Most suppliments are powders, gels, or liquids, and those you will need to add to their regular feed. Sometimes they come in pellet form and you can feed those by themselves or mixed with regular food rashions. Most horses don't like to eat suppliments by themselves. If you have powder and your your leaves it at the bottom (as my mare does) add warm water to the feed first then put the suppliements in and mix it, then your horse will have no choice but to eat it. You might also add sugar, if your horse doesn't like the taste

Answer 6

I feed Stradegy for horses and it's pelleted. Depending on where you are contact your vet and ask what suppliments your horses really need. I mix my suppliments in with a small amount of grain but the stradegy is a complete suppliment and horse food in one. It comes in two kinds and is made by purina. Green is for horses on Alflafa and white bag is for horses on grass hay. Hope that helps. I Strongly reccomend the stradegy my horses do really well on it. Kat

Answer 7

i always mixed with feed. for all my own horses as well as all the stables i worked in. except for wormers of course.