[Sca-cooks] OT:beet pulp and horses was black sugar

[WyteRayven at aol.com]

I know many people who use beet pulp in addition to other fodder for their horses. It adds bulk, and is good for the coat. I believe that it is used widely among Friesian owners also, as for some reason it seems to help keep the coat a nice shiny black without so much trouble of it bleaching in the sun. (Genetics helps too, there are some horses that will bleach no matter what you do.)

The main trouble that I have heard with it is that it should be fed wet, as some horses have a tendancy to choke on it. I have never fed it myself, and I have noticed that all the people that feed it that I know are from the english tradition. I dont know any western enthusiasts that feed it.

Ilia


In a message dated Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:52:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, Philippa Alderton <phlip_u at yahoo.com> writes:

>
> --- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
>
> > They fed the unrefined suga to horses? Or the sugar
> > cane? Or really
> > just what remained after crushing the sugar cane?
>
> Sugar and sugar cane are often fed to horses in very
> small quantities as a treat, and I'm not sure about
> cane remnants being used as a fodder, but I know in
> modern times, leftover beet pulp is fed to cattle as a
> fodder, although I've not seen it used as a feed for
> horses (doesn't mean it hasn't been used, just that I
> haven't seen it used).
>
> Horses, however, are very delicate compared to cattle,
> and if you feed them a high energy (high carbohydrate)
> feed without sufficient bulk, they'll colic (life
> threatening indigestion) or founder (possibly
> permanent lameness) or both.
>
> When I was shoeing horses, and treating them, one of
> my concerns, once I'd gotten a founder under control,
> was to make sure that the owner changed the animal's
> diet to help prevent recurrences. This change would
> include severely limiting sugar or candy as a treat,
> limiting apples and carrots, having them totally avoid
> corn and sweet feed, and allowing them to eat high
> quality grasses and oats, while avoiding pure alfalfa,
> and the first green grass of spring.
>
> Phlip
>
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