What do you use as supplements for your horse that come straight from the pantry at home or the supermarket shelf?
I've been told of various products that you can get from the supermarket and use for supplements that are waaaaaaay cheaper than the vet clinic or horse store products. For example, someone I know is using gelatin from the store shelf instead of buying biotin from the vet clinic for their horse and they swear by it for their horses hooves.....also how about canola oil for coat condition?
Give me your ideas
Use wood pellets, like the kind used for stoves, in stalls to soak up urine. It's cheaper and more absorbent than shavings, plus I find it sifts manure out quicker and easier than shavings. They do sell pellets specifically for horse bedding but they are more expensive
Oh and this is a pretty common one but in case someone hasn't heard of it, use bleach water to treat thrush, one part bleach to seven parts water. Wayyyyyy cheaper than thrush buster or any other thrush treatment you can buy at feed stores.
Never use bleach on anything alive. Bleach might kill the thrush but will also seriously dry out the horses frog and will burn the tissues in the horses hoof. Try apple cider vinegar.
Not sure if someone already said this. I didn't read through all the pages but instead of buying mare magic buying raspberry leaves from your local health food store is the same exact thing. If you check mare magic the only ingredient in it is raspberry leaves. Buying leaves in bulk is ALOT cheaper then buying the mare magic Posted via Mobile Device
Do not use BUTE on yourself... Some boys in the stable I was previously at used to take it to get "happy" they did suffer... Looked like a train had hit them.
I use ZINC based shampoo like "head and shoulders" or generic brands.
A cap full of EUCOLIPTUS OIL blotted all over the body... Great tick/fly repelant and good to clean off exess show goo... Or bandage stick left on sox/hair.
Crushed charcoal for "proud flesh" I put it on any healing wound after the "antiseptic stage" and it works a treat.
Warm salty water for yucky eyes.
Sudocreme Or straight WHITE ZINC CREAM for any small cut, bite and also a great nose cover for summer dayz.
Beer (about 100ml) for my 620kg boy (who is still growing and has aquired the taste for it now) for tummy. My family has fed it to our cows and horses forever and it keeps the gut right. give them a full one and they be dizzy though... Affects them more than us so BE CAREFULL!!!
Be very careful of what you put on a horse's skin as it is much more sensitive than ours. If we react to something we get hives or welts. A horse's skin doesn't welt but that's not to say it's not undergoing a burning sensation. For a cheaper version of probiotics, try the Jamieson brand in the pharmacy section. 7 capsules sprinkled in their water for 5 days gives them a good dose. That's about $5 compared to $20 for the horse label. Better yet, search the internet for a Tibicos or water kefir culture or a culture for komucha tea. They are cheap and loaded with probiotics. Lots of instructions on the internet. A $5 investment and 10min every week keeps you and your animals in probiotics.
I recently stumbled upon the wonders of Aloe Vera Juice. It is good for so many things, arthritis, ulcers, mud fever, digestion and so much more. Only $10 a gallon at Walmart.
<bread adds weight, but give no grain when giving it>
Spotted, perplexed as to what do you mean?? So far as I know, virtually all bread is MADE of grain?? I wouldn't advise much if any bread or other grain, esp wheat bread, esp if a horse had gut or metabolic issues.
Turmeric. Cheaper by the kilo from healthfood store than feed store. Probiotic unrefined sea salt... Oh wait, that's cheaper from feed store so I fill my kitchen jar from it!
Rosehips... Not from kitchen but old ladies gardens! Many whole fruits n veggies, from kitchen or garden. Herbs...
Gelatin is protein(I think couple diff sorts from memory) & one ingredient that can be beneficial for hoof growth. Like biotin is one ingredient. Like lysine is one other protein ingredient.
It Pays to look at the whole nutritional picture before adding supps willy nilly, as there are likely to be other nutrients out of whack too, and balance is also important - too much of a good thing is not good. You can't make a good cake without the right amounts of all ingredients.
Apple cider vinegar in their water sounds like a good idea, but approximately how much would you put in?
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