I'm trying to fatten up my paso fino. He's been eating the same grain for over a year. I've had him 2 months and have been buying the same grain. I just bought beet pulp and sand clear to see what can be done for him. I gave him both mixed with his grain last night and he wouldn't eat it. How can I make this more palatable? Molasses?
Sometimes they can be like that. My gelding LOVES his supplement, but sometimes he just refuses to eat it. I put it with grain, sugar, molasses, and sometimes the little jerk STILL wont eat it.
My fix all? Another horse!
If another horse is threatening their food, even just being held on a lead line 10 feet away, they gobble it down. They are greedy little things, and most horses will eat the grain simply to keep the others from eating it.
Onyx is pastured with a colt. If he refuses to eat his grain, I lead the colt over to it, let the colt have a few nibbles. Then I ask Onyx to eat it again. He always inhales the stuff after that.
He's very submissive to our mare. He would starve to death before he challenged her. I have to tie her up while he's eating. He won't even come into the barn if she's giving him "the look".
BP is one of those things that horses typically turn their noses up for at first. Give him 1 C. Add 2 C water than dump the SC and grain on top. Might take him a week to eat it readily than you can start increasing it. Don't add molasses.
Our COPD pony refused to eat when her meds/supplements were added. I tried soaking it, she'd pick around the thick added areas and leave it. Try no sugar added applesauce. First see if he likes it, then mix 1/2 a cup or more in with the feed. Won't hurt him. I also rolled apples in her meds and she ate those.
Thank you. I'll go buy some applesauce and give it a try. He's really rather thin so it was driving me CRAZY that he wouldn't eat it! Also, he usually inhales anything put in front of his face so I was shocked.
Human grade molasses is different than animal grade, and costs more. Instead of giving him the human grade, why don't you see if your feed store carries animal grade?
Sand clear is apparently NOT yummy. My piggy went Oh heck NO! when my Vet wanted me to feed Sand clear for a month. He was eating around the sand clear or picking it up and spitting it out and considering he needed to gain 100lbs, not a good thing!
We soaked his beet pulp, stirred in the sand clear then spread it all in his feed tub with a layer of grain on the top.
Oh no, it won't hurt him, so if you're not going to use it for yourself, go right ahead. :wink:
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