I thought molasses fixes everything :P

I'd just try mixing it with anything. Like chaff or pallets maybe?

Sorry I'm not much help but my ponies eat anything I put infront of them

 

did you try mixing it with some grain?

 

As long as it was soaked for a good 1/2 hour with the rest of their feed, I've never seen a horse turn it down. Try using warm water and adding a little sweetfeed on top after it is in their pail.

 

thanks so much - I will try that!

 

I guess my guys are pigs! I pour boiling water over it, mix molasses, chopped up apples, carrots and a little sweet feed and they slurp it up/ lick the pan clean!

 

My horse loved blueberry syrup mixed in with her feed, however if your horse does not like molasses then it may not work as well.

 

is it really soupy? I would suggest playing around with the amount of water you use.

 

Wheat bran really isn't as good for horses as was once thought. Why exactly are you giving your horses bran?
Should You Feed Bran Mash to Horses?
Feeding Bran - HorseChannel.com

If you're trying to get more water into them, just soak hay pellets or beet pulp (the kind without molasses). Add a few peppermints and a handful of sweet feed if they won't eat beet pulp. If you use alfalfa or alfalfa mixed hay pellets, the horses should eat it right up!

If you're going for a laxitive effect, buy some psyllium supplement (sand clear) or ground psyllium husk.

 

I thought it would be a good extra supplement for them once and a while. Those are interesting links though. Maybe I'll look into finding something different.

 

If you want to feed some extra goodies once in a while, I recommend buying different fruits and veggies and experimenting with what they like best. Mine like zucchini, cantalope, pears, broccoli, and of course carrots and apples. If we have one of those for dinner or lunch, I'll save a bowl for them. Or when I clean the fidge, if there are leftovers that are still decent, but I know we won't eat them, I'll toss them in the feed buckets.

If you want to feed them something hot, make some soupy oatmeal and toss a couple of peppermints or some raisins in it.

Daily I feed my horses my own mix of alfalfa pellets, whole oats, 1 cup of milled flax (Nutra Flax from horsetech.com), and a vitamin supplement. I don't like feeding sweet feed or pelleted feed, too much sugar and byproducts.

 

Bran Mash is really bad for horses. I commend your horse for not eating it!
Definitely look into a nutritionally balanced ration.

 

Bran Mash is really bad for horses.

That is a blanket statement not 100% true.

The base of the mash can interfere with calcium absorption, or the phosphorus ratio but as a way to get medication, electrolytes or supplements into a horse - it's not 'really bad'.

 

Bran can become a dependent laxative. I only use it when my mares have a foal. I will give the mare a scoop every feeding until the babies bowels are a little loose, then i cut it back till she is off of it. This keeps you from having to give a enema to your babies. Horses can become dependent on it to have a bowel movement and if taken away all at once can cause constipation. You know what that causes. I give my horses a treat of alfalfa hay. they love it. They will eat it first.

 

Sorry that this is off topic, but its similar.
I had bought a bag of bran mash off smartpak last year. I didn't use it (I had purchased it for my mare, but didn't use it because there is sweet feed in it) but I was thinking of splitting it up into quarters and giving it as a snack. Would giving it just once cause a lot of problems or most likely not?

 

Would giving it just once cause a lot of problems or most likely not?

Most likely not.