Re: RC: safe to feed joint supplements to younger horses?

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

Teresa: Why don't you just give them a shot of glucosamine once a 
month?  It costs less, and you don't have to mess around with feeding 
it.  Then you can give it just to who you want, and spend the $$ you save 
on entry fees or gas.  :+)

k

At 10:41 AM 06/29/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Teresa Van Hove tvanhove@uswest.net
>Hi all,
>
>Nutrition question?  I've got two horses (12 and 18) that I've
>been giving joint supplements to - mainly GAG's.  It happens
>that I've got each older horse with a youngter (3 and 4) with
>similar calorie requirements and for convenience I've just been
>giving the young'uns the joint supplement too.  Just want to
>know if there is any reason other than $ that I shouldn't do
>this.  The $ is a trade-off I'm willing to make to save time and
>hassle but if its bad nutrition to give this stuff to the young'uns
>I'll have to change things.