Re: RC: Equine Sr

[Mickie Newnam <akela@peoplepc.com>]

Kathy,
If you do find yourself wanting a senior feed but your horse not able to handle
the Equine Senior, if you have a Buckeye dealer near you they have a feed called
Wrangler that works very well.  It's a complete pellet.  My friend uses it on her
mare who is turning 32 next month.  she still gets some corn and sweet feed since
she likes that and does well on it, but she also gets Wrangler and alfalfa
pellets. Went through a few years of haing a hard time getting weight on her
until we discovered this combination.  It doesn't have the heavy molasses base
that Equine Senior does.  My friend tried that and it didn't do much for her
mare; others have had good luck but it didn't work for this one.
Mickie

Magnumsmom@aol.com wrote:

> Linda wrote:
>
> > [10yo Arab gelding started on Eq Sr + beet pulp ... hive theory +]
> > "He has also been some
> > what more pushy recently and very excited about his food. I also feed grass
> > hay (20-30 lbs per horse daily) but since I have started to give him his
> > (treats) he has been very demanding. Testy to be exact."
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> I'm not going to address the scabs or beet pulp here, just the
> Equine Sr and your horse's apparent behavioral change.
>
> Magnum is 20 this year and I honestly doubt he will ever be old
> enough for me to feed him Equine Senior!   My marvelous sweet
> horse turns into a fire breathing monster on less than 2 pounds
> of the stuff a day... starts breaking things like leadropes... and
> it happens in less than a week.
>
> I'm sure it's great for horses who need it, but I would cut the
> Equine Senior out of your horse's diet TODAY... give the rest
> of the bag away to someone who really needs it.  And don't go
> using any Omalene product that contains Purina's Athlete either.
>
> ***Note to Purina reps:  You have a terrific product here!  Don't
> get me wrong.  But my horse can't handle it... some horses
> just get wired on the stuff.  Magnum breaks ropes, and becomes
> jumpy and down right dangerous.  He's also not allowed to have
> any refined rice bran products either like Equine Shine.  Same
> behavioral changes.  However, if he ever gets really old and
> decrepid enough to need Equine Senior, I will be the first to
> rejoice that your product is there for us!
>
> Back to Linda,  I'd guess the beet pulp is fine.  Cut the Eq Sr
> out first and add fresh corn oil to the beet pulp instead.  If
> you like, good whole oats are probably OK as well.  Good luck
> and let us know what you find.
>
> One last note:  I'm trying to get weight back on Magnum right
> now since a nasty younger gelding was put into his pasture
> with him while we were traveling and he didn't get his share of
> the hay... so the poor old guy is 100 - 150 pounds down.  To
> get the weight back on (no easy task on a TB) he is getting
> *and eating* 5 flakes of grass and one of alfalfa per day plus
> 3 pounds of oat / alfalfa pellets, 2 pounds of oats and 1 pound
> of barley / corn.  I'd also add beet pulp / corn oil, but he's
> picking back up well on just getting as much hay as he'll eat
> per day.  He's also not in endurance training these days, but
> he is a lesson + trail horse and gets ridden 3 to 4 days a week
> for 1.5 to 2.5 hours per ride.  He's out 24x7 pasture with no
> grazing available.
>
> Kathy Myers
> in No. Cal. with Magnum the TB ex-racer
> ... who cannot handle Eq Sr or Eq Shine
> and Mr Maajistic... resident endurance Arab
>
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