Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Alfalfa Cubes - Vet Opinion, Please -- Susan?

My
> no-evidence-whatsoever basis for this is that feeding even small amounts
of
> the BP/pellets/grain mess on a daily basis keeps them geared up in some
way
> to digest it more readily at rides.   Susan - whadaya think?

Yup, that's just right.  The microbial population in the gut are expecting
some variation on the theme of grass-beet pulp-grain and so handle it fairly
easily.  The changes you want to try to avoid are things like never feeding
grain at home but plunking down a big pan of it at rides; feeding straight
alfalfa at home but grass hay at rides (or vice versa), no beet pulp at home
and tons at the ride---you get the idea.

Minor changes are unavoidable and not a problem, you just want to avoid big
changes, especially in feed "type",  if you reasonably can.

Susan G



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