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Re: [RC] The great vitamin debate - heidiHaving a debate with a friend of mine that thinks you are neglecting your horse if you don't supplement with vitamins daily. I have been told that if you feed high quality hay (mine is: Eastern Oregon orchard grass) with beet pulp you should be fine. Mine are also on pasture in my backyard and get Sel supplement since I'm in the NW. Is it true you must add vitamins or just a waste of money? The only way to "debate" that is to test your hay. My experience with eastern Oregon orchard grass was that selenium was about the only thing it lacked. (Of course, it had virtually NONE of that, so you REALLY had to supplement LOTS of selenium...) Horses evolved to eat grass, and their needs are by and large met by GOOD quality grass from good soil. Heidi ============================================================ One of the great joys of being a pompous idiot is that you can do and think whatever you want. ~ Homer Safferwiffle ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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