Re: [RC] free choice beet pulp at ridecamp - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM
What Dawn said below is just what I was going to
say, and she beat me to it. :-))) I'd feed beet pulp as a regular part of
the ration at home, plus at rides, or not at all. A few bites stolen from
someone else's feed tub is okay at rides, but an unlimited amount of anything
unusual at a ride is just too likely to cause a problem one way or
another.
Subject: Re: [RC] free choice beet pulp
at ridecamp
I'd make sure to provide beet pulp as part of
his daily ration at home as well. It takes time for the gut to adapt to
new feeds, or increased amounts of a feed. My husband's Paso Fino, which
he rides in LDs, is particularly sensitive to increases in amounts of beet
pulp...if we increase it too quickly, he'll develop a painful gas colic.
So, we feed beet pulp every day, and several days before a ride, we'll begin
gradually increasing the amount he gets to what he'll be getting at
camp.
