According to a mailing I just got from AERC's
education committee, it takes a horse three weeks to adjust to a new feed.
Why not feed at least a little beet pulp all the time, so your horse's gut
bugs are accustomed to it?
I feed chopped alfalfa before a conditioning ride
to buffer the acid his stomach produces (which is why I also feed it at rides),
so I try to make sure he gets at least a couple of alfalfa cubes every
day.
Cindy
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Our horses get Ultium feed twice a
day, morning and night and I try to add soaked beet pulp starting
the day before the ride. Since I've started adding beet pulp gut
sounds have improved on our last three rides. I started to think
maybe two days would be even better.
