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Oh me oh my I find myself in perfect agreement with Angie ;-) . There is 
a guy down in FL that started to use beet pulp on his horses because he 
was having trouble finding good hay during the dry season last winter. 
He had horses that had never colic start to show mild colics. He stopped 
using beet pulp the colics stopped. He just came had to drive to get his 
hay.

I've used it at a total of two rides one of which turned out to be the 
only time in 11 years of endurance my horse has ever needed any sort of 
treatment. Was it related to the beet pulp - we will never know the true 
reason for the colic since except for Mr. Ed horses don't talk, but the 
treatment vet at the clinic said it could have been a contributing 
factor. I came home, threw the bag away and haven't used it since.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>  That was a couple years ago and I 
>   
> > haven't 
> > fed it wet or dry since because it was such a scare.  
> >     
>
> You know I fed beet pulp for a while. Then I finally asked myself...why
> the heck am I doing this? It's a pain in the butt. Messy. The horses eat
> it...or not...in which case I have to dump it out and wash the pan. They
> were fat & sassy without it, zero problem holding their weight. I have no
> problem having plenty of high quality hay so foriage isn't a problem.
> When they eat it they will turn and bite at a fly, which puts that sticky
> stuff all over their chest and draws flies...not to mentions leaves a
> nasty crusty layer on their hair. All for what?  If I'm going to a ride I
> still occasionally give them some the week or so before, then offer it at
> the ride but more often than not they eat it the night before (when
> they're drinking plenty anyway) and don't touch it the entire
> competition. So...I guess I'm one more person who'll say "Use it if you
> want to; but it's not *mandatory* to compete in endurance.
>
> Angie
>
>
>   


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of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
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