Re: Fwd: here's the rice bran article

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Hi Niki,

Feeding just abit isn't a problem, especially if it's to tempt a horse
to eat something else---the whole point of the article is just to
explain that rice bran is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be, and
also that it shouldn't be fed in large amounts.

Oat hay and grass hay sounds great to me.  Keep on doing what you're
doing, I just don't think you're getting your money's worth with the
rice bran.  If you want, you can replace the rice bran with a little
dollop of vegetable oil, but it's not necessary.  If your horse looks
and does great on hay and a little equine senior, than stick with it.

Good luck!

Susan G

> Thanks for the article on rice bran!  I'm afraid that I've not been
> doing my horse a favor by feeding a small amount of it to him watered
> down and added to a daily  treat of senior equine primarily to keep his
> system moving  (he coliced 2x in the last 6 months, but lunging him in
> the presence of the mares in the neighboring pasture quickly brought
> the desired result!), calm him down a bit for pleasure riding, & to
> keep his coat shiney.  I am having no problem with his holding his
> weight this winter, though that probably is from just pleasure riding.
> He's a 9 year old National Show Horse that I trail ride.  I feed a
> flake of oat hay and grass hay twice a day plus the above.  Any
> suggestions?