Re: Beet Pulp question

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

There's an interesting article in the MFT newsletter about the oldest horse
in the US.  He's 53, worked as a ranch horse for 37 years, then was a kids
horse for years and years, and now is finally retired.  The owner feeds him
(and swears by) Equine Sr. for keeping condition on an older horse.  The
article says he was underweight when they got him, and Sr. has done the
trick for keeping him healthy for several years.  They feed it to him soaked
into a mash.

Might be worth looking into...

m
(aka michelle rowe)
colorado
http://www.redwrench.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynette Helgeson" <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 7:27 AM
Subject: RC: Beet Pulp question


> Hi,
> since we are talking about beet pulp, I have a situation that I
> could use some help with. I have a 21 arab gelding that we
> acquired from a divorce situation a couple of years ago. That
> first winter we did not think he would make it. He got diarrhea
> once we put him on hay, got dehydrated and loss lots of weight.
> I struggled to keep weight on him. This fall again the same
> thing is happening, so I have been giving him beet pulp, hay
> cubes (alfalfa) cob grain, fast track (probiotics) and vitamins.
> I soak this all in a 5 gallon bucket and he is doing ok, but can
> not be ridden at all otherwise he starts to go down hill again.
> And it is not even cold yet. Well, I talked to a lady who has
> been feeding race horses for the last 20 years and she told me
> to not feed him beet pulp. Said that the beet pulp is fiber and
> would push the other stuff I was giving him through his
> digestive tract too fast and he would not get much out of the
> other stuff, which is good stuff for him. So she suggested that
> I take the beet pulp out of the mixture.
>
> I hate to do that because he is maintaining and gaining a little
> weight. Before I started the mixture he was losing weight fast.
> I have always though, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." But I
> do want to do whatever I can to pull this horse through another
> winter. He is an absolute love and will do whatever my 8 yr. old
> daughter wants of him. He is in great shape in the summer time.
> Won first place at several competitive rides. He takes good care
> of my girl and would hate to lose him. So what do you guys
> think?
>
> Lynette in ND, where it is going to get up to 70 degrees this
> weekend!
>
>
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