Re: Carbs - only part of the picture

[Niccolai Murphy <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>]

This is why I ask the question, he's one of those guys who gets 12 to
16# of grain a day when working, even on off days (he's currently on
sabatical and gets 6# a day just to walk around the paddock). We feed
the grain in four feedings a day. 

I gather there is a way to not to use such dense feeds, am making sure
that I'm not sunderstanding, Heidi's trick of making him eat more hay.
If there is a way I'll give it a try. I know that there are several of
us out here with horses like this, making Hal eat more hay gives me
visions of an equine version of Pate Fois. VBG

Nicco




---Tivers@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-06-25 10:40:10 EDT, niccolai_m@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> << Hal is the ribby guy who eats a ton. He is not picky, he sees a
horse
>  dentist twice a year, is wormed regularly and is on probiotics and a
>  ton of other supplements (not including his third of a 50# bag of
>  carrots every three or four days. He typically chews 30# a day but
>  eats more when he feels like it, we have measured as high as 40# in a
>  day in the past.
>  
>  Given this how do you get them to eat more?
>  
>  Nicco >>
> 
> Seems logical to me that you'd have to go to a more energy-dense
feedstuff.
> 
> ti
> 

==
Nicco Murphy - Poway, San Diego, CA


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