Re: Re: Re: Re: Beet Pulp

[Beverly540@aol.com]

Lynette,
           Last May we acquired a 12 year old TWH that was about 200 pounds 
under weight. I was prepared to feet her beet pulp, oil, and  Legends 
12Pelleted feed. However, our vet told us to feed rice bran instead of beet 
pulp. We worked her up to about a one-pound coffee can size scoop of rice 
bran that we soaked til it was a mush. We mixed  Legends 12% pelleted grain 
into the grain at a ratio of 1 bran to 2 grain.We stirred in FastTrack 
probios and oil. We started with a tablespoon of oil and worked up to about 8 
ounces a day. We fed her this twice a day. She put the weight on in about 4 
months.  She was and still is on good pasture 24/7. 
            Now that she has her weight up we cut the rice bran ration and 
the grain ration in half  and added in beet pulp, soaked. The beet pulp is 
about 1/2 of her ration. Everything is mixed in together, mushy and she is 
fed this only once a day. now.  She loves it.  I'm watching her pretty close 
because I wonder if she'll keep her weight on during the winter. We have 
started giving her some hay also, even though she is still on pasture 24/7. 
The pasture is not as good now as it was -- we need RAIN!!!  She still gets 
oil and  probios daily. She does not look like the same horse. 
             I could hardly ride her at first  because she dropped her weight 
every time I rode her. So we just took it easy, but I notice that now that 
she is normal weight she doesn't seem to drop weight after a ride. She is not 
an endurance horse but I do hope to do LD with her.  She is ridden about 
three times a week, about 2 hours at a time at a moderate pace.  Hope this 
helps.  
Happy trails,
Beverly in SWVA


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