Is Safe Choice A Good Horse Feed?

SafeChoice Original Horse Feed is a great way to provide balanced nutrition for the growing and mature horses you care for. Its controlled starch and versatility make feeding a wide range of horses convenient without sacrificing nutrition, quality, or peace of mind.

What is the best feed to feed a horse?

Many pleasure and trail horses don’t need grain: good-quality hay or pasture is sufficient. If hay isn’t enough, grain can be added, but the bulk of a horse’s calories should always come from roughage. Horses are meant to eat roughage, and their digestive system is designed to use the nutrition in grassy stalks.

Who makes safe choice horse feed?

Nutrena
SafeChoice® horse feeds from Nutrena are the leading products in controlled starch. They also include amino acids for better topline support, gastric support for performance horses, and low starch and sugar levels for horses with metabolic concerns.

What is the lowest NSC horse feed?

The NSC level recommended for insulin-resistant horses is 10%. A horse feed can be labeled “low starch” and still not be appropriate for a horse with metabolic syndrome. Look for a feed that guarantees an NSC of 10% or less. You may have to call the manufacturer to find out this information.

Is SafeChoice senior a complete feed?

This item is available in-store pickup only. Please select a store at checkout. A high-fat, controlled starch, complete feed to meet the unique needs of senior horses.

What not to feed your horse?

There are certain foods which you should certainly never feed to your horse.

• Chocolate.
• Persimmons.
• Avocado.
• Lawn Clippings.
• Fruit with Pips and Stones.
• Bread.
• Potatoes and Other Nightshades.
• Yogurt and Other Dairy Products.

What foods should not be fed to horses?

Here are eight foods you should never feed your horse:

• Chocolate. ©russellstreet/Flickr CC.
• Persimmons.
• Avocado.
• Lawn clippings.
• Pitted fruits.
• Bread.
• Potatoes and other nightshades.
• Yogurt or other milk products.

Which is the highest quality plant protein for horses?

Table 1 lists the protein, lysine, methionine and threonine content in common feedstuffs for horses. High quality protein includes legumes, young grass pastures, soybean meal, canola meal, and linseed meal.

Are Nutrena and Purina from the same company?

Who is who in the feed game can sound like the old Abbott and Costello routine of “who’s on first, what’s on second.” Cargill owns Southern States and Purina, but Land O’Lakes owns Purina, and Cargill owns Nutrena.

Is mitavite and Hygain the same company?

Today the Hygain brand forms part of the Hygain Group of Companies, a major player in the international equine industry with multiple premium feed brands within it’s portfolio including Hygain and Mitavite.

What feed causes laminitis in horses?

Laminitis can be caused by an over consumption of high starch and sugar grains, either in one meal or by feeding large grain meals.

What is the 20% rule with horses?

The researchers found that an average adult light riding horse could comfortably carry about 20 percent of their ideal bodyweight. This result agrees with the value recommended by the Certified Horsemanship Association and the U.S. Cavalry Manuals of Horse Management published in 1920.

Can sweet feed cause laminitis?

Sugars in feeds cause a horses blood insulin to rise after eating and this is what researchers now believe triggers most cases of laminitis and certainly most cases of grass or pasture laminitis.

What is the best feed for older horses?

Alfalfa hay and good quality grass hays are preferable to stemmy and mature hays that have tougher fiber to ferment. The small intestine loses some function – Older horses find it harder to digest protein in the small intestine.

What is the best feed to put weight on an older horse?

Ultium^® Competition, Omolene^® #200 and Omolene^® #500 are also calorie-dense feeds that may be helpful to help an older horse gain weight when fed with appropriate good quality hay and/or pasture.

Can you feed a horse just alfalfa pellets?

You should include alfalfa pellets in your horse’s diet for many reasons. However, you should not use them to replace hay. Why is that? These pellets do not have particles big enough to stimulate the horse’s digestive tract.

What should I feed my horse everyday?

Roughage/Forage Roughage, found in hay or grass, is the bulk of the horse’s food. Grass or alfalfa hay, or a combination of the two, are good sources of roughage. Grass hay is generally higher in fiber and dry matter than alfalfa, but alfalfa may be higher in protein, energy, vitamins and calcium.

What is a healthy snack for a horse?

What to offer as treats. Almost any fruits, and many vegetables, are safe treats for healthy horses. Apples and carrots are traditional favorites. You can safely offer your horse raisins, grapes, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe or other melons, celery, pumpkin, and snow peas.

What is highly toxic to horses?

Weeds: Onions/garlic, ground ivy, milkweed, bracken fern, cocklebur, horsetail, white snakeroot, St. Johns wort, star-of-Bethlehem, sorghum/sudangrass, yellow sweet clover, blue-green algae, bouncing bet, larkspur, mayapple, skunk cabbage. Trees: Black locust, oak (green acorns), horse chestnut, boxwood, holly.

Are eggs good for horses?

No, eggs aren’t really bad for them. Equine experts tend to agree that mixing in eggs with feed isn’t a big issue, as long as the horse doesn’t mind. We all know eggs are a great source of protein which have an ideal balance of amino acids, minerals and vitamins.

Are bananas food for horses?

Can horses eat bananas? The answer is yes, and they are actually an excellent source of potassium. However, although bananas are perfectly safe for most horses, that may not be the case for all of them.