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What can I feed my horse that wont make him HOT2007-11-24 21:21:21

What can I feed my horse - besides grass hay that wont make him hot? Grain and alfalfa hay have been making him hot (not HOT temperature - HOT as in very hyper). Any ideas??

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Beet Pulp (soaked) is good for putting on weight as well as rice bran. Neither will make him hot (it's what I used to feed my TB). Like the previous poster said, he doesn't have to have grain. A good quality grass hay should be fine.

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I got something you can feed him

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carrotts

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"Hot" is reserved energy. Try feeding a grain and hay with less sugars and carbohydrates. Sweet feeds, oats and the like tend to make horses hot. I don't like my horses hot, so I feed Strategy grain by Purina. It is a pelleted type of grain which is generally your best bet when trying to keep horses from getting too high on enegy. It has less sugars so it doesn't make horses hot. If that doesn't work then your horse may just be sensitive to grains and not need the extra food source. The only reason horses get grain is to provide additional energy. In this case, I would cut grain and bump up hay needs in order to supplement your horses nutricional value. General rule of thumb, if the horse isn't being used for performance or breeding, they shoudn't be getting grain since it increases the risk for things like founder and colic.

Cheers! hope this helped!

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I wouldnt change his diet. It is hard on a horse to change his diet. Instead what I would do to keep him less hyper or energyzed is to offer A LOT of turn out and lunge him often. People have no idea what turn out does for horses. They think it is ok not to turn them out. Think of it this way. Imagine you being locked up in a box with food and water (toys if your owner is nice enough) and you have no control over what you do. Now if you dont get turned out, you are going to be bored and your legs might hurt from standing in the same place for a long time. And then you get turned out and you have space your in the nice sun. You get grass and you get to be with your buddies. Just remember that horses LOVE their turnout and it can do a lot for them. A friend sold me their horse that I took on because he wouldnt stop bolting, bucking and rearing. I brought him to the barn. He was turned out everyday like usual at my barn, I got on him and he did nothing. He had never been to this place and he was so calm the first time, I took him for a trail ride. Then I sold him back to her because she loved him so much and then I didnt have anything to do with him! =)