Feeding A Horse The Simple Way
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Feeding A Horse The Simple Way | Feeding a horse is one of the basics of caring for a horse, and it will have a big impact on his health and ability to do what you want him to. In this video, I will share some basic information about feeding your horse. This video only just touches the surface of what you should know, so I recommend you get a good resource book - I have linked some below.
*Note I say in the video that the chewing of hay adds enzymes to the food to help with digestion (that's the human nurse in me coming out); it actually adds some natural antacids to decrease that acidity of the stomach and helps to lubricate to food.
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As a horse owner, it is your responsibility to know the basics of how to feed your horse. He relies on you to ensure his needs are met so you should have a good basic understanding of what that requires.
Perfectly done Josie, as with all your videos clear concise, no-nonsense, information.
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me coming for someone with your knowledge base.
Great video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it.
What about grass straight from the paddock? How do you figure that into their daily feed requirements?
Hi Cathryn, there is a formula I have seen in a book that used the time your horse is out in pasture to average how much it has eaten and then you top it up. I'm sorry but I can't remember which book it was in (we are renovating here and my books are currently boxed up). I don't know it off the top of my head and as we live in a dry sandy area so really have no pasture for my horses I need supply all their fodder needs. Sorry that's not much help to you at this time.
@@BasicHorseTraining appreciate your response!!! Thanks. It would also depend on the quality of the grass they are feeding on too..
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@@cathrynmarshall5463 absolutely. I know friends of mine have seen the winter grasses and thought their horses should be doing well but winter pasture (here in SA) has not a great deal of nutritional content in it.
Are your horses also on pasture? This makes it more tricky to measure and know how much they need to eat.
Thanks for the video Josie!
Thank you. I love your support 😊
@@BasicHorseTraining And we absolutely love your videos and your horses too! How is spider doing? I know normally you make instructional or “how to” videos but I for one would really enjoy video of you just walking out in the pasture and visiting the horses when they’re just hanging out. I know Spiders on vacation for now, I miss him😊
I will put one of those together for the spring. 😊.
@@BasicHorseTraining Thanks Josie! I appreciate that!
We are in tenn in the summer so my horses are out on full pasture for 4 hours a day and I let them out at night so my question is how do I know how much hay do they need right now I just keep hay out all the time so they can have as much as they need also I feed them in the am and pm
Neta, If they aren't overweight or underweight and they are eating the hay you put out I think you are doing great. You should let their weight be your guide.
"how do I know how much hay do they need right now"
The University of Connecticut estimates that wild horses graze 15-17 hours a day. The reason for this is that their body constantly produces stomach acid that is strong enough to begin the breakdown of cellulose as they ingest it. So, without a nearly constant flow of cellulose-based forage passing through the stomach, the acid can reach a level where they become a problem and can result in stomach ulcers among other problems. Now this 15-17-hour period is not a fixed number where they eat for this period and then just stop. These are cumulative numbers. In other words, a horse may eat for 20-30 minutes and take a ten-minute break and then start again and so on over a 24-hour period. So, to be safe a constant source of forage is the best approach to basic equine nutrition.
The forage can and in some cases be supplemented with a variety of protein, caloric, vitamin, and mineral sources. The protein and caloric supplements should be utilized only when the horse’s energy requirement is such that forage alone will not suffice. The vitamin, and more importantly mineral supplements are critically important to cover for any inadequacies that your forage supply may suffer from. We are typically providing a single type of forage in dry hay form and that is often lacking in some vital minerals that are necessary for a horse to maintain optimal health. Thus, this supplementation is required. A normal healthy horse does NOT require concentrated proteins and or calories unless they are routinely involved in strenuous activities that cause them to begin to lose weight and you notice a reduction in available energy levels in your animal.
Nowadays many horse caregivers opt to feed more grain and other supplements and less forage and this is exactly the reverse of what they should be doing.
I hope you find this helpful.
Of they graze that long is there any concern of flounder
I am new to horses so trying to figure it out
@@netajones4582 "Of they graze that long is there any concern of flounder"
Founder is NOT typically the result of grazing unless the horse is predisposed with a condition like EMS, equine metabolic syndrome. Fortunately, this is not a common condition albeit a profoundly serious one.
Often acute laminitis/founder are caused by other transient toxic blood situations that can result from a variety of sources. Like adverse drug reactions, excessive grain consumption, frequent or sudden changes in diet, etc.
Incidentally, I have very effective emergency treatment for acute laminitis/founder that I will address in another thread dealing with this subject when Josie feels compelled to address that one on her channel.
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