Horse Nutrition
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Posted by sierra on 06 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Horse Nutrition
In order to have healthy hooves, your horse must consume a significant amount of high quality amino acids. But even if your horse’s diet is high in these amino acids, it may still take a long time for him to develop strong, healthy hooves…if he’s missing one important nutrient. Continue Reading »
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No doubt about it. Your horse loves to graze. And if he were still in the wild, he’d do it 12-16 hours a day. But if he starts eating the bedding in his own stall, that should send a message to you. And it’s probably not that he’s still hungry.
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Posted by sierra on 13 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Horse Nutrition
Horses have a natural instinct to eat. So if your horse won’t, you should do a little investigation to find out why. If your veterinarian has ruled out the possibility of ill health or bad teeth, what do you do? Well, before you write him off as a finicky eater, check for these circumstances that might be affecting his poor eating habits.
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