{"id":27623,"date":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redmillshorse.com\/en-sa\/how-do-i-introduce-a-new-feed-into-my-horses-diet\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T02:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:34:16","slug":"how-do-i-introduce-a-new-feed-into-my-horses-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmillshorse.com\/en-sa\/media-hub\/our-blogs\/how-do-i-introduce-a-new-feed-into-my-horses-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I introduce a new feed into my horses diet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Sudden changes in diet can predispose a horse to digestive disturbances or feed refusal.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">This applies when changing the diet from one feed to another and\/or increasing the quantity of feed being offered and\/or when adding other feedstuffs to the existing diet such as, bran, cereals (eg oats), chaff, beet pulp, feed balancers, etc.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">How to introduce a new feed into my horses diet?<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"row mb-4\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22785 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redmillshorse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/horse-cooked-mix-image-768x576-1-300x225-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-12\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Always introduce all dietary changes gradually to avoid possible digestive disturbances occurring. Ideally over a 3-4 day period<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontstyle0\">When changing from one feed to another, if possible during the 3-4 day period, the two feeds should be fed together, gradually increasing the amount of the new feed per day and gradually reducing the amount of the old feed per day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontstyle0\">When feeding horses it is always more beneficial to feed little and often ie feeding a number of small meals per day rather than 2 or 3 large meals per day. 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