Sudden changes in diet can predispose a horse to digestive disturbances or feed refusal. 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.
How to introduce a new feed into my horses diet?
Always introduce all dietary changes gradually to avoid possible digestive disturbances occurring. Ideally over a 3-4 day period
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
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. This is especially true when introducing a change to the diet and/or introducing a new feedstuff
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