Soaking hay before feeding is one way to lower the sugar levels, but it...
Soaking hay is one way to reduce the amount of sugar in the hay, but it should only be used as a stopgap method until a more appropriate hay can be found. It is recommended that you soak hay for short...
View ArticleWinter Challenges for Horses with Laminitis
Winter can be a challenging time of year for horses with a past history of laminitis. Horses who have suffered from laminitis in the past may have damaged vascular supplies in their feet. During cold...
View ArticleManaging Your Horse’s Bugs
Bugs? What bugs? Horses are hindgut fermenters. In other words, the hindgut portion of your horse’s digestive tract contains millions of beneficial bacteria and yeast, often referred to as microbes or...
View ArticleClarifying Carbohydrates Part III
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Clarifying Carbohydrates” Is fiber a carbohydrate? In Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I, we reviewed simple carbohydrates and in Clarifying Carbohydtrates Part II we...
View ArticleClarifying Carbohydrates Part II
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Clarifying Carbohydrates” There are many types of carbohydrates in equine diets, including simple carbohydrates, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and complex,...
View ArticleClarifying Carbohydrates Part I
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Clarifying Carbohydrates” There are three different types of carbohydrates utilized by horses: simple sugars and starches, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Fructans
What is a fructan? Fructan is a type of sugar found in cool-season grasses. Instead of being digested in the foregut, fructan passes into the horse’s hindgut, where it ferments and causes the...
View ArticleSpring Turnout Tips for Your Horse
It is that time of the year—the cold, gray winter is transforming into a warm, sunny spring and the grass is starting to grow! For normal horses the spring grass is a lovely change from hay, but for...
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Targeted Solutions for Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) and Cushing’s Disease...
Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) has become more and more prevalent in our equine community. It is most often found in middle-aged horses (ages 8 to 18). EMS is...
View ArticleTips on how to get your picky metabolic syndrome horse to eat supplements.
What do you do when your insulin-resistant horse needs supplements but isn’t getting a substantial amount of feed to put them in? Many horses will eat their supplements plain, but others are pickier....
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Spring horse feeding tips
The days are getting longer, the mud is starting to recede, and you are ready to put away the winter blankets and get out the shedding blade. Spring is a great time to evaluate how your horse came...
View ArticleSoaking hay before feeding is one way to lower the sugar levels, but it...
Soaking hay is one way to reduce the amount of sugar in the hay, but it should only be used as a stopgap method until a more appropriate hay can be found. It is recommended that you soak hay for short...
View ArticleSpring and Fall Pastures Can Be Unsafe for At-risk Horses
It is that time of the year again, when grass pastures can be unsafe for at-risk horses! Grazing management is the key to avoiding problems. Temperature and sunlight affect the amount of fructans (a...
View ArticleTreating Laminitis – Did you Know?
When treating laminitis, cooling the hoof wall to between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 to 72 hours can help prevent inflammation from damaging the soft laminae. Be prepared to make a commitment,...
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What is Fructan Overload?
Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “What is Fructan Overload?” Fructan is a type of sugar found in cool-season grasses. When horses consume more fructan...
View ArticleInsulin-Resistant Horses
Researchers have confirmed that as horses age, they naturally become less sensitive to insulin and more susceptible to health problems caused by too much sugar in the diet. One way to reduce the sugar...
View ArticleGrazing Management for Sugar Sensitive Horses
Lush, cool season spring grass is packed full of vitamins, minerals and energy, but it is also high in sugar! Sugar sensitive horses grazing on lush pasture can develop colic and laminitis. Sensitive...
View ArticleWinter Challenges for Horses with Laminitis
Winter can be a challenging time of year for horses with a past history of laminitis. Horses who have suffered from laminitis in the past may have damaged vascular supplies in their feet. During cold...
View ArticleNo Hoof, No Horse
A healthy horse has healthy hooves, click here to read more. Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php The post No Hoof, No Horse appeared first on...
View ArticleFeeding Starch/Sugar Sensitive Horses
A better understanding of how the horse’s digestion system works has revealed that balancing forage intake with concentrate intake is necessary when feeding horses, and even more critical when feeding...
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