Bulk Hoof Supplements

The nutritional requirements and his digestive system of a horse have not been changed since the time he was first domesticated thousands of years ago. Due to lack of proper knowledge, convenience considerations and an over-zealous adoption of the scientific claims of the feed industry, the way people feed a horse has changed dramatically. However these methods often contradict what natural horsemanship tells them about feeding and result in health problems for the horse and management problems for owner.

Certain laws of natural horsemanship can be applied to choosing a proper feeding program for the horse. Just as people studied various aspects of horse physiology and psychology when approaching training techniques, it is beneficial to think in these terms and conditions when they decide how to feed their horses. This will tell people both what to feed and how to feed the horses.

It does really not take an expert in natural horsemanship or equine nutrition to understand that feeding supplementary flakes of alfalfa and grain supplements twice a day to a horse in a stall is not what Mother Nature intended. That approach totally ignores a few basic principles that every horse owner must know about their four-legged charges. The digestive system of a horse is designed to obtain the maximum nutritional benefit from a diet of high-fiber and low-energy grasses. The consideration of a healthy, natural diet for a modern, domesticated horse is grass and grass hay. A horse in his natural environment can normally spend many hours a day grazing.

Most of the experts and experienced horse owner say that a horse needs to consume at least 1.5 to 2 lbs of good quality hay and grain for every 100 lbs of body weight. Much will depend upon the metabolic system of the horse. Horses that are greatly worked, pregnant and lactating mares will consume up to 3 lbs of dry matter for every 100 lbs of body weight. Grass hay is actually more preferable to alfalfa for the bulk for the diet of the horses for several reasons. Alfalfa is the most rich and hot feed for the horse. It contains nearly 50% more protein and energy per pound than grass hay. The phosphorous to calcium ratio of alfalfa is also too high for a horse's requirements. When like alfalfa the hays are fed with grain, numerous digestive problems including colic may result. Alfalfa may be fed to the horses but only in small quantities almost as a supplement, not as the predominant feed component.

A hoof pep food supplement not only provides a high dose of biotin, but also methionine, MSM and amino acid-chelated zinc. Bulk Hoof supplement helps in the treatment of crumbly, cracked and misshapen hooves, injured soles, damaged frogs, collapsed heels and thin hoof walls. A 3kg bucket of Bulk Hoof supplement lasts one horse for 100 days at the 30g dose. Biobloom is another type of hoof and coat conditioner for horses. Biobloom is a dual action food supplement designed to promote and maintain healthy skin, coat and hoof condition from the inside out. Biobloom food supplements may help in the treatment of hoof damage that may prevent a horse from working, coat conditioning, prevention of hoof damage in horses with weak hooves, recovery from laminitis, and mane and tail growth.

• Matt Thompson
• 20/02/2009, 8:59 PM
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