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What's your
horse feeding challenge?
- Fizzy horse?
- Poor keeper?
- At risk of laminitis?
Let our veterinary team support you and your horse with our carefully formulated complete horse feeds.
Find the feed most suited to your horse or pony.
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Laminitis, Cushings and Insulin Resistance - Why is Autumn a high-risk time for starch and sugar sensitive horses and ponies?
While spring gets most of the attention around grazing risks, Autumn is actually a high-risk time too. A combination of dry weather, hot days, cool nights and scattered rain creates a perfect storm in our pastures, and morning might not always be a safe grazing time.
Why?
➡️Hot, dry conditions mean pastures are short and stressed, so they store more sugars and starch (NSC or Non-Structural Carbohydrates) in the leaf.
➡️ Cooler overnight temperatures and warm days mean the starch and sugar levels builds up in the leaf.
Fructans are a component of the NSC level and normally vary during the day with highest levels in the afternoon.
➡️ Cooler overnight temperatures can mean fructan levels are still dangerously high in the mornings.
Some scattered rainfall can encourage small shoots of growth, and these new shoots have a higher concentration of sugars.
➡️ The weather is a bit unpredictable, which can cause sudden spikes in sugar content in pasture, rather than consistent levels, and any sudden variations in pastures are risky for horses.
➡️ Leading into winter, horses and ponies might be naturally prone to storing more weight prior to winter.
➡️ Horses with PPID (Cushings) can have a natural, seasonal change in hormone levels in autumn which can increase the effects of their condition and put them at risk of flare ups and laminitis.
What can you do?
🍂 Try to reduce their grazing time on stressed or green, sweet pastures with new shoots.
🍂 Monitor the conditions and adjust the time of day that they have access to pastures
🍂 If in doubt about your pasture, you are better to have them on suitable low sugar and starch meadow hay.
🍂 Consider the concentrates you are feeding and watch out for those high in sugars and starch. Calm Care Plus is only 5.3% NSC.
🍂 Include a safe, fibre supplement in their feed like Lupin Fibre Cubes or Lupin Fibre Boost, to keep the quality fibre in their diet and promote gut health.
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Horse Cubes for Seniors - A highly digestible fibre cube for conditioning and health.
As horses age their nutritional requirements change. They may need additional support for weight gain and maintenance, gut and immune function and topline building. Horse Cubes for Seniors have been designed to meet their needs and help senior horses age in good health.
➕ Added Pre & Probiotics for gut health and function
➕ Highly concentrated so low feeding rate - a 500kg senior horse at rest only needs 2kg per day.
➕ High calorie formula with added canola oil for condition and coat shine
➕ Quality protein sources to support topline building
➕ Added vitamin E to mop free radicals, and Vitamin C to support immune function
➕ Mashable, palatable fibre pellet for oldies with poor dentition. Can be fed both wet and dry.
💲More affordable and cost-efficient without compromising on nutrition, at almost half the cost of other senior feeds.
If you have an older horse that needs some extra support, have a chat to us about Horse Cubes for Seniors and how to incorporate it into their diet.
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"We love that the T&R Grower Weaner Pellets have been made with the nutritional requirements of growing and breeding horses in mind.
All of our broodmares, stallions and young stock are on this feed. The reliable, high-protein formula has added vitamins and minerals to support the correct muscle and bone formation, as well as good milk production in mares. We also like that it is made fresh using local raw materials, thereby supporting WA farmers.”
"At Valley Equine Vet Centre we choose T&R feeds for their reliably excellent quality and freshness that comes with a locally made product. The convenience of already added salt, vitamins and minerals in the Horse weaner and grower pellet saves us time in our busy hospital.
Our recip mares are thriving and all looking fantastic!
Thank you Thompson and Redwood.
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“I have used T&R equine products for my horses and foals for many years. Over this time, I have used the T&R Horse Pellets and Horse Grower Weaner depending on their needs. My Arab endurance horse (who also does the Anzac march here in town every year) holds a great top line and dapples on the horse pellets. All my horses have always held their conditioning beautifully and a nice shine to their coats on these products.”
