fibrebeet and laminitics

[notpoodle]

since angel really despises the taste of her winter breathing supplement (note to global herbs: please make products horses actually want to eat!!) and disguising it with mint doesn't help a lot (strange pony!) ... i thought maybe to give her a bit of fibrebeet over the winter (i figured SUGARbeet probably isnt so great for a laminitic!). i dont think i can get hold of 'Speedibeet' but should be able to surce eg the new dengie fibre beet or similar. would that be ok for a laminitic? is it ok to soak it for 24 hours?! (i only get to yard once a day and the stuff i had in mind takes hours to soak!)

Julia
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[EnduranceAli]

I have a similar problem with Frayne - I give her seaweed (lots of magnesium in it, which is good for preventing lami) and she hates the taste of it (I give it to her in a couple of handfuls of HiFi or similar - whatever the other 2 are having as hay replacer), so I add a tiny amount of Speedibeet (meant to be unmolassed, but then says 95% sugar free :confused:) - literally a quarter of a handful before it is soaked (which only takes 10 minutes, but I put their meals on to soak in the morning and they are fed at 4 pm). Hardly enough for her to notice, but just makes it more palatable.

Ali xx

ps You can also get 'Purabeet', which is totally unmolassed, from Simple Systems - but Frayne doesn't like that so much :rolleyes:

[doris]

Something like Speedibeet is best, but you can soak, and then rinse with clean water to rinse more molasses out if you're worried.

[MelanieD]

Sugarbeet isn't sugary unless its mollassed, there's speedibeet and kwikbeet for unmollassed ones and even if you can't get unmollassed its not that difficult to wash it. Think Fibrebeet is just a mixture of sugarbeet and alfalfa, not sure if it has mollasses or not. I soak speedibeet overnight and do enough for 2 days sometimes and its fine.

[Pink's lady]

Thought you were going to be brave and stop her supplements?;)

I would be suprised if you can find fibrebeet over speedibeet - almost everywhere sells speedibeet but I 've yet to see fibrebeet!

All of that kind of stuff is fine to soak overnight, and most will keep a couple of days in the cold.

[CurlyWurlyRach]

Proper Fibrebeet (by the same people as speedibeet - alphabeet is by dengie) is great. My mare loves it and it doesnt send her loopy like sugarbeet.

It only takes about 30mins to cold soak and if you put boiling water in it, about 7 mins.

[puzzles]

Sugarbeet is surprisingly low in sugar - even when molassed but especially so when unmolassed. There is always the option of Speedibeet if you're still in doubt though - both are brilliant!

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[notpoodle]

i think the one i could get is kwikbeet :confused:

[artemis]

kwickbeet is pretty much the same as speedibeet. If you're worried about the molasses content use a supplement bucket with holes in the bottom inside your feed bucket & strain out excess water. Bit like a colander, but cheaper.

[MelanieD]

Kwikbeet is pretty much exactly the same as speedibeet, unmollassed and soaks quickly.. think the only real difference is who makes it.

[showjumper-zoe]

i think the one i could get is kwikbeet :confused:

Kwickbeet is the same as speedibeet just dodson and horrell make kwikibeet