Oats

[Maci]

I once had this fetish with plain oatmeal (you couldn't tear me away from it), but now that I'm sick of it, we're left with millions (:) ) of boxes of it! Anyways, is it okay to give packaged oats, for human eating, to horses as a treat, or do they put something in it that has bad effects? Like after a ride, instead of carrots, a handful of oats! Side effects, any.......

Thanks,
Maci :)

[Bootyfulcobs]

i was always told that they made a horse 'fizzy' and highly strung tho' they used them at a riding school i once went to, to liven the older horses up...

[Bootyfulcobs]

i remember why now - they're packed full of energy and that's why you get scatty horses as a result! :)

[Gracie]

just something to think of ....
Race horses get oats... does that explain anything..LOL!

[Wally]

We used to give oatmeal gruel to horses after a long hard day hunting. They loved it. It never did ours any harm.

[LindaAd]

I wouldn't have thought a handful as a treat would be enough to make a horse fizzy.

Maci, do you make porridge with it, and do you eat your porridge with salt or sugar?

[Maci]

Fizzy, you say.......he could sure do with an energy boost, that's for sure! :p He gets grain, which is suppose to "liven him up" also, but I don't think it does. Well, if no harm comes, oats (sometimes) for a snack it is!

LindaAd- If porridge to you is oatmeal to me (if they mean the same), I sometimes eat it with sugar, or they have the flavoured kinds (cinnamin, apple, dried fruit, etc.)! Mmmm!

Thanks!
Maci :)

[Edited by Maci on 10th May 2001 at 08:00 PM]

[LindaAd]

I think it's the same, Maci: you cook the oatmeal til it's mushy and then you eat it with a spoon....some people put milk and sugar on it, but I like it the Scottish way with salt. For breakfast in winter.

I should think the horses would love the apple and cinnamon flavoured kinds!

[Mossy]

Moss' treat after a wet Dartmoor Drift, or if it's very wet and cold in winter they both get it, is a feed moistened with warm water and good honey. They love it!

[Maci]

I have my answer, and a handful of oats before tonight's ride, it IS!

Maci :)