Sugarbeet

[Skyeblu]

I have heard some people tell me that feeding sugarbeet to horses makes them go hyper or very whizzy. Is this true and how much of it should I feed a 15.1hh conemara x that lives out?:rolleyes:

[LMS]

Sugarbeet: is that the same as beet pulp? If so, really? I've never heard that claim.

Est would be the best one to answer this question. She pm'd me a while back regarding beet pulp. I'll see if it's relevant to your question.

[Shadowlark]

Tha'ts a myth about beet pulb/sugar beet it is a non heating food, fantastic source of fiber and generaly a very good choise especially in underweight or senior horses.
The myth comes from the fact that the pulp is the pulp of sugar beets.. so by default must contain sugar right? Nope this is the cast off after processing.. trust me they suck every POSSIBLE bit of sugar out of it before casting it off .. wouldn't want to lose a single ounce of the stuff for human consumption ;)

http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/index.shtml
there are a few great links on there with regards to beet pulp by a vet specializing in nutrition :)

Shauna

[Skyeblu]

Thank you very much for your help:D

[Wally]

The idea that you can fundamentally change the personality of a horse through feeding is wrong.

We had a steady old cob and you could feed him oats till the cows came home and he'd never have whizzed.

Feed can only influence a horse, and it takes a number of other factors too as to whether they will react to so called heating feeds.

[1 morejump]

Beet pulp is good to put on an extra few pound and is used as a hay substitute (hay should never be totaly removed). It is a good source of fiber but is low in protein. Beet pulp is high in calcium but low in phosphorous. This may disrupt the two to one ratio that is required by the animals body. It is also low in vitamin B, beta-carotene, and vitamin D. If a horse has too much calcium and not enough phosphorus is can't absorb to Ca proberly and building up calcium in the digestive system is no good. If you are going to feed it do it in small amounts and try to balance out the Phosphorus with a mineral supplement.

[Miriam]

I use sugarbeet on my Thbred X and it does not make him hyper

[nutkin]

my ISH is also fed sugarbeet and it doesn't affect him either.However there is molassed and unmolassed beet available.I guess that the molassed one is more likely to cause problems in horses that are already prone to being a bit fizzy but having said that my horse can be quite fizzy in company. He is on molassed beet,barley,oats and chaff and it has made no difference to his temperament compared to what he was fed before.

[kayjayhorses]

I have fed my 3 on sugar beet for a number of years, initially I used a regular type (mollassed) but now I use speedibeet which is unmollassed, I have found no personality changes when changing them over, considering one of mine goes a little loopy on Pasture Mix (sparkle without the fizz is says on the bag... I think someone forgot to tell my Mare) but sugar beet has never sent her fizzy.

[cosmic_angel_12]

I feed pepsi on speedi-beet which is even recomended by the laminitus trust

[sidesaddlelady1]

I have heard some people tell me that feeding sugarbeet to horses makes them go hyper or very whizzy. Is this true and how much of it should I feed a 15.1hh conemara x that lives out?:rolleyes:
Standard sugar beet has molasses added but you can get it without, eg Sp**dib**t (for * read "e"). Some horses can get very silly on molasses - the WH swings from the chandeliers despite being dead laid back normally.