Supplements my horse came with- help?

ChloeAnWomble

ChloeAnWomble

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So I've just got a second horse, I have a section A and she had Netex Biotin And everyday vitamins and a little bit of garlic and apple vinegar each day the biotine has helped with her feet a lot as she's barefoot so is my other horse but in buying him he was having linseed and Brewers yeast? What will this be doing? As in not sure and was never told why just that he had them I was planning on him just having the same a as my other horse
 
Linseed is a good source of vitamin E and brewers yeast is supposed to be good for gut function i think.
 
In the U.S. Most folks I know that feed garlic, feed it to keep ticks and flies off the horse. I have used it for that purpose but would not recommend it for horses prone to colic or ulcers.

Maybe that's why the Brewers Yeast?

ACV is also supposed to help keep,flies off the horse plus some folks think it puts a shine on their coats.

When I was a kid, grandad had me feed my horses linseed meal to "keep their innards working" plus it put an awesome shine on their coats and hooves.

If you got a pre-purchase exam on the horse and the vet deemed it healthy, I might let everything but the biotin run out and see what happens. If the horse seems to develop any issues, like itchy skin, you can always add them back in, one at a time, to see what works and what doesn't.

Also, if you moved the horse far enough for it to be in a different environment, it may not need all those supplements anyway:)
 
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I've always used the garlic for the gut and biotine for the feet the ones I'm not sure on are the linseed and Brewers yeast, so I've taken him off them as he's moved and I'm unsure if he actually needs them, will ask vet when she comes in the next few weeks :) thanks everyone!:) x
 
Garlic is not good for the gut, I wouldn't feed it to any horse with gut problems. If they're on small/no hard feeds & poor grazing I would add a good vit & min supplement or balancer, unless they have specific problems that should do away with the need for other supplements such as biotin (not that effective on it's own anyway).
 
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Depends on your vet. My horse vet views off the shelf supplements as expensive wee.
If you have a deficiency then you feed accordingly. But you need bloods to show you that. When mine had a virus she was prescribed something.
( confession I had to put my finger to try it:rolleyes: , awful taste)

I do use one supplement (herbs) because we have had the vets input on her problem. :D
 
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Linseed is a good source of fat and protien, good for weight gain but also essential fatty acids if your horse is on a restricted grass diet.
Brewers yeast is good for lots of things its a probiotic and can help with sweet itch too.
Can you ask the previous owner why he's on them? Then you can decide if you want to carry on or junk them :)
 
Jessey said:
Linseed is a good source of fat and protien, good for weight gain but also essential fatty acids if your horse is on a restricted grass diet.
Brewers yeast is good for lots of things its a probiotic and can help with sweet itch too.
Can you ask the previous owner why he's on them? Then you can decide if you want to carry on or junk them :)
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I've now found the linseed is for his weight and coat and Brewers yeast for coat aswell, so will be continuing with the linseed, but going to cut out the Brewers yeast, Thankyou everyone:)
 
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Just to ask everyone then I've been feeding my mare garlic for as long as I can remember, so is it a good or bad thing? As hearing a few people saying no and not many actually reccomend it so why not? If that's your view?:)
 
Mine get soaked hay and very little feed so I do give them supplements . Mine get Flax oil although it has just finished so I have swapped over to Liguid gold which is a mixture of linseed oil, coconut oil, aloe vera and tumeric. they also get salt, marmite and Noni juice. The marmite is to hide the littleuns pergolide tablet in but as they both seem to love it and its full of B vitamins i can't see the harm in giving them both a teaspoonful :oops::D They also get a mineral/vitamin supplement called Hoveler reformin plus @Cortrasna has said how well her Dolly was doing on it so I thought I would give it a try and both boys seem to be doing well on it.
 
Garlic is inflammatory - so it aggregates anyone with allergy reactions - be that a food intolerance or something like sweet itch. Some believe it helps with deterring flies.


As for brewers yeast, be mindful it is used readily for sweet itch - which is not going to be obvious yet as it's still a bit chilly
 
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I tried chunky on garlic granules supposedly for the flies but he wouldn't eat it. I have also heard that it can make horses anaemic but not sure if it's true or not.
 
It is the allicin (sp?) in RAW garlic that can cause anemia, if the horse consumes enough -- "based on a study of COWS eating ONIONS, it is thought a horse would. We'd to consume 4# -5# daily for several days.

There is a credible article stating that but, I've just got done chasing my dogs and wanting to shoot them. So I'm too tired to go digging.

Processed garlic is ok for a healthy horse. Horses prone to colic, gastric or hind gut ulcers, any sort of digestive issues shouldn't be garlic.

Garlic is also supposed to only be a seasonal thing to help keep flies off the horse. I stated earlier in this thread that garlic did wonders to keep the ticks off my horses but didn't do anything for fly control. I had two horses become metabolic, a third never was on garlic, so I stopped using it on everyone.

Keeping my pastures manicured, encouraging various types of songbirds to summer on our property, and taking my horses completely off bagged feed seems to have done wonders to reduce fly and tick agitation. The last 4-5 years, I don't even use a 32 oz bottle of fly spray over the fly/tick season.
 
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