Winter weight loss, good, bad or something in between?
When the temperature decreases horses need more calories to keep warm so it is important to ensure our horses have enough food to sustain them.
Premium high fibre quick-soaking Timothy grass for horses and ponies unable to eat hay.
- Superior high fibre
- Quick-soaking 12mm pellets
- Very palatable
- Naturally low in sugar & starch
Suitable For
- All equine species
- Dust-sensitive equines
- Dentally challenged equines
- Aiding hydration
- Post surgery & dental work
- Hay replacer for older horses
p
7-11
f
25-35
s
<7
t
<3
l
Feeding Instructions
Hay Care is fed soaked as below:
1. Replace hay weight with same weight of dry HayCare.
2. Add 2.5 times its volume of water.
3. Allow all water to be absorbed and use within 12 hours.
This replaces hay - offer your usual complementary feeds as well.
As with any new feed, introduce gradually over a week where possible.
A level Stubbs bowl scoop = 1.3kg (dry weight) approximately
Composition
Dried grass
Nutrients
All products are natural and seasonal variations can occur, the packaging of each product will detail the typical analysis which is relevant to the batch/cut within the bag. Below are this product’s specification ranges to give an indication of the seasonal variations that can occur for this product.
Specification Ranges
| Crude Fat (Oil) % | 2-4 | % | |
| Crude Ash % | 7-10 | % | |
| Crude Protein % | 7-11 | % | |
| Crude Fibre % | 25-35 | % | |
| Sugar % | <7 | % | |
| Starch % | <3 | % | |
| Digestible Energy | Low | 8 - 10 | MJ/kg |
Vitamins & Minerals
We do not add vitamins as the forages themselves have them naturally occurring, often in their precursor form, so the packaging of each forage product details average vitamin & mineral figures produced by the British Association of Green Crop Driers to give an indication of the levels found within Lucerne or Grass. However, Simple System undertakes mineral analysis every two years or when/if the source of the product is changed. Below are the most up to date figures specific to this product.
Major Minerals
| Calcium % | 0.48 |
| Phosphorus % | 0.14 |
| Sodium % | 0.03 |
| Potassium % | 1.56 |
| Magnesium % | 0.09 |
| Chloride % | 0.85 |
| Sulphur % | 0.14 |
Minor Minerals
| Copper mg/kg | 4.21 |
| Manganese mg/kg | 14 |
| Zinc mg/kg | 15 |
| Iron mg/kg | 268 |
| Selenium mg/kg | 0.35 |
Deli has been trialling Veteran Balance +. We’ve just finished our month and wanted to share our story.
Having Cushing's disease (PPID), Deli needed a low sugar and starch feed. She has to have soaked feeds and Veteran Balance + was just perfect for her, quick-soaking in warm water and very palatable. Deli licked the bowl clean every feed!
Ms Francesca Brown
I bought Kaishan as a 4 year old and never found if difficult to keep weight on him. If anything it was something to watch - especially when he was diagnosed with PPID / Cushing's disease when he was 15.
Miss Nicola ThomasPerfect Partners to HayCare
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