Where can you buy beet pulp, for horse feed in australia? Or something similar?

Question

A lot of people mention something called beet pulp that needs soaking, when talking about a good horse feed for keeping or putting weight on a poor doer, but i dont know what it is or where to get some is Australia, I am in brisbane, Does any other fellow aussies feed this or something similar?

Answer 1

I have no idea where to get beet pulp from in Australia, but this is what I feed my mare who was really skinny (a TB with missing teeth!) and gained a lot of weight from:

4kg (4 1L scoops) of Mitavite Gumnuts (complete senior feed-approx. $32 for 22kg bag), 2kg of Copra (its a sort of coconut meal which puts on weight without it going to their heads-cheap at $12 for 20kg bag) and 2 biscuits of lucerne daily. I also add 1 scoop of Equilibrium mineral mix ($30 for the smallest bucket and it lasts ages) to make sure she gets all her minerals.

I've also heard that Equijewel (rice bran) is really good for putting weight on but it's quite expensive. Soyabean meal is also excellent for putting weight on. Hope I helped.

Answer 2

I'm in California, USA and if I have a horse who's starting to look a bit "ribby" or I've purchased some rack of bones,  I go out and buy a 50LB sack of A&M (Ground alfafa and molasses) (In the mid west they use beet pulp BUT I've been informed that you HAVE to add water to it or it will swell in a horse's belly causing colic), dump it into a tub or feeder in the horse's stall, then top it with some rolled barley corn that is mixed with corn oil and apple cider vinegar. (I feed a 3LB coffee can of the barley corn mixture once a day.) The horse will normally devour the first couple of bags of A&M, but then they will slack off as they get used to it (Never had an issue with colic or founder)...

I haven't fed oats or any mixed feed in decades, basically because I've had running horses and TBs I'm trying to keep quiet, so I feed the rolled barley corn mixture to them for weight, NOT heat.

I also give my horses a hot bran mash twice a week with a 1/2 CUP of apple cider vinegar and corn oil (I can mix the barleycorn into it.).  I feed 1/2 a 3 LB coffee can of red wheat flakey bran and add enough water to it so that it looks like oatmeal in consistancy.

I make sure that they get 2 flakes of alfafa hay per feeding.  

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It has a different name

Answer 5

yes I feed it to my horses its called speedibeet approx $38 for a 20kg bag and you add water to it.It then soaks and swells up its great.my farrier recommended it

not sure it puts weight on them though.for that try equibix you can soak that too its cheaper at $20 a 20kg bag and soon puts weight on them.

good luck