From years of experience we have found the best strategy for solving behavioural and physical problems is to firstly ensure you are feeding the horse properly, then see what problems you have left after a month or two.

 

'The Provide It Plan', will help eliminate digestive flora problems, mineral imbalances, mycotoxin overload, correct the natural buffering system and to help ensure your horse has a long healthy and productive future.

Keep in mind when introducing any new feeds or supplements, always do this slowly over a period of at least 1-2 weeks so the good digestive flora doesn’t die off. Particularly when drastically changing their grass diet, such as restricting their grass or introducing grass into their diet, do even slower if possible.

 

To give your horse the best chance of this working you will need to eliminate all other products, supplements and herbs from their diet as they could be causing part of the imbalance without you knowing. Potassium & Selenium could cause an imbalance so please read any other product labels carefully if you must keep feeding them. For example, a large number of herbs are high in potassium which can cause major mineral imbalances.

 

Who would have ever guessed that the grass your horse is eating could have a major part in causing a whole list of problems, ranging from major calcium deficiencies from Oxalate grasses(kikuyu & setaria grass for example), to debilitating mycotoxins and grass tetany.

 

You are very welcome to share any feedback and experiences with us, please email your story. 

 

Supreme Australian-Horse Vit & Min the dose is determined by the horse’s weight and should be fed all year round.

 

THE BENEFITS of FOLLOWING 'THE PROVIDE IT PLAN':

Outstanding results - horse health bills go down while riding time and enjoyment goes up.

The true personality of your horse will be revealed
Fantastic coats and hooves

No more behavioural problems, obesity, hormonal issues, skin problems, deficiencies, weak, shaly hooves, head-flicking, laminitis...............

1. Correctly feed the flora in the hind-gut The bulk of your horse’s diet needs to consist of a constant stream of structural carbohydrate (coarse fibrous material): mature grass, hay, non legume chaffs, and beet. Soak hay for a minimum of one hour for obese, insulin resistant or laminitic horses and ponies. When introducing any new feeds, supplements or restricting their grass or introducing grass into their diet, always do this slowly over a period of 1-2 weeks so the good digestive flora doesn’t die off.

2. Non-structural carbohydrate (NSC’s) Sugar should be by far the smaller part of your horse’s diet : green, growing grass, grains, and molasses. Adjust according to your horse’s workload. Obese, insulin resistant or laminitic horses should have very low NSC ( sugar) diets.

 

3. Take care of your horse’s vitamin & mineral requirements with

A deficiency of any one vitamin or mineral can upset all the rest. Supreme Vit & Min contains all the vitamins and minerals in organic form, required to maintain good health, shiny coats, strong hooves and a longer, useful life.

 

Add ‘Alleviate Xtra Cal’ to meet calcium & magnesium requirements, the dose rate depends on their situation so full requirements may not be met in Vit & Min. Xtra Cal should be fed all year round. Calcium and Magnesium are vital for a healthy gut.

The calcium & magnesium in Xtra Cal are many times more absorbable than regular forms. The dose rates, clearly outlined on the label, can be adjusted according to whether the horse is breeding, growing, working or grazing oxalate pastures.

Feed De-tox to bind mycotoxins all year round, thereby vastly improving grass and feed quality.

This is especially important in warm, humid weather conditions when fungi may proliferate in the pasture environment within hours. Under these types of conditions or when fungi are visible (mushrooms) or grass is surging, double the dose rate. Can feed up to 30gms (per 500kg body weight) per day. Dividing De-tox over morning and afternoon feed helps.

4. Keep some Alleviate on hand. This special organic magnesium is perfect for whenever the grass grows rapidly and your horse gets tight, tense, spooky, short-stepping, herd-bound, has Attention Deficit Disorder or the night before competitions or any stressful event.

 

5. Add plain salt. The dose rate depends on their situation so full requirements may not be met in Vit & Min. 10gms per 100kg of body weight is a good starting point and can be adjusted according to work load, whether they are sweating heavily or consuming rapidly growing grass and should be fed all year round. Salt acts to buffer acid and excess potassium, also ensuring that the horse drinks enough water. Clean drinking water should be available at all times.

 

6. Pasture management formulate a plan to eliminate harmful pasture species and replace with horse-friendly varieties. Rye-grass, clover, phalaris, paspalum, couch, fescue all pose serious health hazards to horses and will impact on your horse’s quality of life, your enjoyment and your pocket.

Weeds such as Cat’s ear flat weed (looks like dandelion), cape weed and any other weeds poisonous to horses. need to be removed. Oxalate pastures such as Kikuyu, Setaria, Buffel, Green Panic, Pangola, Para Grass, Guinea Grass, Signal Grass and Purple Pigeon grass should also be eliminated.