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If your horse is a good-doer, who maintains weight easily on grass and conserved forage alone, you might wonder whether they need a bucket feed at all.
While they may not require extra calories, there are still important reasons to provide a suitable feed — especially when it comes to supporting and maintaining healthy hooves.
UK pasture and conserved forage are often low in trace minerals such as copper, selenium and zinc. Although required only in small amounts, these minerals play vital roles in a number of bodily functions.
Maintaining a balanced diet is key to supporting skin, coat and hoof condition.
Dengie Healthy Hooves Molasses Free
Dengie Healthy Hooves Molasses Free is a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie, high-fibre feed, which contains essential nutrients for maintaining healthy hooves.
Its alfalfa inclusion provides a natural source of calcium and other important minerals that help support the structural integrity of hoof horn.
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free also provides a comprehensive range of vitamins and minerals for a balanced diet and supplies a full range of B vitamins, including biotin, which is widely recognised for its role in maintaining strong, healthy hooves.
A source of sulphur
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free also contains methyl sulphonyl methane (MSM), a source of bio-available sulphur.
Sulphur is found throughout the body, but is particularly crucial for maintaining hoof structure as it supports hoof horn — both strength and flexibility.
Horses on restricted grazing typically consume less sulphur than those on plentiful pasture, making supplementation especially valuable for good doers to maintain a balanced diet
Naturally low in sugar and starch — just 2.5% and 1.5% respectively — Healthy Hooves Molasses Free is also suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis.
When fed at the recommended rate of 500g per 100kg of bodyweight, it provides all the required vitamins and minerals, including optimal levels of biotin and MSM to maintain hoof health from the inside out.
Seren’s story: ‘It was touch and go’
Seren, who is owned by Naomi, is Dengie’s Healthy Hooves Molasses Free pony on the packaging.
Naomi’s world was turned upside down when Seren suddenly developed laminitis, and for a time, it was touch and go. Thanks to the support of a vet, Seren eventually made a full recovery, and the pair are now back to enjoying the activities they love.
During Seren’s recovery, Naomi spent a lot of time researching low-sugar feeds suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis and discovered Healthy Hooves Molasses Free, which Seren has been fed ever since.
Naomi explains: “Seren’s recovery was a long road but with a fantastic farrier, a great team of vets and dietary management, including soaked hay and low sugar and starch feeds, my pony is looking and feeling better than ever.”
For more information or nutritional advice for your own horse, get in touch with Dengie.
