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Old 01-19-2010,
 
 
 
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Default Help with Feeding Alfalfa Cubes Please!!

Hey,

I have a almost 20 year old Thuroghbred Gelding, He has horable teeth in the back, I am feeding him One falke of alfalfa morning and night, 6 Cups or Beet Pulp morning and night and 4 cups of senior feed, He can not Digest the alfalfa corectly, He almost was in full blown colic last week, I caught the colic in the begining and stoped it from prceding...

I wanna start him on soaked alfalfa pellets and mix it in with his grain/beet pulp, and also give him 1/2 a flake of alfalfa 2 times a day...

My question is How may cups of alfalfa cubes does it take to equil one flake??

He was starved when I got him, He is now up to an alright weight...I know he almost coliced from not being able to digest his feed corectly, and it caused a blockage.

Please help!!!!!
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It is pound=pound.
You need to weigh a flake of your leaf hay and match that to your soaked weight cubes.
Also, you may want to look into having a qualified dentist check his teeth, if they hurt so bad he can't/won't chew, then a mash diet may be better suited for him.
You can also look into bagged hay Denge and Lucerene are both great companies and put out diferrent balanced rations.
They are chopped to 2-3" lengths which is enough roughage, but can pass through the digestive systems without being broke down further.
Beet pulp needs to be soaked well for these types.
 
 
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