We have 6 dogs and 3 cats— I just bring the bucket in, fill with hot water, leave it in the utility sink until feeding time. I’ve left it on the laundry room floor, the garage, in the barn on a table… and my pets have never bothered it.
Can you put a cover or lid on the beet pulp bucket?? I feel like grinding it to powder daily is far more work than planning ahead and soaking for a few hours.
Darn, my dogs (quantity 2) did not get the memo your dogs got. Both of my dogs think soaking beet pulp is very yummy and should be gobbled down as fast as you can until the human stops you.
I typically leave the bucket in the laundry room in the sink.
It’s always so fun to discover something that works for you! Thanks for sharing. I’m a shreds person here but I love your creativity!
To the OP, can you just start soaking everything in the morning with cold water? That’s what I used to do when I fed beet pulp pellets. I soak my stuff at home and it’s in my garage. I’ve never had a problem doing it this way and the breakfast set up is fine (ie doesn’t smell off). I currently do this for alfalfa hay cubes.
IDK about beet pulp not causing choke. I almost lost a horse who choked on soaked beet pulp shreds. This was 25 years ago and I can’t bring myself to use the stuff again.
It was described well above.
Each horse is an individual with their own set of issues.
We (general) have to know our critters and make decisions that work for our animals.
There are horses that choke on dry pellets, there are horses that choke on wet slurries, that does not mean all horses should not have dry pellets or wet slurries.
Same with reactions to a fly spray or other chemical.
Oh yeah, I agree it’s individual to the specific horse, but once you’ve seen it happen, it stays with you. It was a pretty traumatic event and not one I care to relive if possible so I avoid it. I’m personally not comfortable with feeding it. I think I have choke PTSD 
eta: OP I think the idea of grinding it up is great and I didn’t mean to go all “anti-beet” pulp on your thread
It takes under the 60 seconds blend cycle for me since its just a quarter lb. I put a whole lb in the big blender cup and it still was only the minute cycle. It gets mixed with regular timothy alf pellets so there is still some consistency to it. Unless I want to make it into a mash. He still gets a haynet full of regular hay with it though.
I probably could. But since it is such a small amount it really takes no time at all especially blended up :).
It’s totally ok!!! To each their own. Most of us use banamine, my mare was super allergic to it, 2 hive freak outs during a colic and I said never again so I understand where you are coming from!
Since you mentioned hydration concerns, have you considered soaking his hay? My dramatic asthmatic gets her hay soaked in a slow feed net in a muck tub and then drained, but it is still significantly heavier than the equivalent dry flakes. We do it to reduce respiratory allergens and asthma triggers, but I have been pleased with the added hydration as a side benefit!
I still soak his hay once in a while but he seems like he doesn’t finish it up. Ever since he got sick a few weeks ago he has been just a lil weird about food still. So right now I’m just trying to get him maintained and back to normal, or as normal as he can be.
I used to soak it for a good 30 minutes to an hour and he would eat it out of a net. Now if I soak it he leaves the net and stands there like nope. If I dump it on the ground, normally he will eat it but if it’s in the net it doesn’t happen. At night I just dunk it in water so it’s at least a little bit wet and then hang it for him and he usually finishes it up by morning since I am stalling him at night now. He’s just hitting that weird Oddball age where he wants to try to mess up his entire routine and then wonder why he gets sick and his stomach aches, midlife pony crisis?
Bummer. My mare definitely prefers dry hay (which she gets in turnout on dry lot and when she snatches a bite or two when I am not paying attention in the aisle), but she will eat soaked if that’s all on offer. The only time she wouldn’t was when she had Potomac. But she isn’t elderly, and she is stalled most of the day/night. So she doesn’t have a lot of choice.
He is a stubborn "Spirit"ed pony lol. He takes after my son who named him, has to do and learn everything the hard way…smh…boys…
Lol, and here I am believing that Mares are the stubborn ones!
Oh yes they can be!!! His mama was a chesntnut half arab, she has personality till her last day and was very stubborn in her younger days!
Is your pony chestnut with four socks and a blaze? If I’m remembering correctly I think you posted a pic of him and he reminded me of my pony. I could be thinking of someone else though.
I think you posted a pic of your mare maybe? Was she an arab that looked like my ponys mom?
yes, pelleted beep is generally less $/lb than shreds. But they don’t last longer. If you feed 1lb of each, then while the bag of pellets may actually last longer, that’s because it’s usually a 50lb bag, where shreds are 40lb, at least IME.
No, no mare here! Barn’s full of boys
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