Canadian horse feed question - Matrix

[Chestnut_Mare1]

Would Matrix Fat Smart be considered a complete feed or would a vit/min supplement need to be added? I tried to get a link to the website but it is not pasting here correctly

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You can also call Otter Coop in Aldergrove. They have very helpful equine nutritionist on staff who don’t try to upsell you and can walk you through a hay test too.

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[Chestnut_Mare1]

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You can also call Otter Coop in Aldergrove. They have very helpful equine nutritionist on staff who don’t try to upsell you and can walk you through a hay test too.

Thanks Scribber! I’ll give them a call this AM. Potential new boarding barn includes it in their board fee.

[Chestnut_Mare1]

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You can also call Otter Coop in Aldergrove. They have very helpful equine nutritionist on staff who don’t try to upsell you and can walk you through a hay test too.

Also it has the Yea-sacc you recommended! The H4H probio seems to be helping her gut so far (on day 4 of feeding it) along with 2 flakes of alfalfa/day.

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@Chestnut_Mare

Also it has the Yea-sacc you recommended! The H4H probio seems to be helping her gut so far (on day 4 of feeding it) along with 2 flakes of alfalfa/day.

Ok great to hear this!

[JB]

@Chestnut_Mare

Would Matrix Fat Smart be considered a complete feed

A “complete feed” contains enough fiber, at least 18% (and 20% or more is best) and is fortified such that it can be fed as the sole source of food to a horse who can’t/shouldn’t have grass or hay (or not nearly enough).

or would a vit/min supplement need to be added?

Without a full GA, without knowing how much you’d be feeding, and without knowing the analysis if your forage, that’s not possible to answer.

But the same can be said about any fortified feed. They are all designed, including this one by the looks of it, to fill in the gross nutritional gaps left by the average forage in your general area (or nation-wide if it’s a nationally available, single formula feed), when fed at the recommended amounts.

Most horses would still benefit from some single-ingredient supplementation in most cases. For example, most feeds don’t provide enough vitamin E on an as-fed basis, so if you’re only feeding hay, you’d need to add more. Forage has sky-high iron and next to no copper and zinc? Add some.

[Chestnut_Mare1]

@JB

A “complete feed” contains enough fiber, at least 18% (and 20% or more is best) and is fortified such that it can be fed as the sole source of food to a horse who can’t/shouldn’t have grass or hay (or not nearly enough).

Without a full GA, without knowing how much you’d be feeding, and without knowing the analysis if your forage, that’s not possible to answer.

But the same can be said about any fortified feed. They are all designed, including this one by the looks of it, to fill in the gross nutritional gaps left by the average forage in your general area (or nation-wide if it’s a nationally available, single formula feed), when fed at the recommended amounts.

Most horses would still benefit from some single-ingredient supplementation in most cases. For example, most feeds don’t provide enough vitamin E on an as-fed basis, so if you’re only feeding hay, you’d need to add more. Forage has sky-high iron and next to no copper and zinc? Add some.

I spoke with their nutritionist this morning, if fed at the recommended amount, this feed contains the “recommended” daily % of minerals and vitamins the average horse needs.