My horse is suddenly turning up her nose at the Uckele pelleted copper and zinc - alternatives??

[Dr_Doolittle]

@SharonA

This thread makes me love my fella. If he could fit his 14.2 high, 14.2 wide body in there, he would bathe in his feed pan full of brownish-yellowish-green, Kool-Aide-and-yeast-smelling, soaked-timothy-and-supplements slop. Sorry, OP.

:lol::lol:

:(:rolleyes:

[rubygirl1968]

That’s why I never ordered the u balance. Way too expensive for a trial and we don’t need the manganese, ours is already enough in hay alone.

Good luck with the hay harmony, let us know how it goes.

[JB]

Call and ask if they do samples. They do custom blends so they may very well be able to send a sample

[IPEsq]

I fed the Ultra Cruz hoof supplement to my new guy at closer to a double dose per day. It didn’t smell that far off from the Uckele product. While he could use some extra Cu/Zn I was looking for more of an all around hoof supplement to be fair. And he’s much pickier than my last guy (who ate Uckele powdered or pelleted no problem). Maybe this pellet had enough alfalfa smell to make it acceptable. I also can’t really wet his food–some water right at time of feeding is ok but if anything gets soaked/mushy it’s a NO

[NaturallyHappy]

This is an interesting idea. I may use it! Thank you!

[BrookdaleBay]

Has anyone tried Mad Barn’s copper/zinc supplement? my gelding likes their MSM and 3-Amigo’s products, but turned his nose up at pelleted Omneity.

[ladipus]

This looks like a great option!

[ladipus]

Hi! Any updates on the Hay Harmony supplement?!?

[lenapesadie]

@BrookdaleBay

Has anyone tried Mad Barn’s copper/zinc supplement? my gelding likes their MSM and 3-Amigo’s products, but turned his nose up at pelleted Omneity.

I’m curious too! I’ve been making my own Cu/Zn supp from copper sulfate and Zinpro 40 for years but I can no longer source anything but a giant bag of Zinpro that would take my two horses like 4 years to use and the farmer I’ve been splitting the bag with is retiring.

[Libby2563]

@ladipus

Hi! Any updates on the Hay Harmony supplement?!?

My horse that I bought it for refused to eat it. It does have a fairly strong odor and he hates powdery things. I’m currently feeding it to another horse, who will tolerate about 1/3 - 1/2 a serving. The original horse eats Uckele copper and zinc pellets.

[fordtraktor]

Late to the party, but maybe try dumping a packet of Sugar Free Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal in with the supplements? That often works for my picky one.

[Dr_Doolittle]

Hi all,

Well the update (as it were) is not very exciting; mare would not eat the Hay Harmony (I gave it away), BUT!, she decided that she LIKES the copper and zinc pellets again, and has been eating it in her grain ever since.

Horses!