My guy has recently been shifted on the advice of his vet to a hay only with flax-based supplement. He’d been getting weirdly reactive with no other clear cause, and is an air fern Mustang. Doc suggested we try the diet change to see if his behavior improved (it has) and on general principles of managing a horse at risk for metabolic issues. Are the Uncle Jimmy’s no sugar added balls/licky things OK in this setting?
The website doesn’t list the ingredients, but given that you can see the corn and oats in them, it doesn’t look like something you want for a reactive, air fern horse.
Retailers with ingredient lists say the no sugar added versions are “Maltodextrin, sorbitol, dried beet pulp, sun cured Alfalfa Pallets, wheat brand, soybean meal.”
I wonder if the photo is not accurate.
@Toblersmom the website has a contact us option. Why not send them an email asking them what is this product. You can also ask if the photo is an accurate depiction since you see the grain.
A quick Google turns up that maltodextrin turns into glucose in the gut. If that ingredient list is accurate, it’s still not appropriate for a horse that’s off of sugar.
So, I emailed them and got this response "They took a picture of the regular ball and stuck a No Sugar Added label on it. Wow, good catch. I will have my web designer change that. Thank you very much. The ingredients are:
Maltodextrin, Sorbital, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Suncured Alfalfa Pellets, Wheat Bran, and Soybean Meal. So sorry. " Looking at the site it looks like they’ve actually already corrected that. But, yes, the more I read about maltodextrin the more it seems like it’s not the right choice here.
