Did someone say that it wasn’t?
Yes, I know that. I’m not sure how that post that you replied to said that I didn’t?
These two recent replies have me confused and I think what I’m saying has been misunderstood. Perhaps I wasn’t clear enough.
To summarize, horse is an easy keeper and I want to make sure he gets good nutrients. He doesn’t necessarily need calories. That’s why he was on a balancer. I used TC Balancer, but wanted to try TC Balancer Gold because I was curious about trying something without soy in it. Especially after others experienced positive results. I noticed that my horses fatty pockets reduced as a result (which is GOOD) but he seemed a bit batty.
I then wondered if an alfalfa based balancer could’ve been what was making him a bit nutty. So then I just put him on timothy pellets so he’d still get something at feed time and not make a fuss. It would also keep things simple from an ingredient standpoint, I think. Since the pellets don’t have the vit/min in them, I asked about Vermont Blend, California Trace, etc. I know of them, but hadn’t fed any of them. I mainly asked about what people chose or had experienced when feeding those, or what they’d add to the timothy pellets to get the vit/mins he’d now be missing from no longer eating the TC.
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FWIW and a month late I guess but I feed the Vermont Blend Pro and like it, I do supplement with Vitamin E. Custom Equine Nutrition also does the Vermont Blend in pellets that some find easier to feed.
That’s what I ended up with. Seems to be going well. As in, he’s eating it and no negative results to report as of now.
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My apologies…I’m not sure how that response went to you …I really liked the TC Gold Balancer for being soy free and containing whey protein, tummy buffer and electrolytes…but I don’t like that it’s alfalfa based and is as high in starch and sugar as it is …I have a few metabolic ones that are sensitive…if I wanted to stick with a bagged ration balancer I go with Hygain Metasafe …it’s very low starch & sugar , high fiber , and soy, alfalfa , corn , molasses , and cereal grain free with a low feed rate …or if I wanted even less calories and other ingredients than that I would do Vermont Blend Pro (or original formula if you prefer pelleted) , California Trace Plus Pellets (although they might contain alfalfa meal) or KIS Trace with a soaked base of Timothy Pellets , Timothy Balance Cubes or Pink Mash
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