Looking to go back to a good multi-vitamin in lieu of TC Sr. Mine don’t need the calories of a ration balancer.
Formerly used Accel Lifetime, but looks like availability is sketchy. I feed hay and pasture pretty much year round.
Thanks
I’ve been happy with Mega Cell…it’s pretty cost effective when feeding multiple horses.
I like Equi VM from Uckele. Good price, low volume, no iron.
I use the smart vite thrive (from smart pak) for my WB in moderate (but consistent) work, and like it very much. She doesn’t need the extra calories of a concentrate feed yet, so this (plus lots of hay) have done the trick.
U-Balance Foundation from Uckele - sort of a v/m on steroids, with a nice amino acid profile.
I really like Equi VM from uckele good price, even a picky eater will eat it.
$2.67 a DAY :eek:
Wow!
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I know :eek: But it is a magnified v/m, and not every horse will need that. I use it for my big WB who cannot have a RB, and at least it allows me to not have to use Nutramino on top of things.
California Trace Plus.
JB - I use Horse Tech’s High Point Grass for my mare who is allergic to soy and can only have alfalfa pellets (and not a lot of those, since she’s an air fern.) I also add 1/2 scoop of Nutramino. Would U-Balance Foundation be a better choice?
Purina Enrich+. The amount of calories in a pound of feed is pretty low. And I can mix every other relevant supplement into that single pound (all my horses get flax and MSM, and Vit B when the green grass dies).
That’s up to you. For me, I was looking to reduce the number of buckets I was having to scoop out of. The U-Balance is also iron-free, but significantly more lysine and methionine than the HPG, so I could drop the Nutramino. It’s a viable alternative for sure, depending on need. Zinc and copper and pretty much everything are considerably higher in the U-Balance, which is really fantastic for horses who can’t have even a ration balancer, but where a regular v/m, and even the HPG, isn’t enough.
Good to know. Thanks, JB. I’ll give the U-Balance a shot when I finish my large bucket of Horse Tech. Sounds like a more simple way to go.
I was really happy with HorseTech’s High Point Grass + Nutramino. I only switched back to a RB because we moved to a new state and the horses have been boarded, so I wanted to simplify things.
California Trace Plus
I like the higher copper and zinc levels and it has amino acids in it as well which some other Vit/ Mineral mixes do not. It comes in pellets or powder for the same price and you can buy in bulk easily. Relatively low volume (I feed pellets, the powder might be more/ less), and AFAIK soy/ corn/ molasses free. It also is iron free, and I think it smells nice (like bananas?). It also contains a high enough vitamin E level that I feel okay feeding it to my “normal” mare (the other has EPM and needs much more E per day) without adding any more despite her being on hay only.
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After playing with Feedxl, I settled on MegaCell and I’m happy with it.
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Uckele sport horse pellet. I love the profile of the horse tech products but my horses always stop eating it. They love the Uckele product.
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I’ve been really happy with Omega Grande. It is a flax based diet balancer and I feed my big horse 2 cups per day. They have a table on the Omega Fields website that compares it to a bunch of other complete vit/min supplements like platinum performance, etc. if you have a US Rider membership, you get a 15% discount, so it costs me roughly $43/month for a 1,500lb horse. The bonus is that the flax base is Omega Horseshine so my mare has a gorgeous coat.
I like the Uckele Sport Horse Grass pellets too. They aren’t the most palatable thing around but I just ordered another 45 lbs of it…I have two fatties that don’t need the calories of a RB. I also found that other things I would supplement (like magnesium, copper and zinc) are already in the SHG pellets at rates even higher than the separate supps so it reduces the number of buckets I use. I basically only add a joint supp for the performance horses in addition to the SHG. No one here needs any additional top line assistance but SHG has good amino acid levels already for what my horses need.
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Great information here! Thanks for all your suggestions. Now I have some studying to do.
