[SuckerForHorses]

http://www.triplecrownfeed.com/forag...lfa-lox-forage

I happened to see this on my Facebook news feed. I'm passing this along. What do you nutrition/ulcer folks say about this?

[flyracing]

Save your money; it's just alfalfa pellets with a couple of supplements added in small doses.

[deltawave]

"Revolutionary"?

Agree with fly. Alfalfa is fine, but I don't see anything revolutionary on the ingredient list.

[Cindyg]

I think the magic ingredient is the Mannanoligosaccharides.

Do you know for sure that it's pelleted? The mfg info didn't say that. They list it with their "forages." Some of those are long-stemmed, and some are cubed. Not sure about pellets.

[CrowneDragon]

Do you know for sure that it's pelleted? The mfg info didn't say that. They list it with their "forages." Some of those are long-stemmed, and some are cubed. Not sure about pellets.

It is a loose chaff forage.

[Ms Red Britches]

Bumping this up.

Has anyone had a chance to try this yet?

[Chief2]

Does it come with bagels? Sorry, just couldn't resist.

[blairasb]

Wondering what the price tag per bag is.... I'm intrigued. Wish it would have been around while I was going through ulcer problems with my last gelding. He was fed alfalfa pellets, rice bran pellets and a vitamin supplement instead of grain. If it really is loose chaff that would have been great because he choked on dry pellets once, but if they were soaked and got packed down in the slightest, he would stop eating them.

[Freebird!]

It sounds like what Seminole has - theirs is chaff mixed with vitamins and a few pellets.

[kmmoran]

I'd be more intrigued if it didn't list molasses as an ingredient -_- I hate giving horses too much sugar. I'm sure the biggest help for gastric health here (besides that ingredient I can't pronounce because it's so long) is the amount of fiber. Which is awesome. However, I think there are other ways to get the same effects as this "supplement" without buying the molasses in it. (Alfalfa cubes, flax seed, grain with good amounts of omega's and probiotics).

[SuckerForHorses]

Currently I'm feeding soaked alfalfa cubes, which once broken down, are just like chaff, and a ration balancer for vitamins and minerals. I wonder if the price of this is cheaper per feeding and if it provides what I'm giving in two different products. Back to look at the info...

[SuckerForHorses]

Nevermind, I see that it doesn't even come close to providing what I'm feeding currently...carry on...

[CrowneDragon]

I'd be more intrigued if it didn't list molasses as an ingredient -_- I hate giving horses too much sugar. I'm sure the biggest help for gastric health here (besides that ingredient I can't pronounce because it's so long) is the amount of fiber. Which is awesome. However, I think there are other ways to get the same effects as this "supplement" without buying the molasses in it. (Alfalfa cubes, flax seed, grain with good amounts of omega's and probiotics).

I think the amount of molasses is tiny, and just to keep dust down and bind whatever additives are there to the fiber, to maintain homogeneity. The TC alfalfa and grass forages are around 14% NSC, and I'd guess this is the same.

[kmmoran]

I wish there was some way to know the amount. Since it's the fourth ingredient I would think there's a decent amount of it, but then again there aren't many ingredients listed. Funny story about molasses.. There's one mare at my farm who is super anxious and hot, especially outside. I read her Performance grain nutrition... The first two ingredients: Oats, Molasses. YIKES.

Binding the additives makes sense though, I hope it is a small amount indeed!

[Noms]

I think it is similar in concept to this product Thrive.

http://thrivefeed.com/Amazing_Thrive_Feed.html

I have been feeding this stuff for years and it is the best. What is revolutionary is the way it is processed, the ingredients, and the fact it has zero sugars in the form of cane molasses.