Everything Horse magazine Everything Horse Magazine, December 2015 | Page 26

Winter Feeding - High Fibre Diet a Must! Feeding a High-Fibre Diet using Elim-a-Net The winter weather can affect a massive change in our equine’s daily routine. A horse’s condition may drop as their access to the once lush, leafy green summer pastures is limited due to a decrease in grass growth throughout the autumn and winter months. It is therefore important to replace reduced grazing with an alternative source of good quality forage, such as hay or haylage, to help keep the gut working as nature intended and to maintain digestive health. The Elim-a-Net is a winter essential when it comes to encouraging a more natural, tricklefeeding pattern. The physical barrier of the Inner-Net design regulates forage consumption and prevents over-eating, whilst also eliminating the need to double-net. This ensures that equines Tip Top Condition with Fibre-Beet receive a plentiful supply of fibre over a prolonged period of time and this slow digestion of fibre creates heat within the horse’s body, assisting with maintenance of temperature and condition. Available in a range of colours, in three sizes; Pony, Cob and Horse. Pony is priced at £10.99, Cob at £11.99 and Horse at £12.99. For more information visit parellproducts.com Advance Concentrate Complete A forage balancer with money back guarantee! It’s been created to support fibre diets and to help the horse to thrive when fed as nature intended. The balancer contains bioavailable minerals, vitamins and trace elements that help to support the horse’s body systems and health with the high levels of probiotics and saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast supporting the digestion of fibre in the hind gut. Equimins is so confident in this feed balancer that if after feeding it for a two month period you don’t see an improvement in condition, a full refund is available. Available in powder and pellet. Prices start from £13.55. Please note that as this is a concentrated balancer, most horses just receive 60g per day, making it excellent value for money. For more information visit www.equimins.com Fibre-Beet is a formulated blend containing all the benefits of the original Speedi-Beet product with added high quality Alfalfa for condition. Alfalfa can help with topline and that extra finishing touch for competition horses or simply in maintaining weight and a healthy, shiny coat. It also provides a good range of minerals, trace elements and amino acids. Fibre-Beet suitable for laminitics as it is high in fibre with a low sugar content. Fibre-Beet also contains Biotin to help maintain hoof integrity. Fibre-Beet is soaked and ready to feed in only 45 minutes in cold water or 15 minutes in hot water. It is available from all leading wholesalers in easy to handle 20kg bags and costs around £11.9512.90. For more information on FibreBeet visit www.britishhorsefeeds. com. Equerry High Fibre Cubes Equerry High Fibre Cubes are designed for horses and ponies at rest or in very light work, when feeding forage alone is not enough to meet your horses’ nutritional needs. Lower energy cubes are also a perfect way to provide ‘Non-Heating’ energy for excitable horses, whilst keeping them is tiptop health. They are made from a high fibre formula providing essential vitamins and minerals including magnesium and a source of protein. Equerry High Fibre Cubes are low calorie, making them ideal for good26 doers and are cereal-grain free with low levels of sugar and s \