This message is from: "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Gail. most sources that speak of using Psyllium for horses reccomend mixing a few ounces of oil onto the feed and then adding the Psylium. Problem with that method is that you may not want to give your Fjords the extra fat of all that oil. I do the oil thing with the same exact horsetech product you are speaking of, and my TWH mares gobble it up. I have yet to feed Psyllium to my Fjord, but will do so using a little less oil.
I wonder though, if psyllium coated with oil will still absorb water in the intestines and swell up to do it's cleaning function? I have always wondered that. I think that I will try an experiment of mixing the psylim with oil and then getting it wet and seeing if it will still swell. But, I am a firm believer that it is OK to get the psyllium wet with water before feeding. It turns into a gelatinous substance--the same thing it will turn into in the intestines, and if the horse will still eat it (mine will) I don't see why people are so against it. Perhpas call Rod the owner of Horsetech and ask him if it is OK to get it wet with water before feeding, or if that will somehow negate it's actions in the intestines. when you get an answer, please let us know! Jen On 1/23/08, Gail Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I bought powdered psyllium mixed with ground flax seed from Horse Tech > because it is supposed to be better at picking up sand than pelleted forms. > > Problem is, some horses will not eat it at all. Others breath hard on it > (or the wind blows in the outside corrals) and the psyllium just blows away. > > I know it should not be put in water. I have considered spraying ground up > hay or hay pellets with water, just enough to make the psyllium stick, and > trying that. > > My husband mixes psyllium with molasses and pellets and that works fairly > well, but is horribly messy. > > Gail > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
