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Michelle Kutelis
Nursing Foal
Username: Acheron
Post Number: 14
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 04:29 pm: | 
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I have some of those great buy 2 get 2 free Omolene coupons still- my question is, with my mare, who needs weight still in addition to MAYBE being in foal, would I be better giving the 200 or the 300?
Right now she's getting all the hay and pellets she will eat, (we ONLY have Alfalfa around here) 5# Equine Senior, and 5# Cappers Mare and Stallion pellets, spread into 3 feedings.
Michelle |
jennifer
Weanling
Username: Hucknjen
Post Number: 38
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:46 am: |
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I would go with whichever is designed for mares in the last trimester. |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 191
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 02:16 pm: |
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Michelle, I feed Missy Omolene 300 and she does just fine on it! I don't think it would hurt your mare any |
Michelle Kutelis
Nursing Foal
Username: Acheron
Post Number: 16
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 02:35 pm: |
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I called Purina this morning to ask them, and got even more confused....lol
The rep told me use the 200, even for a mare that needs weight. The 300 was designed as a growth formula for foals..
But on the website, it says "formulated for foals and lactating mares being feed with their foals" for the 300.
So I'm at the point where I think I'm putting too much thought into this....as usual. ;-) |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 192
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 02:50 pm: |
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well, maybe try 200 to see how she does if you are worried about what Purina says and until the vet tells you whether she is pregnant or not (OR) just go with the 300 until you have the vet out. I don't think it would hurt her either way. Now I'm probably confusing you too!  |
Michelle Kutelis
Nursing Foal
Username: Acheron
Post Number: 17
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 02:57 pm: |
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hehe- it's not all that confusing, I just like the research and like asking others their opinions and ideas. I'm sure she'd be fine with either one....I'm just posessed to find the BEST of everything. |
Susannah Hart
Nursing Foal
Username: Glennedynmorgans
Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 03:58 pm: |
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One of my broodies is on the other end of the spectrum - she's a little too chunky. Over the summer/fall she was on pasture pretty much 24/7 and was fed grain in AM & PM (only 1/3rd cup each time - enough to 'hide' her vitamins/minerals supplement). She kept getting fatter even though the pasture was getting scrubby. I kept her exercised but she still didn't drop the weight. She was checked for thyroid issues and the tests didn't find anything. The vet said that our drought-stressed pasture had a high sugar concentration and that's what was doing her in. I was afraid she would founder.
She's still fat right now and about 315 days pregnant. We never increased her grain during the last trimester and hope that the foal will nurse the weight off of her. My vet recommended putting her on a feed more suited to horses w/metabolic-type syndrome. She's now getting 2/3rds of a cup of Buckeye Grow 'N Win (it smells awesome) per day plus Mare & Foal II supplement by MedVet. The Grow 'N Win is supposed to have less starch and sugar and is a pelleted feed. I plan on using it in the creep feeder for our two foals due this year. |
Kathee McGuire
Breeding Stock
Username: Katheekj
Post Number: 452
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 09:46 pm: |
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Michelle - I switched my girl over to Omelene 300 in the third tri and it gave her terrible gas and even very loose/runny stools. I know most do just fine on it, but she never adjusted. I feed her the Omelene 200 mixed with her regular feed at 50/50. (she foaled a month ago). Just be aware when you make the switch...the Omelene 300 is really, really rich. |
Cathy
Breeding Stock
Username: Cathy
Post Number: 150
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 09:55 pm: |
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I feed so many different ages and types of horses I gave up on all the specialty feed from Purina for different lifestyles.
I now feed Purina Strategy to all my horses. Broodmares, weanlings, foals, stallions, and those that need weight. It was designed for just that purpose.
If I want faster weight gain I just add a little corn oil to it. It is a pellet instead of a sweet feed which is another plus in my book.  |
Kim Winter
Breeding Stock
Username: Clafairy
Post Number: 365
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 08:38 am: |
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Cathy - me too! My mare got a bit chunky and the brood mare feeds instructed to pump her full of the stuff - she would have exploded, now I feed her topspec feed balancer which is for all sorts of horses and if she needs weight they do a great conditionng cubes feed. |
Michelle Kutelis
Nursing Foal
Username: Acheron
Post Number: 20
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 01:15 pm: |
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Thanks for the tips! I sure WISH this mare would have problems with being too chunky! I know they say that it's better to be thin than overweight, but I can't stand to see bony 21 year old horses....and this mare fits the bill sometimes. I'm pouring food into her now, free feeding Alfalfa/Hay pellets, and 10# of Equine Senior and 5# of Cappers Mare and Stallion Pellets. Sigh... |
Megan A Brown
Breeding Stock
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 112
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 01:37 pm: |
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No one responded to my other post so I'll try it here. Does anyone know if it's safe to pasture mares in an oats top seeded pasture? |
Terry O.
Yearling
Username: Ksfarmer
Post Number: 60
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 02:33 pm: |
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Hi Megan. I would say that it is safe to pasture your mares on oat pasture, it makes excellent hay. If I remember right you were worried about the nitrogen content, take a handful, atleast a gallon ziplock bag size and take it to your local vet or county extension agent and they can send it in for it's RFV (relative food value) it will say if there is any worry about any toxicity if any. This same test is used on dry hay all the time. Here in Kansas the last time I had my hay checked it cost about $15. I hope this helps you. |
Megan A Brown
Breeding Stock
Username: Fabmeg
Post Number: 115
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 03:09 pm: |
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thanks, my vet is still looking in to what the safe values for broodmares are. Breeding season has the entire practice running ragged, so it may be a while untill they get me an answer, I was just hoping some one here might know. |
