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| Tracey |
Posted - Oct 04 2008 : 11:49:53 AM
Great info for those who feed or are considering adding black oil sunflower seeds to their horse's diet!
http://www.understanding-horse-nutrition.com/black-oil-sunflower-seeds.html
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| Tracey |
Posted - Oct 12 2008 : 10:08:24 AM
That's not true unless you feed the wrong sunflower, Winona. BOSS digests in the horse's system. If it didn't, then you'd get sunflowers and no benefit to the horse. The striped ones don't break down and digest, so then you'd likely end up with flowers. If your friend has sunflowers sprouting, and she's feeding BOSS, then she'd better get her horse looked at because that shouldn't be happening.
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| goneriding |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 06:00:57 AM
A bonus is you get sunflowers in your paddock next spring too! I've never fed them, just heard about them from my friends and this is the 'extra' that you get!
Winona :-)
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| Tracey |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 8:40:42 PM
Sue, that's interesting! I never would have thought about using it for cushings...
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| artbysue |
Posted - Oct 08 2008 : 8:12:51 PM
I used to have a horse with cushing who was on a very specialized diet. We fed him black oil sunflower seeds (in additions to otehr things) and he did very well (considering he had cushing!) The BOSS are so dense with nutrients and the fat keep weight on this guy without throwing his blood sugar all out of whack. I am certain this extended a good quality of life for him.
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