WHY FEED FORAGE PELLETS OR CUBES?
Pellets and cubes are great for horses for the following:
- Overall digestive health
- Assists with needed weight gain and/or weight maintenance
- Poor dental health
- Post-operative care such as colic surgery
- Hind gut ulcers
- Soaked pellets and cubes can provide needed hydration during travel
Other Tips:
- Convenient – Easy to measure and feed, easy to transport, ideal for limited storage space
- For horses that have dental problems or horses that aggressively consume their feed, Standlee Premium Products cubes and pellets are recommended to be fed wet (2:1 - water to pellet/cube ratio), soaked in water for 30 minutes or until properly softened
- If feeding pellets or cubes for the first time, make sure they are soaked to prevent rapid consumption, which could lead to choke
- Gradually introduce pellets and cubes into your horse’s diet over a 14 day period, to minimize the chance of digestive upset
- Always feed by weight not volume
- A pound of pellets, equals a pound of cubes, equals a pound of long-stemmed forage
- Processing from long-stem forage (bales) into pellets or cubes does not change digestibility
- Feed 1.5-2.5% of body weight in forage per day - For a 1000 pound horse, that’s approximately 15-25 pounds per horse per day
For any questions, please contact Standlee Premium Products at customerservice@standlee.com or 1-800-398-0819.
