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Ask the Nutritionist: Dr. Getty's Forum for Equine Nutrition
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Re: Ration Balancing

Hi Doctor Getty!

Thanks for your response. I've started the mare on flaxseed meal, which thankfully she seems to like (picky eater).

You also recommended Ration Plus and Select I & II minerals. I just noticed on another post "fat for weight gain", that Select II has microbials, so you advised the poster to another try B-plex instead, since her horse would get the microbials from the Select II and didn't need the ration plus. Would this be the same for my mare (who will be started on Select I for alfalfa diets shortly), or should I still try the rationplus because of her history of ulcers? Don't want to over-do anything. Or perhaps I should try her on the Select I for a bit and see how things go?

Thanks again - love the site!

Also, out of curiousity, you mentioned that you don't recomment supplementing iron - why not?

Where are you from? Ontario, Canada

Re: Ration Balancing

Hi Lisa,

Yes, that’s true – Select I does have microbials – it was the B vitamins I was after and the extra microbials are helpful in this case because of her history of ulcers. So I would still recommend that you use the Ration Plus.

I don’t like adding iron because horses are rarely iron deficient. They are able to store large amounts of iron in their cells and they get plenty of iron from hays.

Keep me posted!

Dr. Getty