I'm a bit baffled at 17 mins in you say horses can live without hay. Maybe they can if they are grazing - but living out - horses are trickle feeders so need a constant supply of fibre - which I don't think you made very clear x The chewing process produces saliva which aids peristalsis and that aids digestion which minimises colic so a zero hay or zero grazing situation is not natural or recommended for horses or ponies. The sugar to the water - also why? That can rot their teeth. If they need supplements - seek professional advice.
There are certain reasons some horses cannot eat hay, although roughage is always the best option for most horses health. For instance, I had a 30 year old mare that had lost about 7 molars due to extreme age, she had excellent, yearly equine dental treatments, but over the past few years she kept losing teeth. Horses must be able to chew hay thoroughly to digest it properly. My mare had to be on pelleted stable mix- dehydrated hay feed, because every time she tried to eat hay large clumps of partially unchewed hay would fall out her mouth, basically she couldn't chew the hay properly because of the lack of rear molars available to do the job properly. So she survived on 100% pelleted feed for many years, in perfect weight and health. Unfortunately, hay wasn't an option for her in her senior years.
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I'm a bit baffled at 17 mins in you say horses can live without hay. Maybe they can if they are grazing - but living out - horses are trickle feeders so need a constant supply of fibre - which I don't think you made very clear x
The chewing process produces saliva which aids peristalsis and that aids digestion which minimises colic so a zero hay or zero grazing situation is not natural or recommended for horses or ponies.
The sugar to the water - also why? That can rot their teeth. If they need supplements - seek professional advice.
There are certain reasons some horses cannot eat hay, although roughage is always the best option for most horses health. For instance, I had a 30 year old mare that had lost about 7 molars due to extreme age, she had excellent, yearly equine dental treatments, but over the past few years she kept losing teeth. Horses must be able to chew hay thoroughly to digest it properly. My mare had to be on pelleted stable mix- dehydrated hay feed, because every time she tried to eat hay large clumps of partially unchewed hay would fall out her mouth, basically she couldn't chew the hay properly because of the lack of rear molars available to do the job properly. So she survived on 100% pelleted feed for many years, in perfect weight and health. Unfortunately, hay wasn't an option for her in her senior years.