Introducing Beet Pulp to Finnicky Babies

csherrenbrueck · Yearling

Introducing Beet Pulp to Finnicky Babies

Barbara F · Grand Prix

I guess my obvious questions is, does he have to eat beet pulp? Is he really thin or not drinking enough?

If he does have to have beet pulp for some reason, can you start with just a tiny bit mixed in with the oats and molasses and if he eats that add a just tiny bit more?

csherrenbrueck · Yearling

Well, um, no not really. He's a very healthy weight. But I mix white earth into it for the horses as a natural dewormer, so he kind of needs to eat it. Plus we're showing him next year and we want him to be all shiny and stuff so and being the organic freaks we are, I add crushed flax to it as well.

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I feel like an idiot for not having tried to start him out slow.

Char wink

Barbara F · Grand Prix

Lol, you're not an idiot at all! Sometimes just getting another opinion does the trick! :)

Cool about the white earth. What is it and how does it work?

-- Edited by Barbara F on Thursday 28th of October 2010 11:12:07 PM

csherrenbrueck · Yearling

White earth is known by it's big name as diatemacious earth...(I spelled that wrong, oh yes I did! wink

). Anyhow it's crushed/ground fossils that is used to kill bugs (cuts them up and dries them out) treat scour on calves etc. And in other use as a dewormer that is safe for everyone (people, cats, dogs, horses)It's great for horses that have IR/EMS etc. since checmical wormers can trigger laminatic incidents, it doesn't take care of bots though as far as I know, so once a year after a long hard freeze I have to cave cry

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You can find more info at www.whiteearth.ca They can give you a better low down on it than I can.

and my daughter wants the purple one... disbelief

Cheers,
Char