HOME TO A NICE STRAW... DINNER?
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DONNA CASE BSc (Hons) is an experienced, fully insured independent equine nutritionist who runs her consultancy ‘The Horse Feed Guru’ out of Newmarket, working both nationally and internationally. She works with a variety of horses and ponies from competition horses to retired veterans. Visit thehorsefeedguru.com
TRADITIONALLY, STRAW WAS often eaten by our horses. In our grandparents’ day, the main option for bedding would have been a straw-based bed, and it was a given that some of the bed would be eaten. This in turn reduced the forage bill and was a regular ‘filler’ to go alongside the hay ration. The question here is did our ‘elders know best’, allowing their horses access to eating straw, and if so, what could our horses be missing out on
