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Post by SuzieP on Sept 17, 2011 15:15:35 GMT -1
Does anyone feed it? There's probably a thread on it somewhere LOL. I went to the tack shop to pick up some feed today and there was a man there giving out free samples of Flaxseed oil. He was expounding on the benefits of cold-pressed flax oil over other oils because it's high in Omega 3 which is a natural anti-inflammatory and has been shown to help in the control of ponies prone to laminitis. It's the same as linseed oil - but the oil is cold pressed out rather than boiled out. Apparently cold pressing retains nutrients whilst boiling destroys them. It is interesting to see the Omega oil content of other frequently-fed oils compared to flax oil. www.pureflax.co.uk |
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Post by harveydales on Sept 17, 2011 16:05:10 GMT -1
There must be something wrong with my computer because it disconnects when I press the link you gave.
Yes, I've used cold pressed Flax/Linseed oil for the horses and for myself in the past. I stopped because of the cost and I read some articles why you should be careful over how much you feed. I can't remember the reasoning now - must go and look it up.
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Post by felix on Sept 17, 2011 16:44:51 GMT -1
i put perdie on this one in feb this year as was looking a bit poor for my liking.she picked up very quickly and i then stopped feeding it as was getting too fat.
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Post by SuzieP on Sept 17, 2011 16:48:10 GMT -1
Can you remember how much you gave her each day?
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Post by felix on Sept 19, 2011 17:03:59 GMT -1
i gave her 25ml daily.until id used half the bottle by which time she'd got too fat so i gave rest to friend to use on a youngster she'd just rescued in a poor condition
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Post by SuzieP on Sept 19, 2011 20:40:51 GMT -1
Gosh! They recommend 50ml - 100ml for a horse in light work as Bea is. I'll probably start him off at 25ml then and increase if he needs it. Thanks for the info.
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Post by felix on Sept 20, 2011 7:01:35 GMT -1
i started on 25ml as perdie was only nearly two and not doing anything and was only about 300 kg max so figured id try half does first.also she was only getting 1 feed a dat so would have been too much for one feed.i liked it.
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Post by SuzieP on Sept 20, 2011 11:33:40 GMT -1
Mmm - yes, Bea only has one feed. He's 480kg - usually 520kg going into the winter. I'd like to get him to 500kg for the whole of winter if I can. 520kg is a bit heavy for him really, and I need to protect his joints.
The vet has condition scored him at 3 on the 5-point scale...but maintaining that will be the trick. Going into winter at 480kg doesn't give him any leeway at all for dropping off.
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Post by dalesponyrider on Sept 25, 2011 11:24:16 GMT -1
On Zelda's recommendation I fed Micronised Whole Linseed last winter to D and she did marvellously on it. That way I fed the oil plus all the other goodness in the seed.
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Post by SuzieP on Mar 11, 2012 18:10:55 GMT -1
On Zelda's recommendation I fed Micronised Whole Linseed last winter to D and she did marvellously on it. That way I fed the oil plus all the other goodness in the seed. Linda - the oil is cold pressed, so keeps all the goodness from the seed, but in a concentrated form. Just an update on this.... We fed Bea 75ml of the flax oil daily together with Equalibra balancer plus his normal hard feed. He has held his weight at around 500kg all winter and coming into spring he is looking fab. His ribs are nicely covered, his bum is rounded and he has maintained topline. I'm really pleased. |
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