Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Beet Pulp
I?have always fed beet pulp to my horses - healthy, thin, old, didn't matter.? Not?every day,?but more frequently over the winter.??I have tired it a few times over the years with my old skinny girls with mixed results - they usually won't eat it. I have a feeling my error was to offer it to them initially in a big plastic horse pan.? They saw all this stuff that they had never seen before, and would have nothing to do with it.
But a year or so ago I was told that it is?an easy way to get?Albon tablets (crushed up in a coffee grinder)?into alpacas if they?need treatment for coccidia.??I had a couple girls with coccidia last month,??so I fed?it to everyone in that pasture?for a few days until I knew they would all eat it, then added the meds to the?two girls' share.??Worked like a charm.? I ended up letting everyone have a try, in the event that I have to treat the others at some point.? I had one or two in each pasture that really liked it, and of course their pasture mates had to check it out.? All the girls loved it, but my 3 yearling boys weren't quite so thrilled.?
I?usually?put a couple inches worth in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket and soak it overnight.? That soaks up to about 1/2 of a bucket.? I give a cup or so to each girl that likes it, and the chickens helped themselves.?
Heidi Christensen
WingNut Farm Alpacas
Graham WA
(253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
www.wingnut-
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From: mergmet <mergmet@yahoo.
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 8:37 am
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Beet Pulp
How much beet pulp do you feed?
Healthy horse?
Underweight horse?
Healthy alpaca?
Underweight alpaca?
Dogs?
How about chickens?
Everyones formula please!
Margaret Hamilton
from Feathers to Fiber.... Endless Farms
Surry, VA www.endlessfarm.
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From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Behalf Of houckj@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:57 AM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: [SPAM][AlpacaTalk] Beet Pulp
Does anyone here feed beet pulp to their alpacas? I started feeding it
to our much loved elderly horse this year and have been so pleased with
her weight and coat improvement. I started giving it to my dog who has
been suffered with coat and skin problems for a couple of years and
nothing seems to help. His stool almost immediately improved, it's been
a few weeks and I've yet to see any changes in his coat. I've started
giving it to my inside cat who always has a hard tiny stool; but she
won't eat but a tiny tiny bite of it.
I started giving it to my alpacas about a week ago. They love it. Any
thoughts or info anyone?
Also, wanted to let you all know that I just recently read that ducks
will "totally clear your garden of snails and slugs". I am excited to
think they have cleaned up the snails in the alpaca pasture they share.
Warmly, Janice in GA
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