Ever feed your horse pumpkin?

becdubie · Ever feed your horse pumpkin?

So it's pumpkin season and I'm wondering...

learningthedance

Yes!! Good for their stomachs, high fiber/ low calories, and packed with all your A's, B's(especially!), and C vitamins.

I have one that will turn his nose up at it, and the others will fight over it.

I also will give it to my German Shepherd who tends to get upset stomach easily. She is enzyme deficient and this really seems to help sooth her belly.

HopeMissouri

Yes, I feed pumpkin to my horses, dogs and cats. The vet recommended canned pumpkin for a kitty with digestive problems. About once a month I divide a can between 4 horses, 4 dogs and 3 cats.

Clarissa

Yes, Yes, Yes!!!

I grow heaps of pumpkins & feed adlib. The plants never get a go on in the paddock though because the horses eat the vines before they even get to bearing age

They are a good fill in when carrots are in short supply or expensive because I feed plenty of carrots too as an addition in their diets.

Chop the pumpkin in half & stand back quickly

& watch the power of the equine lower mandible

Many seeds go through whole which means lots of self seeded vines throughout the paddock for extra nutrition & variety.

All good.