Horse Popsicles – DIY | Dover Saddlery (2024)

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Horse Popsicles – DIY | Dover Saddlery? ›

In a blender, combine remaining apples and a small amount of Stress-Dex^®. Puree until an applesauce consistency is achieved. Add pureed apple mixture to the Stress-Dex^® blend, top off with water (if needed) and shake to mix. Fill ice cube trays (or small cups) with Stress-Dex^® blend.

In a blender, combine remaining apples and a small amount of Stress-Dex^®. Puree until an applesauce consistency is achieved. Add pureed apple mixture to the Stress-Dex^® blend, top off with water (if needed) and shake to mix. Fill ice cube trays (or small cups) with Stress-Dex^® blend.

Horses love popsicles

Just make sure the ingredients are all horse-safe, and not too sugary. You can put the popsicle in your horse's feed tub, hand feed (freeze a carrot in the center as a “stick” to hold), or you can freeze bailing twine into the popsicle itself and hang it from the stall bars.

Fruit and vegetables bunting – using bailer twine make bunting by threading apples and carrots. Once full of fruit and vegetables, freeze the bunting and then hang up in your horses stable or paddock. The horses will feel refreshed from the frozen fruit and vegetables.

Feeding a healthy horse three or four sugar cubes is unlikely to cause a significant glucose spike; however, for a horse with uncontrolled IR, PSSM, or a laminitis history, feeding sugar cubes isn't a risk worth taking. Skip the sugary treats, too, if your horse is overweight, especially if he has a cresty neck.

An especially effective method of ice melting in horse pastures is to apply a thick layer of EcoGrit. This organic, salt-free ice melt product works at temperatures down to minus 20 degrees °C and contains no harmful ingredients that will run off in the melting water.

Eating too many apples can upset a horse's delicate digestive system. Consult your veterinarian before feeding apples or any other treat to overweight horses. Some horses with metabolic disorders such as Cushing's disease should eat a strict low-sugar diet.

Can I feed my horse a banana? ›

Bananas are a healthy source of potassium for horses and are a fruit they really enjoy eating. Bananas are a very popular food for riders to give their race horses as they give that extra boost of energy. You can feed bananas to horses with the skin still on as the whole fruit is beneficial for their health.

Peanut butter is actually safe for horses to eat, but you do need to be wary of feeding too much. The main reason is because peanut butter is high in calories and oil.

Bobbing For Apples or Carrots

Dropping healthy snacks in your horse's water can bring them hours of enjoyment as they work hard to get them out. Some horse aficionados even recommend this as a sure-fire method to get stubborn horses to drink water.

You can make an ice pack with a plastic baggie and ice and either hold the bag to the injury site or use some type of polo wrap or vet tape to hold it in place. This method really only works for injuries that don't require long use, and you will need to remain with your horse to keep them calm and supervise them.

How do you melt ice in horse pastures? An especially effective method of ice melting in horse pastures is to apply a thick layer of EcoGrit. This organic, salt-free ice melt product works at temperatures down to minus 20 degrees °C and contains no harmful ingredients that will run off in the melting water.

It is best to provide horses with room temperature water, or if you must provide frozen, break it up into small pieces or chips and thaw it out before offering it to the horse.