Lucky Duck Landing Farms

Are you searching for low sugar hay?

 

Lucky Duck Landing Farms now carries low NSC hays:

3 String Western 120 lb. Bales $45 each:

Straight Teff NSC 9.1%    Straight Timothy NSC 10.8%

 

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Please read about Teff and Timothy. Here is  some information taken directly from google which you can glean from. We encourage contacting your vet for the specific needs of your horse!

 

Teff and Timothy hay is considered safe for horses and ponies with laminitis. To prevent laminitis, horses with laminitis should be fed a balanced diet that's high in fiber and fat, but low in sugar. Forage that's low in sugar, starch, and fructans (non-structural carbohydrates or NSC) is ideal, and should be tested to ensure its below 10% NSC.

 

Laminitis is damage and inflammation of the tissue between the hoof and the underlying coffin bone (distal phalanx, P3). This tissue, the laminae (also called lamellae), is actually folded layers of tissue, contacting the surface of the bone on one side and the inside of the hoof wall on the other, connecting the two.

 

How does a horse act with laminitis?

During an acute episode of laminitis, painful horses may be distressed, sweating, hyperventilating, and have an elevated heart rate. A horse with acute founder will also have clinically normal hooves, with a sudden sinking of the coffin bone within the hoof

 

Signs include:

• an inability or reluctance to walk.

• reluctance to get up after lying down.

• a hoof that is hot to the touch for more than two hours.

• visible lameness on a hard surface or when turning a circle.

• leaning back onto the hind feet (also known as laminitic stance)

• an increased digital pulse in the foot.

 

What not to feed a horse with laminitis?

If your horse requires supplemental feeding, use a feed containing sugar and starch levels of less than 12%. Cut out all treats such as apples, carrots, bread, weeds of any kind and do not add molasses or honey to feed. Always avoid giving cereal grain-based feeds to laminitic horses.