Stall Grazer.
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THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
Horse Feeder
To understand horse feeding, we need to understand
how a horse is programmed to eat.
EQUINE Health
Horses are grazers by nature and when you observe them in a natural
pasture seng you will noce that their head is at ground level and
that they are eang approximately 17 hours a day. This is nature’s
way of slow feeding and has worked since the beginning of me and
long before horse feeders were ever invented.
Over me we transplanted horses from their natural environment
to one that was more convenient for our own purposes. Box stalls
or paddocks removed the access to free choice grazing and the slow
steady intake of feed. A HORSE UNDER LIGHT WORKING CONDITIONS
WILL CONSUME ABOUT 2% OF ITS BODY WEIGHT EACH DAY
OR APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS OF HAY.
Tradional feeders were hung on the stall
wall not considering that a horse’s teeth
do not come into alignment unl the head
is down. Hanging feeders forced the horse
to pull the hay out of the feeder and eat it
off the ground This wasted a good percentage
of the hay and increased the possibility
of ingesng dangerous colic causing
materials. So much hay was being wasted,
we started to feed our horse’s a couple of
flakes of hay twice a day. This pracce reduced
wasted hay but is sll not a healthy
pracce for our horses. The horse has a
small stomach relave to their body size.
When we feed a one to two flakes of hay twice a day, horses
tend to gorge the feed rapidly. The hay and its nutrients are
passed through the stomach with a very low degree of efficiency
and the stomach empes out completely between feedings.
They then wait it out for 10 hours or so unl we show up to
feed them again. This whole me their brain is telling them to
eat, but the availability of feed is not there. Like humans, acid is
always present in a horse’s stomach and they can easily develop
ulcers if a connuous feed supply is not available.
The Stall Grazer 3 in 1 Horse feeder serves as a grazing staon
for your horse. It is designed to sit at ground level and allows
the horse to eat with the head down in a natural grazing posi-
on. The feeder has a capacity to hold a full days’ worth of feed
and will virtually eliminate wasted hay. Your horse will eventually
give up trying to eat unl the feed is gone and start slowly
consuming the feed 17 hours per day just like they do in nature.
Simply keep hay in the feeder. Most horses will self-regulate
their intake to suit their needs. A natural slow feeder!
Stall Grazer horse feeders are used and endorsed by more
Million Dollar Riders, Veterinary hospitals, and Equine Universi-
es than any other horse feeder in the world. Visit us today at
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Stall Grazer horse feeders are manufactured by Pro Panel Inc
right here in the USA.
Start feeding your horse the way nature intended with the Stall
Grazer 3 in 1 horse feeder.
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