sedeh
Well-Known Member
At my last horse show one of my friends was using Busy Snacker hay bags for her minis. They absolutely intrigued me so I had to order some. Most of my mini's get to be in a herd environment and are out on pasture(though my "pastures" are mostly big dry lots.....they still have some stuff they can nibble on). It's the ones that are being stalled that I worry about. They gobble their food down so fast and then are bored the rest of the day. I do give them turn-out time and work them and their stalls all have runs but mostly they just stand there.
They also act like they're starving to death....and believe me, none of my horses is skinny.
I don't really have a consistent schedule where I could feed them several small feedings a day....which would be ideal. I'm delighted with the Busy Snacker because it slows their hay consumption way down! Takes them hours to get all the hay out!
I give them about a third of their food loose and then the rest goes in the Snacker. It has webbing with approx 1 in open squares. They really have to play with it to get their food out. I thought I'd share since so many of us have easy keepers that aren't allowed much food and/or horses that are stalled for long periods of time. Here's the link to their website, the snacker size is perfect for mini's. Busy Horse