Mominis
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After years using Omolene 200, I switched up my feed this year to Omolene 500 and so far, I'm really happy with it. I called the people at Purina to discuss the product before I tried it and they said that the 500 is essentially Ultium in a grain form rather than pellets. Their research showed that some horses, after being on Ultium for a long time, would go off of the feed and claimed it was a palitability issue. The grain form has not proven to have those problems. The 500 is lower in protein and sugars and startches than the 200. We've been on it a couple of months and Shake looks great! Here is the label info from the 500:
CRUDE PROTEINMIN12.00%
LYSINEMIN0.65%
CRUDE FATMAX8.00%
CRUDE FIBERMIN9.00%
CALCIUM (CA)MIN0.90%
CALCIUM (CA)MAX1.20%
PHOSPHORUS MIN0.50%
COPPER (CU) MIN55PPM
SELENIUM (SE)MIN0.60PPM
ZINC (ZN)MIN220PPM
VITAMIN AMIN3000IU/LB
VITAMIN EMIN150IU/LB
When I went to the feed store last week, I saw Purina's new Miniature Horse and Pony feed and compared the labels. I have to say, I wasn't impressed with it. They are both doing well on the 500. I fed grass hay with this over the winter, but as we are slimming down for show season, I'm back to the TNT Chops Timothy/Alfalfa mix. I mix the chops in with the feed in one bucket and it slowed down the bolting of their grain, which is a peeve of mine.
Has anyone else tried the 500? I'd sure like to get your opinion on it.
Also...it struck me as strange that my vet advised that I go with the timothy/alfalfa mix hay this year with the 500, but advised me to go with the straight alfalfa last year when feeding 200. The 200 is higher in protein than the 500, also higher in sugars and starches. Does anyone have any thoughts on why he would advise the different hay? When I asked him, he said that he would be concerned with gastrointestinal issues when feeding such a high level of concentrrates, but this is actually a lower concentrate diet as the 500 contains beet pulp, considered a root forage, not a concentrate. Would love to get your thoughts.
CRUDE PROTEINMIN12.00%
LYSINEMIN0.65%
CRUDE FATMAX8.00%
CRUDE FIBERMIN9.00%
CALCIUM (CA)MIN0.90%
CALCIUM (CA)MAX1.20%
PHOSPHORUS MIN0.50%
COPPER (CU) MIN55PPM
SELENIUM (SE)MIN0.60PPM
ZINC (ZN)MIN220PPM
VITAMIN AMIN3000IU/LB
VITAMIN EMIN150IU/LB
When I went to the feed store last week, I saw Purina's new Miniature Horse and Pony feed and compared the labels. I have to say, I wasn't impressed with it. They are both doing well on the 500. I fed grass hay with this over the winter, but as we are slimming down for show season, I'm back to the TNT Chops Timothy/Alfalfa mix. I mix the chops in with the feed in one bucket and it slowed down the bolting of their grain, which is a peeve of mine.
Has anyone else tried the 500? I'd sure like to get your opinion on it.
Also...it struck me as strange that my vet advised that I go with the timothy/alfalfa mix hay this year with the 500, but advised me to go with the straight alfalfa last year when feeding 200. The 200 is higher in protein than the 500, also higher in sugars and starches. Does anyone have any thoughts on why he would advise the different hay? When I asked him, he said that he would be concerned with gastrointestinal issues when feeding such a high level of concentrrates, but this is actually a lower concentrate diet as the 500 contains beet pulp, considered a root forage, not a concentrate. Would love to get your thoughts.
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