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13/11/2024

🧐🐴 Let us explain some truths and debunk myths about pelleted feed.

THE TRUTH
➡ pelleted feed is heavier and denser so your horse can ingest more feed per mouthful, often useful with picky eaters and older horses.
➡ Raw materials are milled into small particles and mixed with the premix and then go through a steam pelleting process at approx 45 degrees. Thus partially cooking the starch in the feed, greater absorption.
➡ A 'pellet' is under 5mm and a cube is anything above 5mm in size.
➡ Because no whole seeds or grains are used, nothing will germinate in your paddocks or along indigenous and natural riding trails.
➡ Pellets and cubes are highly soluble and easily dissolve as the horse starts chewing with the saliva and then into the stomach. Ensuring the starch and sugar gets easily absorbed into the blood stream.
➡ Pelleted feed eliminates selective eating. With a meal or muesli there is always a risk that your horse might pick his feed, leaving a certain raw material he doesn't like. Therefore not getting all the benefits of the carefully formulated diet.
➡ Pelleted feed is easier to feed for horses living out with less wastage.

MYTHS
➡ pelleted feed causes colic. Feeding too much of any concentrate to a horse creates colic. With a small stomach the recommended MAXIMUM concentrate meal should be 2kg OR LESS. In this way the feed can safely be digested without creating stomach distention or fermentation. Because pelleted feed is denser and heavier it is easy to make the mistake of feeding too much. Always weigh your feed to make sure of meal size.
➡ pelleted feed causes choke. Horses choke on food when they eat too fast. Wet the feed and always feed SMALL MEALS MORE OFTEN to mimic their natural eating habits. Place larger, safe objects like rocks or bricks in the manger to make the horse have to eat around them, thus slowing ingestion down. Always ensure your horse has lots of fresh, clean water available. Allow for good quality hay to be available for them to nibble on during the course of day so they are not overly hungry at meal times.


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Reduces anxiety
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Through their gentle presence, horses help us reconnect with our feelings, offerings support when words fall short. Whether it's stress, anxiety, or emotional wounds, horses provide a therapeutic bond that helps us process and heal.

Benefits of connecting with horses:
* Increases emotional awareness
* Builds trust and empathy
* Creates a safe space for vulnerability

Have you ever felt a special connection with animals? Share your experience below we would love to hear your stories 👇

At EQS we know horses are the Ultimate caretakers of our mental and emotional well being. Their quiet strength, empathy ...
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That is why we always strive to provide the best in quality products and service to ensure every experience reflects the love and care that horses so generously give.

Join us in a 3 part series to discoverbhow these incredible animals can transform your mental health!

We are so excited to have Helen on board 😁 Welcome Helen Boulter McMahon
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We are so excited to have Helen on board 😁
Welcome Helen Boulter McMahon

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🧐 DID YOU KNOW??
We only make our Epol horse feed at Pretoria West and it gets transported around the country and exported from there. So every bag you open has originated from Pretoria. Which is also why your much loved feed costs more further away from the mill.
WHY DID WE DO THIS?
Pretoria West mill is a dedicated ionophore and rumensin free plant. This decision was reached a number of years ago with your horse's safety in mind. Due to the 2 mentioned products, used in other specie animal feeds being dangerous to horses, we decided to dedicate a plant to the manufacture of our horse feed.
We do make other animal feeds in this plant, but we only manufacture animals feeds that are SAFE to our special horses.
We produce layer feed, poultry breeder, game, pig, rabbit, ostrich and bagged broiler feed that is free of any risky contaminants to horses.
We do not have these products in the plant and this eliminates any human risk of contamination during the manufacture process.
This should give our very important clients PEACE OF MIND that we have placed the safety of their horses first when making our business decisions.

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Old Chipping Shed, The Woodmill Centre, Vredenburg Road
Mowbray
7600

Opening Hours

Monday 07:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 07:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 07:30 - 16:00
Thursday 07:30 - 16:00
Friday 07:30 - 16:00

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+27825288349

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