How can I encourage my horse to eat alfalfa cubes?
I am moving my horse from a pasture in Texas to an equestrian center in California in May. The facility only feeds alfalfa cubes. I bought a bag and have attempted to encourage my horse to eat them as snacks, but he refuses. I have tried breaking them into flakes, and mixing it with his grain- neither worked. Any suggestions?
He is on pasture so I cannot deprive him of flakes of hay unfortunately and he definitely isn’t buying the cube as a treat idea.
You may want to try soaking them before feeding or pouring oil on them to make them seem more tasty. However, your horse may not take to them at all and you may be better off either weaning him off alfalfa all together or seeing if the stable in California would allow you to ship in Alfalfa bales.
It must be the exact opposite here in Texas as in California. I had a horse from Cali. board at my stable and the owner wanted cubes too, around my town and surrounding city’s they don’t sell alfalfa cubes. They too had to bring cubes with them.
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