For a tasty snack and also a great way to prevent colic by flushing the digestive system, approx once a month mix some molasses (approx 1 soup ladel full) into water (approx 1 litre) and then mix that into some bran or pollard (approx 2 litre ice cream tub) until it’s a nice moist consistency and feed it to your horse for a treat. They love the taste and as bran and pollard are full of fibre it will give their bowels a good clean out and help prevent sand build up (a huge cause of colic).
Important: This is a prevention, not a cure. If a horse has colic it’s not a good idea to feed them as if there’s a blockage, feed may compound on top and make matters worse. Walking the horse around may help promote the blockage to free it’s self, don’t let the horse roll as this may cause a the gut or bowel to twist and seek a vet asap.
