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Everyday cooking rice to fatten up thoroughbreds?? (Ex race horse)?

I have a ex race horse thoroughbred, as any horsey person will know how hard it is to fatten a thoroughbred without heating them up (Sending them fizzy) I have been told that rice - yes just everyday cooking rice - is a great fattener, and wont heat them up. Is this true? and any other suggestions on fattening a thoroughbred with out the 'heating/fizzing' up?? and yes i already no to precook the rice, because is does swell, and if given to horse uncooked can give them colic and kill. any idea's would be much appreciated.. cheers. Hi thanx Ava... I did know rice can kill... and the reason he's not on oats is because he heats up very easliy pretty much a sniff of the stuff he heats up... i put him on flacked barley, 'coz apparently it isnt supposed to heat them... but it has and he is only on a handful of the stuff... and also with oats he has the 'runs' and apparently it's because he has been getting to much oats, i/e oaten hay, oaten chaff etc, so now i have just got him onto wheaten chaff and wheaten hay. but thanks anyway big help!! Hi thanx D, I honestly don't mind when he's a little 'hot headed' however he does, yes he is a nut at times he has gone through 2 fences previously when hot... but thnx everyone.....

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1. I would not feed a horse rice ever. Rolled oats or crimped oats fatten up horses. Also you may use one lid full of (corn cooking oil) in feed. 1 time per day. Helps in coat and dry grains. Makes a big difference. Horse didn't loose weight over night it's going to take awhile just hang in there. You know that dry rice kills birds? Cause it swells up inside of them that is why weddings now use bird seed not rice anymore. Slowly mix in 1/2 scoop of rolled oats or crimped oats once a day in feeding or just mix with your regular grain. For about 2 weeks. Then up it to .75 of 1 scoop for 2 weeks. Then 1 full scoop of oats with your grain. Horses don't seem to like oats just by itself keep your grain going with the oats. Cut back on your sweet feed to cause your making up the difference with the oats. Little at a time. Not all at once. That breed is meant to be lean, not fat. Corn makes horses hot not oats.
2. i don't know about the rice, seems a bit risky to me really. the corn cooking oil works like a dream though, really fills out those hard keepers. also you may want to try a weight builder. there is one literally called "Weight Builder" and if you don't see a difference back in 30 days money back guarantee. http://www.pbshorsehealth.com/graphics/weightbuilder.jpg the black as knight supplements also seem to help a bit. and i know how you mean that oats make them a handful... corn doesn't get them hyped up at all! corn helps hold in body heat, which is why your supposed to more of it in the summer and LESS oats. i've got a Quarter Horse that I have the same prob with. Doesn't hold weight on well , but gets hyper Very EASILY. though i still go ahead and give the oats and molasses, i care more about how hes looking and feeling then i do about how he acts. if hes feeling good and looking like he should then im happy. my boy gets a bale of hay a day just to himself, plus a scoop and a half of oats, corn, and pellets mixed together. also, you could try feeding him the most of his daily food in the evenings, its been proven that they digest more of it.
3. If its to hard to find a feed that fatens without oats, try putting sunflower seeds in the horses food. It's great are calming horses down, friends of mine have 10 eventers that are ex race horses and the sunflower seeds work wonders.
4. A little bit of vegetable oil mix with your horses grain is a cheap weight builder and also makes there coat shiner. It doesn't work as good as a real store purchased weight builder but it helps a little and will not harm your horse unless given to much. I sometimes feed it to my horse and it doesn't affect her personality at all. Just remember don' t feed to much of it at a time.
5. Wouldn't use rice. Some feed companies make feeds for weight gain without the fizziness that contain rice, but the rice is processed (as in rice crispies...!). Oil, up tp 200ml a day, can work really well. You have to gradually introduce this, though, and also make sure that there is enough Vitamin E and selenium in his diet. A feedbalancer should contain these in recommended quantities. Sunflower or corn oil is best and horses don't seem to mind the taste. Mix with feedbalancer/vitamin supplement and plenty of chop (alfalfa is good), and some sugarbeet. Also feed ad lib hay and make sure to feed 2 or 3 meals a day rather than all in one go. Good luck!