“Slow” Feeder Good For Mare

“Slow” Feeder Good For Mare LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment Heather Smith Thomas Salmon Idaho: “I have a mare that eats her hay quickly and then wants to chew on fences or reach over or through them to try to get to some grass If I feed her more hay she gets too fat “I decided to try a ‘slow’ feeder to make her eat the proper amount of hay more slowly so it would last longer through the morning and evening after her twice-daily feeding “The best one I’ve found is called The Savvy Feeder® www savvyfeeder com and I like it because it is sturdy and can take a lot of abuse yet is lightweight and portable It’s built like a box with slanted sides bigger at the bottom with a grate that sits on top of the hay and keeps moving down as the horse pulls the hay out through the grate It’s always right on top of the hay as the amount of hay decreases This feeder holds up to 25 pounds of hay The manufacturer says it takes 4 to 10 times longer for a horse to consume it than when eating hay with free access My mare works very diligently at getting the hay out and it probably only takes her about 3 times longer to eat her hay but that’s still a great benefit – giving her more eating time to occupy her busy mind and less time to get into trouble trying to destroy her pen!”

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