Posted: 21st May 2015 | Back to news feed
Imagine the human athlete attempting to perform on insufficient nutrition and a poorly functioning digestive system. It is just as important for us to ensure that our horse’s guts are supported fully to avoid many health problems and enable them to perform to their optimum. The first step to doing this is forage, and what better way to ensure a trickle feeding pattern than with Elim-a-Net?
The fundamental of healthy digestion is forage. The horse requires a constant passage of food in a little and often pattern. However this can cause a challenge for many reasons. Modern day management systems often mean that horses can be stabled for long periods of time, often gorging on their forage and being left without for several hours. In addition, those animals with a tendency to lean towards being overweight, or prone to laminitis, require a carefully monitored diet to prevent them piling on the pounds.
Starvation diets are not the solution in this case. Regardless of weight, equines have an innate need to chew and consume forage, and by restricting this you are potentially risking digestive upset. The solution is to provide your horse’s forage in an Elim-a-Net.
Elim-a-Net is the original slow feeding haynet and features a unique Inner Net Design thatincorporates a vertical strand through each hole in the net, helping to ensure forage is available for longer, allowing the horse to trickle feed and thus slowing down their eating pattern. The innovative Elim-a-Net keeps equines occupied and content in the stable, horsebox or in the field, allowing them to have constant access to forage, without having to overfeed.
Elim-a-Net provides a solution for feeding a greedy or overweight equine, for horses and ponies prone to laminitis, as well as easing boredom and helping to alleviate vices in horses stabled for longer periods of time, including those on box rest. Elim-a-Net is suitable for use with haylage and dry or soaked hay and not only offers a host of health benefits, but also reduces wastage, thus saving money.
Elim-a-Net is available in Pony, Cob or Horse size to ensure the perfect size net is selected for each individual equine. Prices start at £10.99. For more information and to find your local stockist visit www.parellproducts.com/ or call 07715 172 470.
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