Transitioning Your Horse on Spring Pastures

As our pastures transition from the winter to spring there are many considerations horse owners need to consider to ensure their horses handle the changes in their diets appropriately. We start off with how establishment of spring pastures will start with cool season forages and then much later in the spring, warm season forages. Of course this will depend greatly on what area of the country or world you are living in. We next talk about the physiology of the young emerging plants and how they can affect your horse. It is important to remember these young plants are nutrient dense, meaning they are packed with starch and sugars. This can have implications to your horse and their digestive tract health. Thus, we discuss a sensible plan to safely transition your horses. We also mention some problems associated with transitioning a horse too quickly on lush spring pastures. Finally, we address the question on whether or not you need to alter your concentrate fed to your horse with changes to their forage of spring pasture.

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