Ep. 13: The Ever-Versatile Equine Ration Balancer

Scoop & Scale: An Equine Podcast (Mostly) About Nutrition

Equine ration balancers are multipurpose horse feeds that pack big benefits in small portions. As the name implies, they are meant to “balance” horse diets by providing essential nutrients hay and forage might lack. Ration balancers are typically lower calorie than other concentrates but still designed to meet horses’ basic vitamin, mineral, and protein requirements, which is essential for health. This makes them an especially good option for easy keepers or a solid nutritional foundation you can build on for horses that need more energy from their feed and forage.
Like a ration balancer, this episode is packed with good stuff! Dr. Clair and Michelle discuss:
• The difference between a rational balancer and a basic multivitamin-and-mineral supplement.
• How ration balancers can ensure your horses get the nutrition they need to support their soundness, and performance.
• Why ration balancers can cut down on chore time and streamline your feed room, even if you care for horses of different ages and activity levels.
• How to use ration balancers in combination with other feeds and forages.
• Understanding ration balancer pricing and serving size (hint: the bag is more expensive, but you get a lot more servings!).
• What vitamins, minerals, proteins, and electrolytes you might find in them.
• Why they might be the right choice for easy keepers and horses with gastric ulcers, equine metabolic syndrome, insulin dysregulation, and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.
Join us and find out if ration balancers are right for your horse.

Thanks for riding along with us!