Horses that have bad teeth and Cushing's disease should be fed several small meals of moist stabilized rice bran, beet pulp and pelleted alfalfa soaked in water. Find roughage foods that geriatric horses can easily chew with helpful information from a farm manager and on-site veterinarian in this free video on horses.
A horse that has two complications of Cushings and bad teeth is very common, because commonly horses that have Cushings are geriatric horses. It is necessary to have your horses teeth floated every twelve months. Horses that are older it maybe mandatory to float every six to eight months if they have abnormal growths and are not able to complete the figure eight necessary for chewing. A horses teeth grow continuously throughout their life, so it is also very important to maintain the front teeth as well as the molars in the back. Power work maybe necessary and can be done under sedation in order to keep a horse chewing properly. If a horse cannot chew properly it will not be able to break down feeds in it's stomach in order to get all the necessary nutrients out of that feed. It's compounded if they have Cushings, because you can't feed them a high protein diet, you are having to rely on ruffages. So available feed stuffs are the stabilized rice brand comes in a meal that can be wet. Beet pulp, which also can be wet to mash, which is very easy for a horses that have little to no teeth. Another option is a pelleted, alfalfa pelleted feed that you add water to, and let the water soak up, and then the horse has a mash easily to eat, very easy to eat. A horse that has this condition will also need to be fed multiple times a day in small doses. Probably three to four times a day in smaller amounts.
Specialty: Horse Health
