TopSpec Donkey Forage Balancer is designed to be fed to donkeys from three weeks of age upwards. This palatable balancer provides essential vitamins and minerals plus amino acids, pure specific yeast, and MOS (mannan oligosaccharides) to balance forage (usually in the form of poor grass, straw, hay, or chop). The low protein, cereal-grain-free, low sugar and starch, low calorie but high-fibre formula will not promote weight gain and can be used as an important part of a weight reduction programme when the rest of the diet is also calorie controlled.
Feeding trials at The Donkey Sanctuary have shown that the best way of delivering an optimal level of nutrition, without promoting weight gain, is to feed small amounts of a multi-supplement in a concentrated, palatable pellet such as Donkey Forage Balancer, which is designed to be fed with forage, avoiding the need to add excess calories to the donkey’s diet. It is palatable and pelleted and can be fed on its own in a bucket or by hand.
For donkeys that need to gain condition, it is recommended that Comprehensive Feed Balancer is fed.
Further Key Nutritional Facts:-
- A general-purpose supplement to help maintain general health; vital for donkeys on a restricted, forage-only, diet.
- The level of biotin scientifically proven to improve hoof quality in horses (15mg/500kg horse/day), which in association with the methionine, cysteine, calcium, zinc, copper, iodine, and vitamin A present should greatly improve the quality of new hoof growth. Chelated sources of copper and zinc are included in the formulation to improve availability.
- Biotin, methionine, cysteine, zinc, copper, and vitamin A will also help to maintain a supple skin and promote a strong coat.
- High levels of a pure, protected probiotic yeast to help maintain healthy conditions in the hindgut.
- Additional MOS (mannan oligosaccharides) to help maintain a healthy digestive tract and immune system.
- Generous levels of antioxidants, including vitamins A, C, D and E plus selenium, to help maintain healthy cells.
- ‘Non-Heating’ i.e. this product will not promote excitable behaviour in a donkey.
Typical Nutritional Analysis:
Oil %3.2
Protein %11.5
Fibre %19.0
DE MJ/kg8.9
Starch %6.5
Calcium %2.5
Magnesium %0.6
Vitamin E IU/kg2,500
Biotin mg/kg30.0
The typical ingredients in TopSpec Donkey Forage Balancer are High Fibre Oat By-Product, Grass, Calcium Carbonate, Dried Beet Pulp, Linseed Expeller, Wheatfeed, Molasses, Soya bean meal (GM), Vitamin Premix, Sodium Chloride, Dicalcium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Mannan oligosaccharides.
