SPILLERS Spearmint Horse Treats 1kg

SPILLERS Spearmint Horse Treats – 1kg

A 1kg bag of bite-sized spearmint treats. Mint is the flavour horses accept most reliably of any, which is why it turns up as a palatability aid in so many feeds and supplements, and it is the one to reach for with a horse that eyes a new treat suspiciously.

The recipe is simple — grass nuts and wheat with mint, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate and sodium bicarbonate — and like the rest of the Spillers treats it is a complementary feed with a 200g daily ceiling rather than something to hand over by the fistful.

Performance & Benefits

• Natural spearmint, the flavour horses take most readily.
• Bite-sized and firm, so they carry loose in a pocket.
• Useful for tempting a suspicious horse to take something new from the hand.
• 1kg bag, enough for several weeks of ordinary rewarding.
• Made under the BETA NOPS scheme, which all Spillers feeds are covered by.

Suitable For

• Everyday rewarding, catching and handling.
• Fussy horses that refuse other flavours.
• Training and positive-reinforcement work.
• Horses and ponies of all ages, fed within the 200g daily limit.
• Not suitable for a laminitic or insulin-dysregulated pony; the recipe contains molasses.

Feeding

• Give one or two treats at a time.
• Complementary feed for equines: use alongside compound feed and forage, up to 200g a day.
• Do not feed to any animal other than a horse or pony.
• Keep forage and clean water available as normal.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: grass nuts, wheat, molasses, calcium carbonate, rapeseed oil, mint, dicalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate.
• Spillers publish no typical analysis for their treats. Their own page states the ingredient list is not exhaustive and directs owners to the Care-Line for a full nutrient analysis, so no figures are stated here.
• 1kg bag.

Care & Caution

• The recipe contains molasses and wheat and no sugar figure is published, so these are not suitable for a horse or pony prone to laminitis or with diagnosed insulin dysregulation.
• Mint is palatable enough that some horses become pushy about it. Feed from a bucket rather than the hand if your horse starts nipping for them.