I am also curious about alfalfa hay being too hot for horses. Where I
live many if not most horse owners feed straight alfalfa, either hay or
hay cubes, or a grass/alfalfa mix. A friend of mine only recently went
to all grass hay for her horses, solely because they lost the supplier
of the grass/alfalfa mix hay they used for umpteen years, and were able
to find a good source of grass hay. However, she told me once that
depending on the area of the state where it is grown, the mineral (and
nitrogen?) content of alfalfa can vary tremendously, with for example
alfalfa from one place being high calcium, and alfalfa from a couple
hundred miles away being very low calcium.
I do know with my pet rabbits I have to limit the amount of alfalfa they
get, or they get excess cecals. I'm very interested in the kidney
effects from the "high nitrogen", and will pass that tidbit along to
rabbit owning friends. While not 100% equivalent, horses and rabbits do
have very similar digestive tracts, as both are hindgut fermenters.
Don't know fi the similarities extend to urinary tracts though.
For humans, I used to drink alfalfa tea 30 years ago, then was told it
wasn't good, then was told it was good, then it wasn't. I am really
confused now. And cannot keep the arguments in favor and against straight.
sol
Max Sanders wrote:
Thanks Duncan and Peter. A teaspoon or so sounds fine to me, but I am
not sure I would worry about amounts slightly better than a teaspoon.
I've had horses - but still am no expert - and they thrived on
quantities of alfalfa hay, as I recall. So I am now curious about this
even more. And if in ground and in caps perhaps 2-4. I'll try some in
my cereal tomorrow morning.
Duncan Crow <[email protected]> wrote:
What's a teaspoon of alfalfa powder, two grams approx? I wouldn't
go higher. Alfalfa is "too hot" for horses except as a supplement
due to the high nitrogen (kidney burden, kidney damage), and it
may be too hot for humans too.
Duncan
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