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Rosehip, beautiful addition to the mineral buffet!

More and more horse owners are creating a mineral buffet for their horse and this can be as extensive as you want. Green clay, nettle tincture, minerals from the Bering Sea, Celtic sea salt, and so on! Nowadays, there are a lot of products that you can add to your horse's water. And from now on, you can also add rosehip tincture!

Rosehip

Feeding

28 October '22 • 1 min reading time

Healthy extra for horses

Many horses love rosehips and they are also extremely healthy for horses. You can give them fresh, in dried form, but nowadays rosehips are also available in tincture form. The advantage of a tincture is that you can extract a greater medicinal effect from the rosehips, it is a more concentrated form. Suitable for all horses and a tasty, healthy addition.

Rosehip to mix with feed

A tincture of rosehip can be given to horses in various ways. The easiest way is through the feed. Most horses find rosehip tincture very tasty and will eat it without any problems mixed with their feed. By mixing it with the feed, you can adjust the dosage per horse and use it in a very targeted way. Does your horse have a problem or need something extra to support, for example, its immune system? Give the rosehip tincture through the feed.

Rosehip to mix with water

Rosehip is also suitable to mix with water, as an addition to your mineral buffet. However, it is important to take into account the taste of rosehip. It is sour and therefore gives a different taste to the water. Gradually increase the dosage and give the horses time to get used to the taste. And sometimes... horses prefer it in their food rather than in the water.

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