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11/11/2024

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22/04/2024

Closed this Thursday for Anzac Day
We hope everyone enjoys the day 🦄
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26/03/2024

Hoping everyone enjoys a little Easter break!!
We will be instore Saturday 8-2pm then we will see you all back Tuesday 💕

07/03/2024

A few facts about lucerne 🌿🍀 From the one and only Karly at Stable-Ised Equine. Head on over and give her a follow for more nutrition information! There can be alot of confusion around nutrition with advice coming from left right and centre- Karly seperates the fact from fiction in super informative posts!
Don't forget if your wanting to jump on board with Karlys products- we have the full Practi range available instore 💞

🌱 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚

🐴 Today, let’s debunk some common misconceptions about lucerne/alfalfa, or 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢 if you’d like to get fancy.

🌱 Myth #1: Lucerne is high in sugar and soaking it helps to remove some of the sugar content.

🐴 Truth #1: Lucerne is high in protein, but not high in sugar. While it is true that soaking hay helps to remove some of the sugar content, soaking lucerne is pointless as there are no high sugar concentrations to begin with. Soaking does not remove protein or calories.

🌱 Myth #2: Lucerne will make horses hot.

🐴 Truth #2: As mentioned already, lucerne is a fantastic source of protein which converts to energy when consumed by the horse. Lucerne itself is a source of slower-release energy in comparison to cereal grains and grain by-products because it is low in sugar and starch but high in digestible fibre. It’s often not the lucerne itself causing “hot” behaviour, but an excess of energy input relevant to the horse’s energy output. Feeding a diet that is balanced and provides energy sources that are appropriate for the individual’s activity level will usually mitigate behavioural “issues.”

🌱 Myth #3: Lucerne is comparable to other hay types for ulcer prevention and gastrointestinal health.

🐴 Truth #3: Any low sugar and starch hay is going to aid in the prevention of ulcers and support gastrointestinal health, however lucerne comes with the advantage of being high in bioavailable calcium. Not only is this source of highly bioavailable calcium beneficial for horses with higher calcium requirements such as breeding and growing horses, or horses grazing on high oxalate pastures, it is also fantastic at neutralising and buffering gastric due to it’s alkaline profile.

🌱 Myth #4: Lucerne is suitable for laminitic/metabolic horses.

🐴 Truth #4: While lucerne does tick the box of being low in sugar and starch, it’s quality protein content can be a trigger for some laminitic and metabolic equines and it is therefore a “maybe” feed for this category of horse. Horses who are actively laminitic should not be fed lucerne (or any high protein feed), as it is not a situation where you want to be conducting tests with “potentially” suitable food sources.

🌱 Myth #5: Lucerne will make a horse produce poorly formed or watery manure.

🐴 Truth #5: Horses can be intolerant or allergic to any food source, but lucerne being the cause of scouring or diarrhoea is usually because it has been introduced to the diet too quickly, or because it is high in digestible fibre and the horse isn’t intaking adequate indigestible fibre elsewhere in the diet. Feeding lower quality and slightly stalky lucerne hay can help to overcome this issue.

🌱 So tell me, do you love or hate lucerne? Do you feed it daily or only on occasion? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below and as always, please feel welcome to share this article if you enjoyed it. 😄

25/01/2024

If your not following Karly at Stable-Ised Equine yet- do yourself a favour!!
Incredibly informative information on a wide range of the many issues we as horse owners can face!!
Karly is an independent Equine Nutrition Consultant helping clients Australia Wide from her home base in North Qld.
She is a wealth of knowledge and her products which are available In-Store speak for themselves!
Give her a like and a follow to stay up to date!!

🧐 𝘼 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 “𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡” 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.

🐴 Following my recent post about the cost breakdown and nutritional benefits of PractiBALANCE, I received several requests to do the same for it’s sister supplement, PractiCAL, which I have worked incredibly hard to develop with the goal of making feeding horses who are grazing on high oxalate, tropical, and subtropical grasses that little bit easier. So here we go!

🗓️ A 500kg horse in light work is recommend to receive only 250g of PractiCAL per day. That means a 25kg bag would last 100 days, or just over 3 months. That’s over a quarter of a year out of a single 25kg bag.

💠 Out of that 250g daily serving, a horse would receive the following key vitamins and minerals:
▫️ Calcium: 36g
▪️ Copper: 250mg
▫️ Zinc: 828mg
▪️ Vitamin E: 625 IU
*PractiCAL also includes other nutrients such as Lysine, Methionine, Threonine, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Selenium, Iodine, Manganese, Vitamin A, and an extensive list of B Vitamins.

🦠 Out of that same 250g serving, a horse will also receive 8g (10g if feeding 300g/day for a slightly elevated workload) of one of the most extensively researched and scientifically-supported toxin binders; Mycosorb A+. Not just 1-2g per serving to make it sound effective on paper, but a true base serving as outlined by Alltech.

🫴🏼 PractiCAL is pelleted, making it incredibly easy to feed from the hand as a ‘treat’ to easy-keeping horses who don’t require additional hard feeding. Being pelleted also means that there are no powders being sifted out.

🌽 PractiCAL is truly free of cereal grains and grain by-products, and is tested at only 2.49% combined sugar and starch (NSC).

🐎 So with all of this in mind, at $155.00 per 25kg, this high-oxalate-supporting-super-supplement only costs $1.55/day to feed to a 500kg horse and even if you live super remote and can’t escape the highest shipping rate of around $60.00, it would still only cost $2.15/day to feed. I think you would be hard-pressed to find a comparable product (enough calcium to offset high oxalate grasses, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, amino acids, and a toxin binder) for a similar price point.

https://stableisedequine.com.au/products/practi-cal

⚖️ Have your horses tried PractiCAL yet? I’d love to read your thoughts below. 👇🏼🥰

31/12/2023

🎆Happy New Year🎆
May 2024 be the best one yet 🎉
A huge thankyou to everyone who has supported us this year!!!
We ❤️ you all!!

30/12/2023

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR AMAZING STAFF AND CUSTOMERS WEVE CLOSED THE SHOP FOR THE DAY.
Please Stay Safe and we will see you all tomorrow 💚