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Horses are designed to process roughage 24 hours a day. As Jessica Jahiel says, horses are grazers, nibblers, trickle-feeders.
Jaime Jackson points out that wild horses expend time and energy finding their food. He calls unlimited lush grass a "founder trap."
Slow feeder designs permit horses to eat a controlled amount of feed, constantly. The hay never runs out. Mealtime
anxiety disappears. (Note: this concept works best with grass hay)
Some choke-prone horses can eat dry hay cubes or concentrates from feeder toys in place of requiring soaked feed.
Horses seem to enjoy the puzzle! Some prefer to eat from a restricted free-choice hay feeder even when loose hay is available.
Horse owners can save up to 50% on hay cost, compared to feeding loose hay. (Or about a 25% savings over feeding in a hay rack or open bin.) Horses eat the same amount of hay from slow feeders but with no waste, which also means less work to clean up!
SLOW FEEDER HAY BAGS:
Jaime Jackson points out that wild horses expend time and energy finding their food. He calls unlimited lush grass a "founder trap."
Slow feeder designs permit horses to eat a controlled amount of feed, constantly. The hay never runs out. Mealtime
anxiety disappears. (Note: this concept works best with grass hay)
Some choke-prone horses can eat dry hay cubes or concentrates from feeder toys in place of requiring soaked feed.
Horses seem to enjoy the puzzle! Some prefer to eat from a restricted free-choice hay feeder even when loose hay is available.
| This page features an overview of several types of slow feeders. Be sure to look at Small-Mesh Hay Nets (smhn) -- low-cost and versatile slow hay feeders with many more examples in the Small-Mesh Hay Nets section of the wiki. Check out all the options -- see menu at LEFT! |
 By popular demand ~ DIY Kit available now!! SlowGrazer.com | |
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 Bearcat's barrel/net feeder |  |
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| | Destiny and Maggie trying out their small mesh hay net. |
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| Pasture Pal feeders in NY. Ally in foreground. |  Tangledmanes Hay Well with TX Hay Net |
 Joanne's Corner Hay Feeder |  Angela's net doesn't swing around and can't be flipped over the gate. |
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| | Cinderella's weighted hay pillow |
 Jewel and Stella paw through the snow -- Mother Nature's slow grass feeder? | |
| Stella with JoAnn's Amazing Graze feeding toy. Dispensing hole is sized for alfalfa cubes, but also dispenses the smaller ODTB timothy hay cubes | |
 Available at freedomfeeder.com |  Maria Siebrand's fence-mounted hay feeder |
 Cassie enjoys her Grazing Box, available at www.grazingbox.com | |
 Russian SMHN |
SLOW FEEDER HAY BAGS:
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| Hay Net Comparison Chart | slowfeeding.com - Even more information on slow feeding |
| Convinced? Then be sure to avoid these mistakes when building your own slow feeder. |
Slow Feeder Accessories
 Bag Buddy Holds open any slow feed bag for easy filling, just slip it over any fence or wall or I just put mine on the back of my golf cart to easily fill my bags. Then you take the full bag of hay off and hang it up for the horses to enjoy! This is not meant for the horse to eat from, just holds the bag for filling. | Stall Bag Buddy Mounts on any solid wall and opens 90 degrees for easy and fast filling then just snap it closed for horse to enjoy the hay...Click on Photo to go to website: Pat. Pending tntcustommetalworks.com  |
