Don't Let Ulcers Keep Your Horse From Performing Its Best
How does using a Porta-Grazer help?
By putting low calorie forage in the Porta-Grazer your horse is able to graze in a more natural head down position. Which allows the jaw to slide into position for proper chewing.
The rotating pan lifts the bits of hay up thru the holes and holds it so the horse is able to size and tear each bite. Same as if in pasture. Therefor providing more chew time that produces more saliva to buffers the stomach acid.
Once the horse is self regulated it will eat what it needs to buffer the acid and walk away. Then as the acid builds it will come back again to graze as needed.
Using a Porta-Grazer can help save money on costly ulcer medications
Balancing Calories and Volume
Ulcers can cause performance issues as well as bad stall habits Horses need access to forage 24/7 to keep their stomach acid buffered to prevent ulcers. But how do we provide forage 24/7 without the horse becoming fat? EASY! In order to maintain weight use a low calorie grass hay, such as Timothy, Teff or Bermuda. It's the calories IN the hay that needs regulated not the volume of hay. So, in order to give your horse the ability to keep that acid in check as nature intended, there needs to be a continuous supply of low calorie forage at all times.
Horses that are allowed to eat as much hay as they need are generally more relaxed and content. Therefore, they perform better. The horse is able to keep the stomach acid in balance. Which reduces vices such as wood chewing, pawing, racking their teeth on the stall etc.
What if I cant find low calorie hay?
Sometimes we don't have a choice on what we can find for hay. One option is using straw. Oat, wheat or barley straw. By mixing the straw in with your hay in the Porta-Grazer it adds more volume without adding much in the way of calories.
Horses naturally graze 18-20 hours a day.
Using a Porta-Grazer also prevents wasted hay, and keeps the hay off the ground and out of the mud, sand, dirt, snow etc.
My wife purchased a Porta-Grazer at NFR last December. I was there with her and was very skeptical.
We have a horse with severe ulcers, a cribber, kicker and just about everything else you list this product fixes, upon delivery of the feeder
I thought here goes nothing. Well to my amazement in less that two weeks the horse has stopped all the above and the ulcers are much better. I am a believer!!!
may 18 2021
Love mine! Worth every single penny. Very durable construction, these will last a lifetime.
Bought my first one for a young, busy, anxious and ulcer-prone colt. He turned into a calm, relaxed horse in his stall within a few days.
Got another horse last year with some naughty vices like stall kicking and angrily hitting his teeth on the stall bars. Bought another feeder for him,
01-31-20 You don’t know til you try it!!!!! ITS AWESOME. Main reason I got the Porta-Grazer is because I have a performance horse and it’s great for slowing down the eating and helps tremendously with horses that are prone to ulcers.
My horse can graze all nite long. Also when I’m away at a show I don’t have to get up at 5am to feed. He’s been eating all nite. It’s great for travel. I’ve had so many friends order one.